MATCH DETAILS
Fixture: Vipers SC vs KCCA FC
Competition: StarTimes Uganda Premier League 2025/26
Venue: St. Mary’s Stadium, Kitende
Date: Friday, November 7
Kick-off: 8:00 PM (EAT)
Live on: Sanyuka Prime TV
Vipers Sports Club finally return home to fortress Kitende this Friday night and immediately walk into the deepest fire in Ugandan domestic football — KCCA FC — in a rivalry that is bigger than just three points.
The champions come into this one having played only once — last Saturday’s scrappy 1-0 away win at Bugonga against Entebbe UPPC courtesy of Abdul Karim Watambala — while the Kasasiro Boys arrive sharper, fitter and four matches deeper into the season.
Revenge, Rhythm & Rested Okello
Last week, Ivan Jacky Minnaert deliberately rested Allan Okello. That was strategic. It was a calculated pause — to sharpen the left wand for this exact fixture.
Okello returns tonight against the club that built him, groomed him, adored him — and then lost him.
He will join Yunus Sentamu and Milton Karisa in a forward axis designed to find early sparks under floodlights.
Form Guide: Leaders Carry Momentum
KCCA sit top of the UPL log with 11 points from five matches. No fear. No apology.
Last weekend they smashed Calvary FC 4–2 at Lugogo and Jackson Magera’s young attackers — Joel Sserunjogi, Shafik Kwikiriza and Ivan Ahimbisibwe — look like a fearless trio on the rise.
Head-to-Head Record
Vipers still shade it historically.
Vipers Wins: 16
Draws: 9
Losses: 14
Goals For: 46
Against: 48
The champions also beat KCCA in last season’s Uganda Cup final — Sentamu and Livingstone Mulondo the match winners.
Tactical Outlook
Minnaert’s Venoms will dominate the ball and press early — expecting Okello and Usama Arafat to be the unlocker. Magera will likely set up slightly reactive — compact, then punch on transition.
“We didn’t start perfect at Bugonga — we know that. But we got the job done. And now we switch on. The boys are motivated to make a statement here at home.”
There is no polite way of saying it — this is a test of seriousness, of champions.
KCCA want to confirm their authority. Vipers want to remind the division who the reigning kings are.
Friday night under the lights at Kitende will feel like the real start of the title race.