According to official communication from the club, they are not in the team for the Uganda Premier League bout with the army side.
Two of the most important Vipers SC players, Abubakar Lawal and Patrick Mbowa, are set to sit out their away trip to UPDF FC slated for Sunday at the Bombo Military Barracks.
According to official communication from the club, they are not in the team for the Uganda Premier League bout with the army side.
While Lawal is down after contracting malaria, Mbowa is out as he sits his university examinations.
"Nigerian Abubakar Lawal contracted Malaria and is ruled out while Patrick Mbowa was granted leave to finish his university exams," the club revealed.
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The Uganda Premier League champions enter the fray tomorrow off the back of a confident-boosting 2-0 victory over URA FC in their most recent game.
Lawal has featured in each of Vipers' league games this season, scoring twice and assisting on one occasion.
Mbowa, on the hand, has played seven league games this season for thw Kitende side, keeping five clean-sheets and netting one.
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Vipers head coach Leonard Martins Neiva was left a satisfied man given that Okello was only playing his first league game since May as a KCCA player.
Meanwhile, defender Hillary Mukundane and goalkeeper Alfred Macumu Mudekereza are long-term injury absentees and will continue to watch from the sidelines.
However, five players who missed their previous game against URA FC due to their late return from international duty are all in contention.
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Brian Ssenyondo's side had been winless in the previous three games as they lost to Maroons FC (1-0) and BUL FC (2-1) and picked a 2-2 stalemate with URA FC.
Yunus Sentamu, Milton Karisa, Rogers Torach, Jack Komakech and Bright Anukani are fully back in the squad.
It should be noted that victory for the Venoms will take them to second with 20 points, as they currently sit third with seven points adrift of leaders BUL FC, who are on 24.