Dress rehearsals for league title hopefuls KCCA, Vipers
50-50 situation: URA midfielder Hood Mulikyi (left) contests for the ball with KCCA playmaker Muzamir Mutyaba during their first round clash. PHOTO BY john batanudde
What you need to know:
- As head coach Miguel Da Costa serves his four-match ban, Edward Golola, who led Vipers to two league titles, will be in charge as Masavu visit St Mary’s Stadium this afternoon.
- Golola acknowledges the titanic task at hand; “it is an important week for us since we have five games in 10 days. We attach a lot of importance in the remaining games starting with Masavu.
UPL matches today
KCCA vs URA
StarTimes Stadium 4pm, live on Azam TV
UPDF vs Bul
Soana vs Proline
Vipers vs Masavu
Friday
Vipers vs KCCA
Kampala. Just three days before KCCA invades St Mary’s Stadium-Kitende to face off with Vipers, Mike Mutebi’s side has the chance to boost their fragile scoring confidence when they face wallowing URA this afternoon at StarTimes stadium-Lugogo.
The reigning Azam Uganda Premier League kings have been gasping for goals lately (scored only two in the last 270 minutes) and Mutebi admits it is a concern they need to work on soon.
“Our leading forwards have been firing blanks recently,” Mutebi told Daily Monitor yesterday.
“It is good that Muhammad Shaban has started scoring but I can’t sit here and tell you that I’m very confident of my centre-fowards scoring tomorrow.
“I can speculate my other players will create the scoring chances because to me, goals may decide the title if the league goes to the wire,” he added.
Mutebi expects URA, although struggling in eighth on the log, to put up a tough challenge because ‘they have young enthusiastic players with a good coach and recently got great results against Jinja SSS’.
“The pressure is on leaders Villa because they haven’t been in this situation in the last four years,” Mutebi added. He is without injured Muzamir Mutyaba, Derrick Nsibambi and Sadam Juma as he takes on Paul Nkata’s URA side that has lost 10 matches and drawn seven this campaign.
Vipers begin life without Costa
As head coach Miguel Da Costa serves his four-match ban, Edward Golola, who led Vipers to two league titles, will be in charge as Masavu visit St Mary’s Stadium this afternoon.
Golola acknowledges the titanic task at hand; “it is an important week for us since we have five games in 10 days. We attach a lot of importance in the remaining games starting with Masavu.
“Masavu have players that can decide a game at any given moment. It will be a tough encounter since they are fighting relegation,” Golola revealed. Masavu coach Alex Gitta says they are giving it all they have in the fight for survival.
“Even a point will be enough for our cause. Vipers is desperate for the title and will want to score more goals against us which we won’t allow,” he said.
Sadly, the basement side miss suspended talisman Abraham Ndugwa but Gitta believes they can ride on the experience of Athur Ssemazzi ,Philly Lutaaya and Simon Namwanja.
