National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bright Stars or BUL that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
Bright Stars form and stats
Last season, Bright's Uganda Cup journey ended in the 8th finals against Police.When playing at home in the Premier League, Bright Stars have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
Bright Stars faced defeat in their previous match, away at Arua Hill (0-1).
Ahead of that match, Bright won a home game hosting BUL (3-0).The match schedule is unforgiving for Bright Stars as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. UPDF are visiting.
Bright have scored 7 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Bright Stars are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
BUL form and stats
They also participated in Uganda Cup last season. This ended in the final.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, BUL have produced an overall stat of 3-4-3 so far.
BUL won their last game, 2-0 versus Soana played at home.
Prior to that match, the BUL manager faced defeat when travelling to Bright Stars and losing 0-3.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the BUL manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Jinja SSS.
BUL are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as BUL have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Bright Stars won six games, three matches ended with a draw and BUL have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenBright Stars missing players
BUL missing players
| Bright Stars | BUL | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 27 | 51 | ||
| 29 | 8 | Conceded | C | 27 | 34 | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 124% | 82% | ||
| 8.7 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 7 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 46 |
| 2 | KCCA | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 42 |
| 3 | URA | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 39 |
| 4 | BUL | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Arua Hill | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Wakiso Giants | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 33 |
| 7 | Express FC | 21 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 |
| 8 | Gadafi | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 9 | Police | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | UPDF | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | SC Villa | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Onduparaka | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Jinja SSS | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 21 |
| 14 | Bright Stars | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 19 |
| 15 | Mbarara City | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Soana | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 32 | -31 | 12 |
