Kitara’s resurgence continued on Saturday as the Royals put up a scoring clinic in the 7-0 demolition of visiting Express at Butema Grounds in Hoima.
George Senkaaba scored a hat-trick and Jude Ssemugabi a double, with Fred Amaku and David Ndihabwe adding the other goals in this StarTimes Uganda Premier League match. Kitara’s fourth win in the last five matches and fifth overall lifts them two places up to ninth on 17 points, 11 behind leaders Vipers SC.
Coach Wasswa Bbosa team’s form in the last five games, which has produced 21 goals, now reads 7-0 over Express, 4-0 win over Maroons, 6-0 over Mbale Heroes, goalless with Vipers, and 4-0 over UPDF.
On their part, Express’ heavy defeat in their second in a row having lost to URA 2-1 in their last outing. It is the Red Eagles fourth defeat in 13 matches but their five wins and four draws has them in fifth on 19 points.
The hosts went ahead just inside two minutes after an interchange of play between Ssemugabi, Lazaro Bwambale and Solomon Okwalinga, the latter drilling in a cross for Senkaaba to head home past Emmanuel Kalyowa in Express goal.
Ssemugabi made it 2-0 in the 21st minute after a solo run from his own half that saw the Cranes forward fly past two to three Express players like they never existed. He then turned in and easily beat Kalyowa with a low left foot shot from inside the area.
The third for Kitara didn’t wait long, Amaku making sure of it on 36 minutes when he finished off a Senkaaba lay-on from a long delivery into the box. Half time and the Red Eagles were at sixes and sevens.
Well, that never changed after the break. Express were soon 4-0 down 13 minutes into the second half after Titus Ssematimba released Ssemugabi down the right, and the latter put in a beautiful cross for Senkaaba to tap home his second of the day.
Senkaaba completed his hat-trick with Kitara’s fifth goal when he tapped home a rebound on 77 minutes before Ssemugabi also got his second and the Royals’ sixth a minute later. Ndihabwe completed the routing with Kitara’s eighth four minutes from full time.
