Mbarara City v URA preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Uganda Premier League
Competition: Thu 03.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kakyeka Stadium (1500 seats)

A quick peek at the Premier League table suggest an advantage to URA when they travel to Mbarara City. But; let's wait before we award the win!

Insights:
  • Mbarara City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • URA have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Mbarara City form and stats

Mbarara City have collected 15 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-3-2. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Heartbreak before that as Mbarara City lost 0-1 at Gadafi's place.

Mbarara has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. When Mbarara City hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Soana, Bright Stars, Onduparaka, SC Villa and Jinja SSS), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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URA form and stats

4-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for URA, who have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier League, in their Premier League matches away.

Before that one, a nice away victory 5-0 at Wakiso Giants.

The URA manager Timbe has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 9 league matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties get together this season, as the results database show this recent game: URA - Mbarara City 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mbarara City zero wins, seven draws and URA three victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), ten games had two or less.

Mbarara City missing players

URA missing players

Mbarara City URA
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 4 9 18
4 4 1 Won W 2 4 9
4 3 1 Drew D 2 3 7
10 2 1 Lost L 0 2 2
12 12 4 Scored S 9 19 36
19 9 4 Conceded C 4 9 15
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
44% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 78%
22% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 50%
11% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 39%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 17%
33% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 56% 56%
17% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 39%
61% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 17%
 
4.7 5.6 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4 4.2
3.8 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.9 3.5
1.1 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.1 7.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 9 10.6
2 3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.8 4.1
28% 38% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 53% 48%
 
8 7.4 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 8.5 9.1
2.2 2 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3 2.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Mbarara City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mbarara City have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Premier League
  • Mbarara City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
  • Mbarara City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • URA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • URA have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • URA have scored more than double the goals of Mbarara City.
  • URA have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier League
  • 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 Vipers 19 13 4 2 43 17 10 7 2 1 25 9 9 6 2 1 18 8 26 43
2 KCCA 18 11 6 1 28 12 9 8 1 0 17 5 9 3 5 1 11 7 16 39
3 URA 18 9 7 2 36 15 9 5 4 0 17 6 9 4 3 2 19 9 21 34
4 BUL 19 9 6 4 38 22 10 6 2 2 21 7 9 3 4 2 17 15 16 33
5 Arua Hill 19 9 5 5 26 22 10 6 3 1 19 11 9 3 2 4 7 11 4 32
6 Express FC 18 7 8 3 19 11 9 4 4 1 13 7 9 3 4 2 6 4 8 29
7 Wakiso Giants 19 8 3 8 26 32 9 6 0 3 18 16 10 2 3 5 8 16 -6 27
8 Gadafi 19 6 7 6 20 24 9 5 2 2 10 9 10 1 5 4 10 15 -4 25
9 UPDF 19 5 7 7 23 32 9 4 4 1 10 7 10 1 3 6 13 25 -9 22
10 Police 19 5 6 8 24 23 10 3 4 3 17 12 9 2 2 5 7 11 1 21
11 SC Villa 18 4 7 7 18 21 9 3 3 3 13 11 9 1 4 4 5 10 -3 18
12 Onduparaka 19 4 8 7 20 24 10 3 6 1 13 10 9 1 2 6 7 14 -4 18
13 Jinja SSS 18 5 2 11 15 30 9 3 1 5 6 10 9 2 1 6 9 20 -15 17
14 Mbarara City 18 4 4 10 12 19 9 4 3 2 12 9 9 0 1 8 0 10 -7 16
15 Bright Stars 19 3 7 9 12 26 9 2 4 3 4 7 10 1 3 6 8 19 -14 16
16 Soana 19 2 3 14 17 47 9 2 2 5 9 17 10 0 1 9 8 30 -30 9