Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Express FC languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Mbarara City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Express FC have less rest than Mbarara City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at SC Villa.
Express FC form and stats
Express FC's struggle is real here with only 8 points collected from 8 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-4.
The fans are hoping that Express FC will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against SC Villa (placed 3rd). A strong away win before that one, visiting St Mary's and winning 3-0.
A decent goal production from Express FC in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Express FC defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Mbarara City form and stats
Mbarara City have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-3-6 (9 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Mbarara City, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
B. Aheebwa was the last player to score for the away team. Mbarara City haven't scored a league goal in the last 191 minutes.
Mbarara City delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Vipers (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Premier League game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kakira United at their stadium, the result 2-1.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Mbarara City's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. Mbarara City have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Mbarara City - Express FC 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Express FC 1 win, 1 draw and Mbarara City 1 victory. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.Express FC missing players
Mbarara City missing players
| Express FC | Mbarara City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 24 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 32 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 79% |
| 74% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 58% |
| 58% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 26% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 16% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 21% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 37% |
| 37% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | 53 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 33 | 98 |
| 44 | 21 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 8 | 35 |
| 55% | 62% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 46% |
- Express FC has the fewest points (8) at home
- Express FC has the most conceded goals in the first half (16)
- Express FC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Express FC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mbarara City have scored away.
- Express FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Mbarara City has the fewest points (3) away
- Mbarara City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mbarara City have yet to win a 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 | Vipers | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 43 |
| 2 | KCCA | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | SC Villa | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Onduparaka | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | URA | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | BUL | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Jinja SSS | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Wakiso Giants | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 9 | Mbarara City | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Maroons | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 11 | Police | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Express FC | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Bright Stars | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 14 | Kyetume | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 17 |
| 15 | Soana | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -18 | 16 |
| 16 | Proline | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 15 |