Premier League match preview: Bright Stars believed to be the weaker party when URA pays a visit

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Competition: Uganda Premier League
Competition: Tue 01.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kavumba Recreation Centre (1000 seats)

Loyal fans at Kavumba Recreation Centre haven’t watched many home wins this season, with Bright Stars decaying in the 14th spot. The visiting URA will hope to defend their higher league spot in this match.

Insights:
  • Bright Stars have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
  • URA have scored more than double the goals of Bright Stars.

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Bright Stars form and stats

2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Bright Stars, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League, so far this season.

The home team returns to Kavumba Recreation Centre after drawing with Express FC (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting SC Villa in a game that was won 1-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bright Stars here at Kavumba Recreation Centre in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 6 games). Bright Stars have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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URA form and stats

1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of URA playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. In general it has been a productive period now for URA as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

URA go into this game after a win, the home game against KCCA that ended 1-0.

Before that, URA travelled to Gadafi and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the URA manager Timbe as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Jinja SSS.

URA has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. URA have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Bright Stars victories, three draws and four URA wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Bright Stars missing players

URA missing players

Bright Stars URA
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 0 Played P 2 5 13
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
5 2 0 Drew D 2 3 7
7 2 0 Lost L 0 1 1
8 3 0 Scored S 3 8 23
19 3 0 Conceded C 3 7 12
79% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
43% 17% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 77%
29% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 38%
21% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 38%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 15%
36% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 62%
36% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 38%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 15%
 
3.7 3.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.8 4.8
4.6 4.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3 3.4
0.9 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.7 8.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.4 12
2.8 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4 4.5
21% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 40% 39%
 
8.2 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.6 9.9
3.3 1.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 2.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of URA's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bright Stars have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bright Stars have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
  • URA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • URA have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • URA have scored more than double the goals of Bright Stars.
  • URA haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KCCA 14 9 4 1 22 9 7 6 1 0 13 4 7 3 3 1 9 5 13 31
2 Vipers 14 9 3 2 31 13 7 4 2 1 17 7 7 5 1 1 14 6 18 30
3 Express FC 15 7 6 2 17 8 8 4 3 1 11 5 7 3 3 1 6 3 9 27
4 BUL 15 7 5 3 28 16 7 4 2 1 13 3 8 3 3 2 15 13 12 26
5 Arua Hill 15 7 4 4 17 15 7 4 2 1 11 7 8 3 2 3 6 8 2 25
6 Wakiso Giants 15 7 3 5 20 20 7 5 0 2 14 10 8 2 3 3 6 10 0 24
7 URA 13 5 7 1 23 12 8 4 4 0 15 5 5 1 3 1 8 7 11 22
8 Gadafi 15 5 6 4 17 18 8 4 2 2 9 9 7 1 4 2 8 9 -1 21
9 UPDF 15 5 4 6 19 24 7 4 2 1 9 6 8 1 2 5 10 18 -5 19
10 Police 15 4 4 7 17 16 8 2 3 3 11 8 7 2 1 4 6 8 1 16
11 SC Villa 14 4 5 5 16 15 8 3 3 2 12 9 6 1 2 3 4 6 1 16
12 Mbarara City 15 4 3 8 11 16 8 4 2 2 11 8 7 0 1 6 0 8 -5 15
13 Onduparaka 14 3 6 5 15 18 7 2 4 1 9 8 7 1 2 4 6 10 -3 13
14 Bright Stars 14 2 5 7 8 19 6 2 2 2 3 3 8 0 3 5 5 16 -11 11
15 Jinja SSS 14 3 2 9 11 24 6 1 1 4 3 7 8 2 1 5 8 17 -13 11
16 Soana 15 1 1 13 11 40 7 1 1 5 7 16 8 0 0 8 4 24 -29 4