FUFA Women’s Super League: The Analytical View of Lady Doves, Cardinals Final Encounter
It’s not news now, the world knows that Lady Doves FC and UCU Lady Cardinals meet on final of FUFA Women’s Super League at Njeru on Wednesday at 12:00noon.
Now who has the higher chances to take the brand new trophy of the maiden Super League tourney for year 2021.
On such moments, people tend to forget history, but it’s vital, it doesn’t end in the minds of the match analysts or fans but it goes deep to the minds of the players.
According to history, these two sides have met on four occasions, tomorrow will be the fifth.
The previous four meetings, both friendlies and competitive matches, UCU has only one win that came in 2019 at the final of FUFA Women’s Elite League at MTN Omondi Stadium, Lugogo.
On that day, UCU beat Doves 2-0, Hasifa Nassuna and Moureen Kinavudoli were on target.
The remaining three encounters, Lady Doves emerged winners and recorded one draw, this came before the 2018/19 Elite season and it ended in a one all draw.
The recent meeting in the Super League Group stage at Njeru, Doves beat Cardinals 2-1, Fazila Ikwaput scoring a brace and the only goal for UCU was scored by Hasifa Nassuna.
UCU Lady Cardinals will come in this game with a mentality of avenging for a recent loss as well as Doves because they still have a troumer of 2019, losing two finals in the same year.
Head to Head
UCU Lady Cardinals 1-1 Lady Doves FC
UCU Lady Cardinals 2-0 Lady Doves FC
UCU Lady Cardinals 1-2 Lady Doves FC
UCU Lady Cardinals 1-2 Lady Doves FC
Experience
As this website stated before, UCU Lady Cardinals is a tournament team, that can upset any side, in tournaments they don’t mind much about the style of play, the target always results first.
Two or three players are not in UCU Lady Cardinals squad that was built in 2017, that is Yudaya Nakayenze who went to USA for further studies and Moureen Kinavudoli who is currently in Kenya. The rest are still together, won the University Games in 2017, East Africa in 2018 and Women Cup in the same year, and the same team won the 2019 beating Lady Doves FC.
Here the experience and the character to contain the game at final stages is more at UCU’s side.
Apart from winning the 2017 Kitara regional league title when getting promoted to Elite League, the Masindi based side don’t have any serious title since they came in existence in 2016.
With Coach Oliver Mbekeka, Lady Doves in their maiden season reached on final of two titles, unfortunately they lost both of them, with a uniform score of 2-0 against UCU, and Makerere University on Elite and Women’s Cup respectively.
Current form:
According to current form, in this tournament, Lady Doves have been vibrant, the side that scored most goals, nine and conceded only two goals. They are still unbeaten in the tournament.
UCU Lady Cardinals, have been stinging opponents but in a silent format until they reached final.
Players who can win the game:
Lady Doves have three crucial players, that is custodian and team skipper, Daisy Nakaziro, Riticia Nabbosa and Fazila Ikwaput, the tournament top scorer now with seven goals but she got a knock in their semifinal fixture against Kawempe, not sure whether they she will be fit for the game.
UCU Lady Cardinals has Ruth Aturo, Shadia Nankya, and Hasifa Nassuna but it’s visible in this tournament, any player at UCU can win the game, on three occasions, UCU got three match winners.
The technical bench:
The technical benches will be vital in this encounter, the fact is, UCU’s tactician, Jimmy Kintu is the best at Njeru but not well experienced with women football affairs but his assistant Simon Assiimwe is not doubtable in that area.
Lady Doves FC has Fred Musiime and Rajab Buyinza, these ones have experience in women’s football for some years at least.
Putting all that aside, the luck will decide the winner of the day.