- Tuesday November 21, 2017
- KCCA Vs Vipers – Lugogo 4pm
All eyes will be in Lugogo Tuesday afternoon when KCCA host Vipers in a monstrous Premier League encounter.
The fixture pits arguably the two best teams in the league in terms of quality of players although the two sides come into the game in contrasting form.
KCCA come into the game in brilliant form with three wins in succession in which they have scored 12 unanswered goals.
On the other hand, Vipers have won just once in the same period, lost none but drawn the rest scoring a paltry three goals against two conceded.
Although many view Vipers as a team in mini crisis, Mutebi differs saying there’s nothing to worry
“I don’t think there is a min crisis,” said Mutebi. “When we were not scoring goals, you were defining again that there is a mini crisis, there was no crisis,” he added.
It was that things were not going as expected but no crisis. So we shall take that game as we have taken the others because the teams we are playing are with us in this division.
Milton Karisa, Vipers’ player of the month of October also thinks form doesn’t matter in such kind of games and hopes winning against KCCA will lift their confidence.
“For us, it’s a normal game,” he said. “They are currently flying and we are not but I don’t think it matters,” he added.
Football is funny, sometimes it’s not that teams on form win and for us, we are targeting a win to lift our confidence.
Team News
KCCA will hand late fitness test to defender Timothy Awany.
The Ugandan international limped off in the 4-0 win over Soana on Saturday but joined the rest of his teammates in training Monday.
The game comes too early for long time casualties Jackson Nunda and Muhammad Abdallah.
Ismail Watenga is doubtful for the tie after injuring his foot while former KCCA midfielder Tom Masiko is ruled out through injury.
Halid Lwaliwa and Frank ‘Zagga’ Tumwesigye have trained with the team for the past week but are unlikely to feature.
Stats
- KCCA haven’t won any of their last six Premier League meetings with Vipers (D3 L3) – their longest ever winless run against their rivals in league competition.
- Vipers have won four of their last seven visits to the Kasasiro since 2010/11. (W4 D1 L2).
- There has only been one goalless draw between the two sides in the previous 14 league meetings.
- Tonny Odur is the top scorer in this fixture with 5 goals- one for KCCA and 4 for Vipers, his current bosses.
- Vipers are the only team to have ever beaten KCCA at Lugogo since the start of last season when the artificial turf was laid.
Probable XI
KCCA: Charles Lukwago (GK), Timothy Awany, Filbert Obenchan, Mustafa Kizza, Denis Okot ©, Isaac Kirabira, Saddam Juma, Allan Kateregga, Isaac Muleme, Derrick Nsibambi and Muhammad Shaban.
Vipers: James Alitho (GK), Nicholas Wadada, Yayo Lutimba, Shafik Bakaki, Geoffrey Wasswa, Taddeo Lwanga, Deus Bukenya, Moses Waiswa, Milton Karisa, Musa Clovis Mbayi and Erisa Ssekisambu.
