Despite playing three games fewer, Charles Livingstone Mbabazi's charges still have the top spot in sight as they sit third with 31 points, eight adrift of leaders Kitara FC.
After failing to win their most recent Uganda Premier League game against Gaddafi FC, Vipers SC will be keen on getting back to winning ways on track when play host to Soltilo Bright Stars SC at the St Mary's Stadium, Kitende on Thursday.
The Venoms were held to a barren stalemate against Gaddafi, but today presents an opportunity for a bounceback.
Despite playing three games fewer, Charles Livingstone Mbabazi's charges still have the top spot in sight as they sit third with 31 points, eight adrift of leaders Kitara FC.
On the other hand, Bright Stars lie 11th on the log with 22 points in 18 games.
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In the game played in Entebbe on Wednesday afternoon, Ismail Lubega broke the deadlock for the hosts as early as the second minute.
Vipers smiled to a comfortable 2-0 victory in the first half of the season, courtesy of midfielders Karim Watambala and Bright Anukani.
While Vipers holds the lion’s share of victories in this fixture, games between the two are always tightly contested.
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Opio further revealed how one Peter Kidemuka, a soldier, told his colleagues to, "get firewood which they put under the 'mabaati' (iron sheets) with fire, and, then they asked us to lie on them."
Vipers and Soltilo Brigh Stars will be meeting for the 21st time in the league with the Venoms superior having won 11 times, drawn eight with one loss.