Uganda Premier League: Soana edge Onduparaka

[/media-credit] Onduparaka line-up against KCCA Credit: © Kawowo Sports | AISHA NAKATO

First half goals from right back Siraje Turyamureba and midfielder Emmanuel Kalyoowa helped Soana edge Onduparaka 2-1 on Saturday at Kavumba Recreational Ground as Alex Isabirye’s men returned to winning ways.

The home side took a 20^th minute lead when Turyamureba capitalized on their opponents poor defending, before Kalyoowa rounding off the goalkeeper after another defensive error by the visitors to put Soana in control heading into recess.

Soana started brightly and Turyamureba should have opened the scoring as early as the 7^th minute with his screamer, but the shot went just inches away.

Onduparaka who were defensively awful on the day were forced to make first half changes after goalkeeper Richard Anyama and midfielder Idd Babu got injured and were replaced by Nisar Kasim and Okwir respectably.

The Caterpillar’s technical bench exhausted their substitutes at the beginning of the second half when star striker Shaban Muhammad who was playing on pain killers replaced Ibrahim Faisal. His impact was immediately felt as he helped create two successive chances that almost hurt the hosts.

Onduparaka bossed the second half and Shaban had his 18 yard shot saved in the 56^th minute by goal keeper Franco Oringa, while Living Kabong shot straight at the goalkeeper’s hands.

The visitors kept battling and Oringa had to make a diving save to prevent Ceaser Okhuti from scoring from the free-kick.

It was not until the 83^rd minute that Onduparaka halved the deficit, with substitute Shaban taking advantage of a disjointed Soana defense to find his 12^th goal of the campaign.

Onduparaka continued to attack and only the woodwork denied Okhuti the equalizer in the dying minutes of the game as he hit the crossbar from about 30 yards and chances of a comeback ended, with Soana bagging all the three points while Onduparaka’s away form continues to frustrate the fans.

”Uganda

Pos	Team	W	D	L	F	A	GD
1	KCCA FC	94	42	22	294	122	172
2	Vipers SC	93	43	21	254	111	143
3	URA FC	68	63	28	199	121	78
4	SC Villa	66	55	39	194	146	48
5	Express FC	62	46	49	184	155	29
6	Onduparaka FC	58	44	56	165	174	-9
7	BUL FC	57	42	60	187	175	12
8	Soltilo Bright Stars	45	66	49	162	163	-1
9	Busoga United	51	46	60	140	175	-35
10	Police	51	39	68	203	213	-10
11	Mbarara City	42	42	45	122	128	-6
12	Tooro United FC	40	34	58	117	169	-52
13	UPDF FC	31	27	45	102	138	-36
14	Proline	23	25	36	89	109	-20
15	Maroons FC	20	34	31	75	99	-24
16	Wakiso Giants	23	21	24	82	86	-4
17	Kyetume FC	14	11	27	52	84	-32
18	Arua Hill SC	8	5	5	22	20	2
19	Lweza	5	14	10	26	32	-6
20	NDEJJE	6	9	15	23	41	-18
21	Sadolin Paints	5	11	13	16	28	-12
22	Masavu FC	5	11	15	18	44	-26
23	Gaddafi FC	5	6	6	19	24	-5
24	Nyamityobora	4	5	21	23	57	-34
25	MYDA	3	5	19	32	77	-45
26	PAIDHA	2	7	21	17	55	-38
27	Kitara FC	3	4	19	33	73	-40
28	JMC Hippos	0	10	19	18	49	-31
29	Egypt	3	0	0	5	0	5
30	Uganda	2	3	1	5	4	1
31	Algeria	2	0	0	3	0	3
32	Morocco	2	0	0	2	0	2
33	Nigeria	2	0	0	2	2	0
34	Madagascar	1	1	0	5	2	3
35	Cameroon	1	1	0	2	0	2
36	Guinea	1	1	1	4	3	1
37	Kenya	1	1	1	4	5	-1
38	Senegal	1	0	1	2	1	1
39	Ghana	0	3	0	2	2	0
40	Ivory Coast	1	0	1	1	1	0
40	South Africa	1	0	1	1	1	0
42	DR Congo	1	0	2	3	4	-1
43	Benin	0	2	0	2	2	0
43	Tunisia	0	2	0	2	2	0
45	Angola	0	2	0	1	1	0
46	Mali	0	1	0	5	2	3
47	Guinea-Bissau	0	1	1	0	2	-2
48	Mauritania	0	1	0	1	4	-3
49	Zimbabwe	0	1	2	1	5	-4
50	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Impis RFC	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	KOBs RFC	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Togo	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	Congo Brazzaville	0	0	1	0	1	-1
57	Namibia	0	0	2	0	2	-2
58	Tanzania	0	0	2	2	5	-3
59	Burundi	0	0	3	0	4	-4