StarTimes Uganda Premier League
SC Villa v Vipers SC
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019
Namboole Stadium, 8pm
The rivalry between Vipers SC and SC Villa is set to be renewed on Wednesday when the two sworn field enemies clash in the StarTimes Uganda Premier League at the Mandela National Stadium-Namboole in a late kick off encounter at 8:00 pm.
As the two football giants prepare to face off, we take a look at the statistics regarding the previous meetings between both clubs.
- Overall, it’s going to be the 29th meeting between the two clubs, with Vipers commanding the lion’s share statistically having registered 12 wins, 10 Draws and only 6 losses. The Venoms have scored 37 goals, conceding 31 out of the previous 28 meetings.
Head to Head
Meetings : 28
Vipers wins : 12
Draws : 10
Loses: 6
Goals For: 37
Goals Against : 31
Points :46
- The last corresponding fixture at Namboole ended 3-1 in Vipers favour when Dan Sserunkuma’s strike cancelled out Habib Kavuma’s early strike before Abraham Ndugwa and Moses Waiswa completed the rout with goals in the second half.
- Vipers biggest win over SC Villa was a 4-1 win during the 2011/12 second round fixture at Namboole Stadium whereas the heaviest defeat to the same team was a 4-0 loss which occurred in 2006 at Namboole during the Venoms debut season in the top flight league.
- One league match has ever been abandoned during the 2013/14 first round encounter at Buikwe stadium when referee William Ssenkumba ended off the game at half time with the score at 0-0 when his fourth official Ronald Kisugera was hit by a stray stone from the section of Villa fans prompting a premature end.
- A replay was fixed by the league secretariat at a neutral Namboole stadium ending in a 1-1 draw as Emma Okwi put SC Villa in the lead before Nigerian import Olusegun Olusoyi leveled matters for Vipers.
- Vipers has lost only once in an away fixture to SC Villa in the past seven seasons dating back from the 2012/13 football season.
Previous 7 away meetings to SC Villa
2012/13 Villa 0-0 Vipers
2013/14 Villa 2-2 Vipers
2014/15 Villa 0-2 Vipers
2015/16 Villa 1-2 Vipers
2016/17 Villa 1-0 Vipers
2017/18 Villa 0-1 Vipers
2018/19 Villa 1-3 Vipers
- Ahead of this epic encounter, Vipers lie in 5th position while SC Villa currently lead the 16 team league table with 10 points from 5 matches but the Venoms have 2 games in hand.
With such kind of rivalry between the two teams, this encounter is bound to keep fans on both sides on their toes.
Therefore the place to be this Wednesday is Mandela National Stadium-Namboole.
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