Vipers lost 0:1 to Entebbe UPPC in the opening round of the Premier League regular season on Thursday. The visitors took all three points thanks to a single moment of misfortune for the hosts.
The decisive event came in the thirty-third minute when K. Dasylva Bady turned the ball into his own net. And here's the thing — Vipers controlled the vast majority of play but could not find a way through. Entebbe UPPC saw it out and walked away with their first victory of the campaign.
The statistics tell a familiar story. Vipers registered 177 attacks against 104 for their opponents, while holding 66 per cent possession. They mustered five shots off target and just one on target. Entebbe managed three shots on target from two attempts off target, and that was enough.
By then the visitors had already established their position at sixth place with three points from one game. Vipers remain seventeenth, sitting on zero points after their opening defeat. The scoreline does not reflect the flow of the match, but football is not always fair.