Tuesday, November 25 | MTN Omondi Stadium | 7pm kick-off
The Diehards are ready to reignite the fire under the Lugogo lights. After a testing start to the campaign, we host rock-bottom Calvary in the StarTimes Uganda Premier League a fixture that represents an opportunity to kickstart our push up the table. We’ve banked just six points from our opening six outings, including that hard-fought solitary victory, but the transition under Badru Kaddu has been about building foundations.
Draws and defeats have tested our resolve, yet the quality in this squad from the engine room to the wide threats remains undeniable.
Calvary, meanwhile, languish at the foot of the standings with a single point and zero wins, having shipped goals in a run of home humiliations against Entebbe UPPC and UPDF.
Five points separate us, but the gap in momentum feels even wider. This is our moment to strike.
Badru Kaddu was bullish in his pre-match briefing, outlining a clear roadmap: “The players are trainable and ready to learn. For now, we have to start winning games and our target is to finish the first round with 33 points and then talk about being in the title race.”
It’s the kind of ambition that echoes around Lugogo a rallying cry from all the fans.
Team news
No fresh concerns for Kaddu, whose team hasn’t registered fresh injuries in the build up to Calvary.
Watch his interview here:
Stats to know
NEC are unbeaten in three home league games this season (W1 D2).
Calvary have failed to score in four of their six outings, while leaking 12 goals.
Newcomers to the top flight, this is just our third meeting – but with our pedigree, the edge is ours.
During our Big League season 2022/23, we won against the Midgo based team home and away as we progressed to the StarTimes Uganda Premier League.
The Diehards demand a response, and this feels like the night it arrives. Join us at MTN Omondi Stadium Lugogo for this encounter