STARTIMES UGANDA PREMIER LEAGUE
The Date: March 15th, 2024
The Contest: Vipers SC vs. KCCA FC
The Time: 7pm
The Venue: St Mary’s Stadium
In what promises a mouthwatering clash, Vipers SC will play host to rivals KCCA FC in the Uganda Premier League under the St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende floodlights on Friday.
The two will renew acquaintances with the Venoms chasing a third successive title, while KCCA are aiming at ascending further up on the table.
Vipers sit fourth on the log with 35 points, eight behind leaders Kitara FC, who have played three games more.
On the other hand, KCCA are 10th on the 16-team table with 26 points in 20 games played so far.
LAST 5 MATCHES: VIPERS SC
Wakiso Giants 0-4 Vipers SC
Vipers SC 1-1 Soltilo Bright Stars
Vipers SC 0-0 Gaddafi FC
Vipers SC 3-0 Busoga United
Vipers SC 4-1 NEC FC
LAST 5 MATCHES: KCCA FC
NEC FC 0-3 KCCA FC
KCCA FC 0-1 Kitara FC
Express FC 3-4 KCCA FC
KCCA FC 0-0 BUL FC
Wakiso Giants FC 2-1 KCCA FC
HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHES
KCCA FC 3-1 Vipers SC
Vipers SC 1-0 KCCA FC
KCCA FC 1-0 Vipers SC
KCCA FC 1-2 Vipers SC
Vipers SC 2-2 KCCA FC
Even with the gap on the table, Vipers’ deputy skipper Ashraf Mandela expects a stout contest with the 13-time champions.
“It’s a big, big game, we need the three points and revenge as well, especially at home, so we can continue the run and keep tabs on those ahead of us at the moment. I’m really looking forward to playing this game,” Mandela told the club media.
“It will be a very, very tough game. It will be a very intense game but, for me, we have to be us – to be exactly how we want to play. We have to be focused 100 per cent, we want to win and we will go for it. This is our mentality.”
We lost 3-1 in the first round when we visited the MTN Omondi Stadium, Lugogo courtesy of Muhammad Shaban (2) and Usama Arafat while Abubakar Lawal netted our consolation.
Vipers and KCCA will be meeting for the 38th time in the league history, and we have held the upper hand in this tie.
We have garnered 15 wins, managed nine draws and suffered 13 defeats.
Head-To-Head: Statistics
Vipers wins: 15
Draws: 9
Losses: 13
Goals for: 44
Against: 47
Points: 54
Team News:
Defender Livingstone Mulondo is back in the Venoms squad for tomorrow’s night encounter.
Striker Fumador Asiwome is out of tomorrow’s tie with a strain in his thigh. The Ghanaian was substituted during the first half of the victory over Wakiso Giants.
Nigerian Abubakar Lawal will be out for another month as he continues with rehabilitation after sustaining a fracture to his right hand finger.