UPDF get ready to welcome Vipers for something different than the ordinary league football: The Uganda Cup 8th Finals leg 1 of 2.
UPDF have less rest than Vipers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Jinja SSS, so at least UPDF are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
This pitch has grass, which is not Vipers's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Vipers have performed like this: Played 30 matches resulting in 10 wins, 13 draws and 7 defeats with the goal stats 34-26 (scored/conceded).
UPDF form and stats
Last season their Uganda Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.22 points is a decent return from 11 Premier League games here for UPDF. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Two home wins in a row for UPDF bring valid hopes of a third.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Jinja SSS on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 0-0. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Kitara.
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vipers in only one day.
The UPDF fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. UPDF are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Vipers form and stats
Last season their Uganda Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.4-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vipers in their Premier League matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Vipers, as they have won on their previous two travels.
P. Mucureezi was the last player to score for the away team. Vipers haven't scored a league goal in the last 197 minutes.
Vipers failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Express FC that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Wakiso Giants in the Premier League.
The Vipers manager E. Golola has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 9 league matches. Vipers have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero UPDF victories, one draw and three Vipers wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.UPDF missing players
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| UPDF | Vipers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Scored | S | 21 | 48 | ||
| 33 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | Express FC | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | KCCA | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 37 |
| 5 | Police | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 37 |
| 6 | UPDF | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | SC Villa | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Bright Stars | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
| 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 | Onduparaka | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 12 | Jinja SSS | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -14 | 24 |
| 13 | Wakiso Giants | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Kyetume | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | MYDA | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 33 | -36 | 9 |
| 16 | Kitara | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | -34 | 8 |