Overview:
Seventh placed at the moment with 12 points after deduction of points against lowest positioned Somalia in Group G, a win will move the Cranes level on points with Niger, Burkina Faso and Cameroon who have exhausted their matches.
Tuesday October 14, 2025
- Hocine Ait Ahmed stadium, 7pm
Uganda will have everything to play for as they face already qualified Algeria at the Hocine Ait Ahmed stadium in the final 2026 World Cup qualifying match.
The Cranes, second on 18 points, four behind the Desert Foxes need a rare victory on the Algerian soil to stand any chance of being among the best four ranked second placed teams for a continental play off.
Seventh placed at the moment with 12 points after deduction of points against lowest positioned Somalia in Group G, a win will move the Cranes level on points with Niger, Burkina Faso and Cameroon who have exhausted their matches.
The players are led by captain Khalid Aucho understand what is at stake as he expressed in a pre-match interview.
“Yeah, the players are ready. We travelled for two days, and the group handled everything with great professionalism. All the players are fit, motivated, and ready to give their best. For us, the focus is on delivering tomorrow. We need to give our best for the game.”
Paul Put, the Belgian who has guided the team to four successive wins in the campaign so far sounded confident of upsetting the Algerians who return to the first world cup since 2014 in Brazil.
“The players are ready to give everything to make the people proud and to make themselves proud. It will be a big game in a full stadium with seventy thousand people, but I have full trust in this team. They have shown strong attitude and professionalism, and we believe in what we can achieve.”
What does Uganda need to qualify?
For starters, they must beat Algeria and hope that DR Congo doesn’t win their final against Sudan who they host on the final day.
In addition, Nigeria shouldn’t beat Benin in the group C which could lift them to second place in case South Africa earn victory over Rwanda’s Amavubi.
Key Stats
- Uganda has won their four-world cup qualifying matches scoring 8 goals and conceding none [W8]
- Algeria’s only loss in the campaign so far came against Guinea. The only side to make them drop points in the whole qualifying campaign [L1, D1]
- Algeria has won the past four meetings against Uganda in all competitions including the reverse fixture 2-1 at Namboole.
- Allan Okello has been involved in six goals so far in the campaign (G3, A3]
- Algeria’s Mohamed Amoura has been involved in 12 goals so far with 8 goals and 4 assists and could clinch the top scorer’s gong for the qualifiers if he scores against Uganda.
Uganda Cranes Probable XI
Onyango, Sibbick, Obita, Capradossi, Kayondo, Aucho ©, Ssemakula, Okello, Mukwala, Mato, Ssemugabi