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Kitara seek top spot after Bul edge Villa
Bul's Ronald Otti is joined by teamamtes in celebrating his team's winning goal to edge SC Villa 2-1. PHOTO/JOHN BATANUDDE
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The result means that Bul moved to 15 points and are one of only two sides remaining with a perfect record edging Kitara who have played a game less.
Kitara will seek to reclaim top spot in the Startimes Uganda Premier League when they face Wakiso Giants on Wednesday at the Kabaka Kyabaggu Stadium in Wakiso.
But for now top spot belongs to Bul who continued their winning start to the campaign with a 2-1 victory at Muteesa II Stadium in Wankulukuku on Tuesday.
The result means they moved to 15 points and are one of only two sides remaining with a perfect record edging Kitara who have played a game less.
The run has been built on a strong defensive unit and collective effort as well a making the most of set piece situations.
All those qualities came into play yesterday as George Kasonko connected with a Ronald Otti header from a corner on 34 minutes.
The second goal arrived in similar fashion three minutes later with Otti heading in at the far post from a Jerome Kirya corner.
Villa did pull a goal back on 63 minutes through Umar Lutalo following a fine team move but a full comeback never truly materialized.
It was another frustrating result for Villa whose goalkeeper Norman Angufindru is still a work in progress and remains vulnerable at crosses.
It will also put pressure on Serbian coach Dusan Stojanovic whose team have won just once in five games picking up five points.
In Jinja, a 10-man Busoga United grabbed three points and bragging rights in Jinja after gunning down Gaddafi 1-0 through Isaac Doka Mweru's strike in the dying minutes of the first-half at the Gaddafi Arena.
Mweru and his partner Basham Mugwa caught the Soldier Boys flat-footed before taking on Willis Otong in a one-on-one which the latter fired to the far post.
Busoga finished the fixture with ten men after their captain Charles Mulanda earned a send-off and will probably attract the wrath of the Fufa Competitions Disciplinary panel after head-butting the centre referee Tumusiime Tuge.
The derby victory lifts Busoga to eighth with seven points as Gaddafi remains 12th with only three.
StarTimes Uganda Premier League
Tuesday results
Gaddafi 0-1 Busoga United
SC Villa 1-2 BUL
Wednesday fixtures
Mbarara City - Arua Hill at Kakyeka Stadium
Wakiso Giants - Kitara at Kabaka Kyabaggu Stadium Wakiso
