Tusker to face Premier League champions Gor Mahia in KPL Top 8 tournament

Eugene Asike of Sofapaka heads the ball away from Jesse Were of Tusker FC during their Tusker Premier League match at Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on April 13, 2014. KPL Top 8 champions Tusker will square it off with Premier League champions Gor Mahia in the first semi-final of the tournament. FILE / PHOTO / MARTIN MUKANGU

A dream Top Eight finale could be in the horizon after perennial rivals AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia avoided each other in the semi-finals draws conducted on Tuesday at the Kenyan Premier League secretariat.

Leopards who are yet to win the tournament since it was launched four years ago were paired against the competitions new boys Kenya Commercial Bank as Gor Mahia landed holders Tusker.

Should Leopards claw the bankers in the two- leg semis and Gor overpower Tusker, then it will set the stage for a mouth-watering finale pitting Kenya’s’ most successful clubs.

Champions Tusker won the gong last term by pipping Thika United in the post-match penalty lotteries .En-route to bagging the title, they dispatched Gor at the semi-finals stage and K’Ogalo will be out to avenge last year’s defeat.

The two antagonists have already locked horns this term in the league fixture which ended in a 1-1 stalemate.