SUPL FIXTURE: 2 -Dec- 2023
Kitara vs NEC
4pm
Masindi stadium
Live on TV
Football returns at Masindi stadium after a month when Kitara hosts NEC in the Uganda premier league on Saturday evening.
These two sides come into this game on the back of contrasting results. The hosts lost 2-1 to BUL away in Njeru while Mbalangu’s outfit were held to one all stalemate with Wakiso Giants at home.
The defeat to BUL saw Kitara end November with no victory a performance the head coach Brian Ssenyondo described as disappointing.
” We had one of the lowest performances since the term started. We managed to pick just one point from the possible nine. However, we have since picked important lessons we hope to take into the next match against NEC.”
The Royals know that any result less than a win will compound pressure on them as they begin a busy December that has 5 fixtures lined up.
Besides NEC, Vipers, Express, Mbarara City and Arua Hill are their next opponents in that order.
Maxwell Owachigiu, the team skipper knows the task at hand going into this encounter and has urged his teammates not to take it lightly.
” It’s our duty as players to respond positively, we owe our fans something better thus we must make a good account of ourselves on the pitch tomorrow. All of us must have the right attitude and character going forward.”
Both Kitara and NEC have 16 points and are 3rd & 4th on the table respectively though the former has a superior goal margin.
Should the Royals go on to win this fixture, they will move to second and temporarily dislodge Vipers who play a day later while a loss will see them drop to 4th.
Head to head:
Kitara 2-0 NEC
NEC 0-1 Kitara
Kitara ?-? NEC
This will be the first time Kitara and NEC are meeting in the top flight but the third in all competitions.
They met last season in the FUFA Big league where the former won home and away 2-0 and 1-0 respectively.
Edson Agondeze and David Kasaija scored for Kitara in Kigaaya while Dudu Ramadhan converted from the spot as we completed a double over the diehards at their yard in Bugolobi.
Kitara has scored 4 goals at home so far while their opponents have netted 3 (KCCA and Maroons)
Hussein Mbalangu’s team has scored a total of 12 goals in 8 games and conceded seven. On the other hand Brian Ssenyondo’s side has 14 goals and leaked 8.
Kitara have kept just a single clean sheet and will have to improve that record when the face NEC that has failed to score in two games.
Team news:
All players are fit for selection except Clinton Kamugisha and Benjamin Nyakoojo.