David GOMBE
Record Uganda Premier League champions SC Villa will be seeking to bounce back from their 1-0 defeat to Maroons FC when they host URA FC under the lights of Kadiba on Thursday.
The Jogoos saw their seven match unbeaten run come to an end at Maroons last Saturday.
They will need to regain their form when they host URA who lost to Kitara FC in their previous league match.
Zeljko Kovacevic’s side will be without five players against the tax collectors. Captain David Owori and Reagan Mpande who are with the national team for AFCON while Geoffrey Lubangakene, Simon Ssemayange and Sula Matovu are suspended.
Lubangakene was sent off in the defeat to Maroons while Ssemayange is out due to card accumulation.
With Mpande out due to national team duties, Patrick Jonah Kakande is expected to get his first start of the season.
URA who have had mixed results this term will look up to Nelson Senkatuka, Moses Aliro and Fred Amaku for inspiration.
The tax men are currently ninth on the table with 11 points having managed just two wins this campaign.
Elsewhere, Entebbe UPPC will welcome Express FC in the other game on Thursday at Fisheries Grounds in Bugonga.
