It's early days in the Premier League and both Mbarara City and Express FC are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Express FC could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.
Mbarara City form and stats
The first Premier League game here at Kakyeka Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Mbarara City's home game statistics were 8 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 12 games.
Mbarara City are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 189 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by J. Semugabi).
In their previous game, led his Mbarara to a defeat in the Premier League match away at KCCA. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kakyeka Stadium.
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to MYDA in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Mbarara City's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Express FC form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premier League for Express FC and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from 14 games.
After this away game Express FC return home for a Premier League game against SC Villa. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Express FC has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Mbarara won two, Express FC won one and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Mbarara City missing players
Express FC missing players
| Mbarara City | Express FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| Mbarara City | Last season | Express FC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 6.3 | ||
| 3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 47% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | UPDF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Police | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | URA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | SC Villa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | BUL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Express FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Onduparaka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 9 | Kyetume | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Wakiso Giants | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Vipers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Bright Stars | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Jinja SSS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Mbarara City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 15 | Kitara | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 1 |
| 16 | MYDA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vipers | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 54 |
| 2 | KCCA | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 50 |
| 3 | SC Villa | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 46 |
| 4 | Jinja SSS | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | URA | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | BUL | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Mbarara City | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Onduparaka | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Express FC | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 31 |
| 10 | Wakiso Giants | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | Kyetume | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 30 |
| 12 | Bright Stars | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 13 | Police | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -4 | 25 |
| 14 | Maroons | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -15 | 24 |
| 15 | Proline | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | Soana | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -21 | 22 |