It's advantage Vipers so far with their 2nd position in the Premier League table, welcoming Mbarara City who are placed 10th.
- Vipers have the most scored goals (53) in Premier League
- Mbarara City have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither Vipers nor Mbarara City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Mbarara City play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Mbarara City when playing on artifical turf are 0 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from nine matches. They have scored 6 goals and conceded 15 times in these games.
Vipers form and stats
Vipers, who have the most scored goals (53) in Premier League, are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at St. Mary's Stadium. 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.
Happy days for Vipers in their previous game, a Premier League match away at SC Villa (placed 8th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Sensational by Vipers last match, beating SC Villa away as big underdogs.
Before that, Vipers drew at home versus URA.There will be little rest for Vipers after this match as they are travelling to Bright Stars for a Premier League game in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (25 in 12 games), Vipers's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vipers have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Mbarara City form and stats
Mbarara City have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-3-7 (12 played).
Mbarara had fun at their own home (St. Mary's Stadium) last time out, beating Onduparaka 2-1. The end of the last match, against Onduparaka, was very satisfying as Samed Baždar scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
A 1-3 defeat away at Bright Stars before that.After this away game Mbarara return home for a Premier League game against Police. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mbarara as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. Mbarara City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Mbarara City - Vipers 1-0. Vipers-Mbarara City H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Vipers two wins, Mbarara City one win, four draws. one of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Vipers missing players
Mbarara City missing players
| Vipers | Mbarara City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 53 | 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | 31 |
| 96% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 58% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 42% | 38% |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 17% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 46% | 25% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 54% |
| 46% | 67% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 13.8 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 8.5 | 9.2 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 54% | 48% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 41% | 43% |
- Mbarara City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mbarara City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mbarara City have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
- Mbarara City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vipers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vipers have scored more than double the goals of Mbarara City.
- Vipers have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Premier League
- Vipers have the most scored goals (53) in Premier League
- Vipers have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Premier League
- Vipers have the the best goal difference (+35) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | URA | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 23 | 54 |
| 2 | Vipers | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 35 | 53 |
| 3 | Express FC | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 52 |
| 4 | Bright Stars | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 40 |
| 5 | KCCA | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 38 |
| 6 | Police | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 38 |
| 7 | UPDF | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -5 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Villa | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 32 |
| 9 | Wakiso Giants | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 30 |
| 10 | Mbarara City | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 29 |
| 11 | BUL | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 27 |
| 12 | Onduparaka | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -18 | 27 |
| 13 | Jinja SSS | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -17 | 26 |
| 14 | Kyetume | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -15 | 20 |
| 15 | MYDA | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 34 | -37 | 14 |
| 16 | Kitara | 24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 69 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -39 | 10 |