StarTimes Uganda Premier League
28/Dec/2023
Kitara vs Arua Hill
4pm
Masindi stadium
Kitara will host bottom placed Arua Hill at the Masindi stadium on Thursday evening in their final StarTimes Uganda premier league game of 2023.
The Royals who will be aiming to end the year on high know that this fixture won’t be an easy one despite their opponents poor form.
“We can’t underestimate them because they are a team full of potential and will come into this game to fight and get a fair result.They have proven in some matches that they can be dangerous. However, we are not taking them lightly either, we are focused and will handle this encounter with both intent and purpose, ” Kitara midfielder, Paddy Muhumuza explained.
Brian Ssenyondo’s side played out a barren stalemate with Mbarara City at Kakyeka last week and need to score goals to improve their recent lack of goals display.
“When you look at that game we created a number of goal scoring opportunities but did not convert them. We would be very worried if creativity was not there, however we hope to work on this going forward,” Ssenyondo said.
The visitors have just five points from 12 matches; they have one win, two draws and 9 losses.
They have not scored more than one goal since their 2-2 draw at the Metha stadium against URA on November 11. Four goals have been scored in their last five games a sequence that needs fixing urgently.
Interestingly, Arua Hill have been able to score in 6 of their previous 7 matches meaning Kitara’s backline must be as sharp as the their attack.
Kitara will be rely on Jude Ssemugabi, Kabon Living, Denis Omedi, Brian Aheebwa among others for goals while they will also expect their defenders to be mindful of a clean sheet.
Team news:
Frank Tumwesigye Zaga is back in the squad and could play a role after recovering from a hamstring that kept him out of the Express and Mbarara City ties.