- SC Villa 2-0 Kirinya-Jinja SS
With just four matches to the end of the 2017-18 Uganda Premier League season, the title is far from decided as defending Champions KCCA, SC Villa and table leaders Vipers all have a chance of claiming glory.
SC Villa ensured they remain in contetion for winning the long awaited seventeenth league title with a 2-0 win over Kirinya-Jinja SS on Wednesday.
Martin Kizza put the Joogos in the lead at Masaka Recreation Stadium with a well taken penalty in the 8th minute of the game after Allan Drajua was adjudged by referee Aisha Ssemmambo to have handled the ball in the area.
The forward would have doubled Villa’s lead a few minutes later but his effort was blocked. Allan Kyambadde beat Kirinya-Jinja SS offside trap on the right racing towards goal before squaring the ball to an unmarked Kizza, but the club’s leading scorer opted to control the ball the ball instead of tapping-in.
However, it was not long before SC Villa doubled their their lead. Kyambadde broke on the left and fired a ground shot that Kirinya’s goalkeeper Didi Muhammad punched right into George Ssenkaba’s path and the forward tapped in the easiest of rebounds.
After the break, the visitors were dominant but Bernard Muwanga, Issa Lumu and company kept it tight at the back giving Kirinya-Jinja SS no room for a break through.
Paul Mukatabala sent Simon Sserunkuma, Vitalis Tabu and Yubu Bogere on for Ambrose Kirya, Allan Kyambadde and Martin Kizza respectively but the host could not add to their first half goals.
With the three points earned, the Joogos returned to second place with 53 points from 26 matches.
”2017-18
| 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 |  Morocco | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| 25 |  Egypt | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 26 |  Algeria | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| 27 |  Nigeria | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| 28 |  Nyamityobora | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 57 | -34 |
| 29 |  Senegal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| 30 |  Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 31 |  MYDA | 3 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 77 | -45 |
| 32 |  Ivory Coast | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 33 |  PAIDHA | 2 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 55 | -38 |
| 34 |  Kitara FC | 3 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 73 | -40 |
| 35 |  DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 36 |  Uganda | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
| 37 |  JMC Hippos | 0 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 49 | -31 |
| 38 |  South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 39 |  Mali | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 40 |  Tunisia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 41 |  Burkina Faso | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
| 42 |  Benin | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 |
| 43 |  Madagascar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 44 |  Guinea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 45 |  Kenya | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
| 46 |  Angola | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| 47 |  Ghana | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 |  Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 |
| 49 |  Sudan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 |
| 50 |  Comoros | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| 51 |  Zambia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| 52 |  Tanzania | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 |
| 53 |  Zimbabwe | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 |
| 54 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| 55 |  Mauritania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| 56 |  Impis RFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 |  KOBs RFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 |  Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 |  Congo Brazzaville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 60 |  Namibia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| 61 |  Gabon | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 |
| 62 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 |
| 63 |  Burundi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 |
| 64 |  Botswana | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 |
Their next outing is against relegation fighting UPDF on Saturday, May 5 at Bombo Military Stadium while Kirinya-Jinja SS will play host to Masavu on the same day.
