Match Report
UPDF, 14th on 22 points, faced a 28-point deficit to NEC (6th, 50). Against a league average of 1.05 goals per team per game, NEC ran at 1 scored and 0.76 conceded, UPDF at 0.8 and 1.37.
Defeat had not touched NEC in 7 games. A win had eluded UPDF for 8 matches. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for NEC against 1/15 for UPDF.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for NEC, 0 for UPDF and 3 drawn, at 1.4 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at MTN Omondi Stadium (capacity 10,000). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
NEC: Ronald Innocent (80')
Key stats
Possession: NEC 52% · UPDF 48% · Total shots: 11-11 · On target: 6-1 · Corners: 3-5