Match-day 16
Saturday, February 5
•Wakiso Giants Vs Gaddafi – 2pm (Kabaka Kyabaggu)
•Arua Hill Vs Police – 4pm (Barifa)
Sunday, February 6
•UPDF FC Vs SC Villa – 4pm (Bombo)
Monday, February 7
•Bright Stars Vs Express – 4pm(Kavumba)
Tuesday, February 8
•Tooro United Vs Onduparaka – 4pm (Buhinga)
•Busoga United Vs Mbarara City – 4pm (Kakindu)
Wednesday, February 9
•BUL FC Vs Vipers – 2pm (Bugembe)
•KCCA FC Vs URA FC – 4pm (Lugogo)
Team News
- Arua Hill will welcome back Skipper Rashid Toha, Atendele Geriga, Innocent Media and Robert Eseru who missed their Uganda Cup Elimination by Tipsha FC.
- January signings Ibrahim Tembo will hope to make their debuts for the Arua based side.
- The Kongolo have no fresh injuries, everyone is fit and ready for selection.
- For Police, they will be without Duncan Sseninde, Muwadda Mawejje, Hassan Muhamood, Nsubuga Mubarak and Kiberu who are all injured.
- Eric Ssenjobe travelled with Team Fundi to Spain while Tonny Kiwalaze and Yusuf Ssozi are back from injury.
- New signings Oshaba Marvin, Frank Kalanda, Bernard Kateregga and John Kitanda will make their debuts for Police FC if selected.
Probable Lineups
*Arua Hill: Richard Anyama (GK), Atendele Geriga, Richard Matovu, Bright Vuni, Rashid Toha, Faizul Ibrahim, David Ndihabwe, Gadafi Wahab, Samuel Ssekamatte, Robert Eseru, Alfred Leku.
*Police FC: Tom Ikara (GK), Eddy Kapampa, George Kiryowa, Joseph Ssentume, Ruben Kimera, Diego Ssemugera, Yusuf Ssozi, Tony Mawejje, Juma Balinya, Tonny Kiwalaze, Samuel Kayongo.
Preview: Arua Hill banking on Home Support
Arua Hill will hope that their home support can carry the team across the line when they host Police at Barifa Stadium as the second round of UPL gets underway.
Barifa is expected to be on fire after FUFA allowed fans return to the Stadiumat full capacity.
Arua Hill will be confident of the home advantage.
Arua Hill assistant Coach Ahmad Borini, who replaced Sadiq Sempigi, says they have prepared well and confident ahead of the game.
“The most important thing is what to do and what do we want to make sure that the team get better, he stated.
“I think we have tried everything possible to make sure that everything goes as planned, we have worked the whole week and I think the boys are ready to go without any pressure.
“We have learnt a lot in the game we played with Police FC in the first round, we have worked on everything that will help us atleast get a good result.
“The players and the Technical team are all okay and we are ready to go to make sure that atleast we get a positive result in the game.
“I think the fans will be very important in this game so I think the we have as the Technical team is the same confidence I give the players and I think this is the same confidence which goes out to the fans.”
The last meeting between the two in the first round ended in a goalless draw at Lugogo.
Match Stats
*Arua Hill
- Arua Hill are 6th on the table with 25 points after 15 games in the first round.
- They have seven wins, 4 draws and 4 loses having scored 17 goals and conceeded 15.
-Livingstone Mbabazi’s side have won 3 of the last 5 matches losing one and drawing the other. - At the Barifa Ground, Arua Hill have won 4 matches, 2 draws and a lose in 7 matches scoring 11 goals and conceding 7. They are unbeaten in their last four home matches.
*Police FC
- The Cops completed the first round 10th on the log with 16 points after 15 matches.
- They have registered four wins, four draws and 7 loses. Police have scored 17 goals and conceeded 16 times.
- Police FC have won 4 of their last 5 matches and drawn the other.
- Away from home, Police FC have won 2 of the 7 matches, a draw and 4 loses. They have scored six and conceeded 8 goals. They are unbeaten in their last two away matches.
Head to Head
2021/2022
*Arua Hill Vs Police
*Police FC 0-0 Arua Hill
