With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Premier League game of the season. Bright Stars look forward to welcoming Vipers in front of their home support.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bright Stars and Vipers.
This pitch has grass, which is not Vipers's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Vipers have performed like this: Played 24 matches resulting in 6 wins, 12 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 21-20 (scored/conceded).
Bright Stars form and stats
Bright Stars's first Premier League home game here at Mutesa II Wankulukuku Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 9 draws and 1 defeat from 15 matches.
Bright Stars's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Vipers. Before that, Bright Stars played out a Uganda Cup draw 1-1 when visiting Proline.
Bright Stars has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Last season, Bright Stars's league statistics were 10 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 38 goals and conceded 30. Playing at home last season Bright Stars managed 5-9-1 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 10 conceded.
Vipers form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 8 draws and 1 defeat from 15 matches.
Two travels in a row for Vipers, whose manager E. Golola could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Bright Stars. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus BUL.
3 goals so far away for Vipers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Let's have a look at how Vipers performed last season in the CAF Champions League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 11 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 8 and lost 1 with 19/12 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Bright Stars - Vipers 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Bright Stars 0 wins, 4 draws and Vipers 3 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Bright Stars missing players
Vipers missing players
| Bright Stars | Vipers | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bright Stars | Last season | Vipers | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Scored | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Conceded | 1 | 1 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 100% | 100% | BTTS | 100% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | ||
| 1 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | 6 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24-04-19 | | BUL | 1 - 2 | Bright Stars |
| 28-04-19 | | Bright Stars | 1 - 1 | Express FC |
| 01-05-19 | | Express FC | 3 - 1 | Bright Stars |
| 04-05-19 | | Bright Stars | 6 - 1 | Paidha Black Angels |
| 09-05-19 | | Express FC | 1 - 1 | Bright Stars |
| 25-05-19 | | Proline | 1 - 1 | Bright Stars |
| 30-08-19 | | Bright Stars | 1 - 3 | Vipers |
| 03-09-19 | | Express FC | 13:30 | Bright Stars |
| 07-09-19 | | Jinja SSS | 13:30 | Bright Stars |
| 11-09-19 | | Bright Stars | 13:30 | Wakiso Giants |
| 04-04-19 | | KCCA | 1 - 1 | Vipers |
| 10-04-19 | | Mbarara City | 0 - 0 | Vipers |
| 19-04-19 | | Vipers | 1 - 2 | URA |
| 23-04-19 | | Police | 1 - 2 | Vipers |
| 01-05-19 | | Paidha Black Angels | 0 - 1 | Vipers |
| 04-05-19 | | Vipers | 1 - 0 | BUL |
| 30-08-19 | | Bright Stars | 1 - 3 | Vipers |
| 03-09-19 | | Vipers | 13:00 | Soana |
| 07-09-19 | | Vipers | 13:00 | BUL |
| 11-09-19 | | Onduparaka | 13:30 | Vipers |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | URA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Vipers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | BUL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Kyetume | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Express FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | SC Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Bright Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Maroons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | KCCA | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 61 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 38 | 66 |
| 2 | Vipers | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 59 |
| 3 | URA | 30 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 51 |
| 4 | Soana | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Mbarara City | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Onduparaka | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 45 |
| 7 | BUL | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | Police | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | Bright Stars | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 41 |
| 9 | Jinja SSS | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 41 |
| 10 | Veres-Rivne | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Express FC | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 40 |
| 11 | Police | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 37 |
| 12 | SC Villa | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 34 |
| 13 | Maroons | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 33 |
| 14 | Ndejje University | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 21 | -18 | 27 |
| 15 | Nyamityobora | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 57 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 36 | -35 | 17 |
| 16 | Paidha Black Angels | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 35 | -38 | 13 |
| 17 | Police | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |