Express FC get ready to welcome KCCA for something different than the ordinary league football: The Uganda Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
KCCA could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only three sleeps ago.
Express FC form and stats
Express FC was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Uganda Cup.Express FC are steadily winning Premier League games and points here. 9 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 13 games. 2W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Uganda Cup for Express FC. The Express FC fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Express FC has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.
Express FC are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Express's last game was hosting Kitara and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, Express "killed" Kitara in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Jinja SSS.Express have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 22 goals in 13 league matches. Express FC have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
KCCA form and stats
KCCA was sent out of Uganda Cup in the 8th finals last season.4 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of KCCA playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Total Uganda Cup statistics for KCCA: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Two points from the last two away games for KCCA, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
KCCA won their last game, 3-1 versus Jinja SSS played at home.
Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus UPDF that ended 1-1.KCCA find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - two - two (Express wins - draws - KCCA wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Express FC missing players
KCCA missing players
| Express FC | KCCA | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 46 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 58% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 62% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Express FC | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 31 | 58 |
| 2 | URA | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 57 |
| 3 | Vipers | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 56 |
| 4 | KCCA | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 45 |
| 5 | Bright Stars | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Police | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 39 |
| 7 | Wakiso Giants | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 42 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 8 | SC Villa | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | Mbarara City | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -6 | 35 |
| 10 | UPDF | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | BUL | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 12 | Onduparaka | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -20 | 28 |
| 13 | Jinja SSS | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -23 | 26 |
| 14 | Kyetume | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | -17 | 23 |
| 15 | MYDA | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 37 | -40 | 14 |
| 16 | Kitara | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 74 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 41 | -41 | 13 |