Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Express FC & Maroons face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Uganda Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Onduparaka.
Express FC form and stats
Express FC have not come this way in the Uganda Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating St Mary's. Express FC participated in Uganda Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Express FC's struggle is real here with only 8 points collected from 9 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-5.
A good away victory last time out for Express FC, who won 1-0 against Onduparaka. Ahead of that match, Express FC lost 0-1 at home to Mbarara City.
Express FC are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Express FC have conceded 15 from these games.
Maroons form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Young Elephants in order to reach 2nd Round of Uganda Cup. Maroons was sent out of Uganda Cup in the 1st round last season.There's been little loot from Maroons's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Premier League. Maroons only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Maroons has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Two away games in a row for Maroons, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus KCCA in the Premier League. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Soana in the Premier League.
Maroons find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Maroons have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - three - zero (Express FC wins - draws - Maroons wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Express FC missing players
Maroons missing players
| Express FC | Maroons | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 142 | 69 | Total Shots | T S | 130 | 239 | ||
| 56 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 98 | ||
| 52% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 24% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 46 |
| 2 | KCCA | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | SC Villa | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | URA | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Onduparaka | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | BUL | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Jinja SSS | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Mbarara City | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 9 | Wakiso Giants | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Maroons | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | Express FC | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | Bright Stars | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Police | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 22 |
| 14 | Kyetume | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 15 | Soana | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -20 | 19 |
| 16 | Proline | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 15 |