Bright Stars welcomes Police to this second leg of the Uganda Cup 8th Finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
It's no vacation for neither Bright Stars nor Police 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.
Bright Stars form and stats
Bright Stars was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Uganda Cup.Bright Stars have played 11 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Uganda Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus KCCA with a 2-0 scoreline.
Bright Stars are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at SC Villa awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Bright Stars in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Bright have conceded 14 goals.
Police form and stats
They also participated in Uganda Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Police playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. When we have look at the Uganda Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. Police has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Prior to that match, the Police manager faced defeat when travelling to Wakiso Giants and losing 1-3.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Police manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Express FC.
Police have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 20 goals from 10 away matches. As for defending, Police rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Police - Bright 4-1 played earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Bright Stars victory, two draws and three Police wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Bright Stars missing players
Police missing players
| Bright Stars | Police | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 27 | 63 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 51% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 53% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 47 |
| 2 | Vipers | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 32 | 46 |
| 3 | Express FC | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 43 |
| 4 | KCCA | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 37 |
| 5 | Police | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 37 |
| 6 | Bright Stars | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 7 | UPDF | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 8 | SC Villa | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | BUL | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 25 |
| 10 | Mbarara City | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Jinja SSS | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -14 | 24 |
| 12 | Onduparaka | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -16 | 24 |
| 13 | Wakiso Giants | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Kyetume | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | MYDA | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 33 | -40 | 9 |
| 16 | Kitara | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | -34 | 8 |