David GOMBE
SC Villa will be targeting a double over Onduparaka FC when the two sides face off at the Greenlight Stadium on Friday.
Onduparaka will be seeking revenge over Villa who also eliminated them in the Stanbic Uganda Cup at the round of 16 tie earlier this month.
Villa beat Onduparaka 2-1 in the first round meeting at the Njeru Technical centre, thanks to goals from Salim Abdallah and Isaac Ogwang while Muhamed Shaban scored for the Arua outfit.
Onduparaka come into this contest after a comfortable 4-1 win over Police at Lugogo which was inspired by their skipper Shaban’s hat trick. They have also won their last three league games.
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The Jogoos lost to rivals Express 2-1 at home in their last league fixture.
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Onduparaka
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Gabriel Matata and John Rogers return to the side after missing the trip to Police through respective suspensions.
The Caterpillars will however be without Rashid Okocha who is suspended while Rashid Agau is out through injury.
SC Villa
Defender Kenneth Semakula is a major doubt for Villa while custodian Martin Ssenkooto is to have a late fitness test.
Current league Positions
The Caterpillars are 10th on the log with 27 points after 23 matches having won 7, 8 draws and loses apiece.
Villa is currently 12th on the table with 25 points in 24 matches. They have managed six wins, eight draws and ten defeats.
Head to Head
2021/2022
Villa 2-1 Onduparaka
2020/2021
Onduparaka 1-0 Villa
Villa 1-0 Onduparaka
2019/2020
Villa 1-0 Onduparaka
Onduparaka 1-3 Villa
2018/2019
Onduparaka 2-1 Villa
Villa 0-1 Onduparaka
2017/2018
Onduparaka 0-1 Villa
Villa 1-0 Onduparaka
2016/2017
Villa 4-1 Onduparaka
Onduparaka 4-3 Villa
