Vipers SC and Kitara FC produced emphatic performances to e-book their locations within the quarterfinals of the Stanbic Uganda Cup on Wednesday.
At St Mary’s Stadium Kitende, Vipers SC cruised to a commanding 4-0 win over Iganga United. Hillary Mukundane set the tone early, heading residence Yunus Sentamu’s nook within the eighth minute. Regardless of creating a number of probabilities, the Venoms went into the break with a slim lead.
The second half, nonetheless, belonged to Gusto Mulongo. The ahead struck twice in fast succession, first ending off Abdul Karim Watambala’s help earlier than doubling his tally minutes later to place the sport past attain. Mukundane returned in stoppage time to finish his brace, calmly changing from Usama Arafat’s cross to seal an emphatic victory.
Elsewhere, Kitara FC delivered a ruthless show, thrashing Bunyaruguru United 6-0 at Royals Park Butema. Gadafi Wahab opened the scoring from the penalty spot, earlier than Jimmy Kalema and Samuel Kato Nemeyimana made it 3-0 by halftime.
The hosts maintained their depth after the break, with Benjamin Nyakoojo, George Ssenkaaba and Residing Kabon including three extra objectives to finish the rout.
The 2 sides now be a part of KCCA FC, NEC FC and Comfortable Boyz Kagaba within the final eight, because the race for Uganda Cup glory gathers momentum.