Kent Kenneth Arereng
Friday 5 September 2025 provides a crucial moment as Uganda Cranes tussles out against Mozambique at Mandela National Stadium in Namboole.
With tickets all sold out, fans are eagerly waiting for the start whistle in this important clash. On the other hand, players are motivated and ready for today’s match.
Cranes tactician Paul Put in Thursday’s Pre Match conference sounded very strong ahead of this match,giving hope to the football fraternity.
“We are complete since yesterday. We have been missing some players back, so it becomes difficult to prepare a team but i think the confidence in the team is now high,” Put said.
Mozambique beat Uganda cranes 3-1 in the first encounter on 20 March 2025. The two nations are separated by just three points in group G with Uganda occupying the fourth position on nine points while Mozambique is second with twelve points.
Algeria tops this group with eighteen points. They thrashed Botswana 3-1 on Thursday to maintain their grip on the table.
Group G standings ahead of Friday’s clash
1. Algeria – 18 points
2. Mozambique – 12 points
3. Botswana – 9 points
4. Uganda – 9 points
5. Guinea – 7 points
6. Somalia – 1 point
Thursday results
Chad 1-1 Ghana
Angola 0-1
Guinea Bissau 1-1 Sierra Leone
Madagascar 2-0 Central Africa Republic
Mauritius 0-2 Cape Verde
Algeria 3-1 Botswana
Sao Tome and Prinicipe 2-3 Equatoria Guinea
Cameroon 3-0 Eswatini
Mali 3-0 Comoros
Tunisia 3-0 Liberia
