Premier League preview: Can SC Villa edge out victory against Jinja SSS?

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Competition: Uganda Premier League
Competition: Thu 03.March
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: FUFA Technical Centre (1000 seats)

SC Villa - Jinja SSS: Premier League cellar occupants desperate for points and triumph. Read all the relevant stats and information before the game!

Insights:
  • SC Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jinja SSS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

This has all the signs of an absorbing game with lots of action and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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SC Villa form and stats

All-inclusive Premier League stats playing at home this season for SC Villa are 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). When SC Villa hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Soana, Bright Stars, Onduparaka, Mbarara City and SC Villa), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

SC Villa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Soana that ended 1-1.

Before that game, the home loss against Bright Stars with the scoreline 1-2.

SC Villa has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Villa have conceded 11 goals.

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Jinja SSS form and stats

There's been little loot from Jinja SSS's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Jinja SSS only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Express FC in the Premier League.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Jinja SSS playing away, we found five games. Results were two away wins, zero draws and three home wins.

The Jinja manager has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels. When Jinja SSS is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Soana, Bright Stars, Onduparaka, Mbarara City and Jinja SSS.

Head 2 Head

SC Villa and Jinja SSS have faced each other earlier this season: Jinja SSS - Villa 0-1. Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): SC Villa won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Jinja SSS got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

SC Villa missing players

Jinja SSS missing players

SC Villa Jinja SSS
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 9 18
4 3 2 Won W 1 2 5
7 3 0 Drew D 1 1 2
7 3 1 Lost L 1 6 11
18 13 7 Scored S 5 9 15
21 11 3 Conceded C 5 20 30
83% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
61% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 61%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 44%
22% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 56% 39%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
50% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 39%
33% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 28%
33% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 39%
 
2.9 3.6 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.3 3.4
4.1 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 3.9 4.5
1 1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.6 11 5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 6.3 7.1
2.5 2.9 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 1.8 2.1
38% 50% 140% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 56% 40%
 
11.6 15.6 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 11.1 10.4
2.9 3.2 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.1 3.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Jinja SSS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Jinja SSS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jinja SSS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • SC Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Villa have won significantly more corners at home than 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