UGANDA PREMIER LEAGUE
The Date: November 15, 2022
The Contest: Vipers SC vs. Arua Hill SC
The Time: 4pm
The Venue: St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende
After two games on the road, Vipers SC will return on home turf to take on West Nile side Arua Hill SC, for our sixth Uganda Premier League match this season, on Tuesday at the St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende.
We will also be keen on picking a second successive win for the first time this campaign, following our 1-0 victory over Blacks Power FC last time out. It will as well be our third overall victory in the campaign.
Our deputy skipper Siraje Ssentamu is optimistic the Venoms can build on the Blacks Power win to form a consistent run of positive results and move further up the table.
“Luckily enough, we won the game (against Blacks Power), as we were trying to get to the winning ways,” he said to Vipers Media.
“The place we are in now (eighth) is not where we are supposed to be so, we’re fighting to get our number one spot back. One step at ago, we’re trying to win every game that comes our way.”
We have met only twice with tomorrow’s guests in the topflight in history, and have shared a victory apiece.
After suffering a 1-0 defeat to them in the first ever encounter last season, we beat them 3-1 at Kitende, courtesy of Cesar Manzoki, Milton Karisa and Yunus Sentamu.
Having missed the last two games through injury, Bright Anukani returns and is available for selection, much to head coach Roberto Oliveira alias Robertinho’s delight.
“He’s a key player and we have indeed missed him for the last games, but now he’s back and he’s an important player for us.”
“He’s a really good player, been with us for a long time and we’ll see what happens because it’s also an important game tomorrow.”
Team News:
Midfielder Paul Mucureezi and winger Abdu Lumala will continue to be sidelined through respective injuries.