SUPL Match Day 12:
12 -Dec- 2024
Maroons FC 🆚 Kitara FC
4pm
Luzira
Following a poor run of five league matches without a victory, big wins over UPDF, Mbale Heroes and a draw with Vipers away in Kitende have lifted the mood at Kitara although they will be aiming to improve their consistency when they face Maroons FC this evening.
The Royals who travel to Luzira this afternoon to face Maroons beat Mbale Heroes 6-0 last Friday, the biggest score in the league thus far but face another task against an equally motivated opponent.
“We have a target and we can only be able to reach it if we continue the good run.We have improved both offensively and the way we defend plus although it’s still work in progress.The team is in good shape and we believe they will do well in this game,” Kitara assistant coach, George Lutalo told the club media.
“Maroons picked a moral boasting 0-2 result away against Mbarara City FC and have been doing well of late so we have to work hard and also replicate the same character we showed in our last game to win away,” he added.
Kitara’s last visit here in March ended in a barren stalemate though the prison warders had won the reverse fixture 1-0 away in Masindi thanks to a Fred Amaku strike.
This encounter will be a renewal of acquaintances for David Ndihabwe (a former Maroons Skipper), Fred Amaku and Patrick Kaddu who will be returning to Luzira to turn their guns against their former bosses.
Amaku is steadily rediscovering his mojo and has netted three goals in the last tree games therefore the Royals will be hoping his scoring form continues.
Team news:
Jasper Aheebwa and Titus Ssematimba miss the trip through a knock and muscle problem respectively.
Ivan Sserubiri returned to training with the rest of the team but this fixture comes too early for him as he’s yet to return to full fitness.