Bandari FC's 15 Draws: The KPL's Ultimate Stalemate Team

If Kenya Police FC's 12 draws earned them the 'Draw Specialists' label, what does that make Bandari FC? The Mombasa-based club have drawn a staggering 15 of their 29 KPL matches this season — more than any team in the entire league — and sit 10th in the table with 39 points. Their record reads W8 D15 L6, a profile so balanced it is almost mathematically art.

The Numbers Are Extraordinary

Bandari have drawn more than half their matches. To put that in context, at their current rate, they will finish the season with approximately 19 draws from 34 games. The KPL record for draws in a season is 16, set by Mathare United in 2019. Bandari are on course to smash that record with five matches still to play. They have scored 22 goals and conceded 20 — a goal difference of +2 that perfectly captures their tightrope existence.

Why So Many Draws?

Coach Twahir Muhiddin's team are defensively competent but lack a cutting edge in attack. Their 22 goals scored is the second-lowest among the top 12 teams, behind only Kenya Police's 26. Bandari typically take the lead or concede first, then the game settles into a pattern of containment. They have come from behind to draw on six occasions, and they have been pegged back from winning positions nine times. No team in the KPL gives up late equalisers more frequently.

The Mombasa Factor

Bandari's home ground, the Mbaraki Sports Club in Mombasa, is a unique venue in Kenyan football. The coastal humidity and travel fatigue for visiting teams from Nairobi and Western Kenya theoretically give Bandari an advantage, but their home record of W5 D8 L1 shows they draw at home even more than away. The Mombasa crowd, while passionate, has grown frustrated with the lack of decisive results.

Bandari FC will not be relegated and will not qualify for continental football. They exist in the KPL's purgatory — too good to go down, not good enough to challenge. For their long-suffering fans, the 2026 season has been an exercise in unresolved tension, one 1-1 and 0-0 at a time.