Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Express FC & SC Villa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Uganda Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Not much time to rest for the home team, as they were involved in a Premier League fixture only four days back. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, SC Villa have had more rest.
Express FC form and stats
Express FC participated in Uganda Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.4 victories, 6 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Express FC have to build on here in the Premier League.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus URA last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that, Express FC played out a Premier League draw 1-1 when visiting Gadafi.Express are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Mbarara City awaits in three days.
Express FC has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Express FC have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
SC Villa form and stats
They also participated in Uganda Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Vipers drew the shortest straw.SC Villa have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-5-4 (10 played).
SC Villa go into this game after a win, the home game against Gadafi that ended 1-0.
Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus KCCA that ended 0-0.Goals are few and far between in Villa's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding seven meetings): Express FC won one game, three matches ended with a draw and SC Villa got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / sevenExpress FC missing players
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| Express FC | SC Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 26 | 19 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 2.9 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 58% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 39% | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 12.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 |
