The City Oilers are seeking to win their first game of the season as they take on the Rezlife Saints on Wednesday, the 16th, at Lugogo.

The Oilers fell to the Namuwongo Blazers 81-80 in their opening game but were stunned by the JT Jaguars, 74-64, in their next game.

They now find themselves in unfamiliar territory, being down 0-2, and seek to get their first win of the season.

They take on a Rezlife Saints side who have won 4 of their last 5 games and seem to be on the right track.

Previous Games

Rezlife Saints

Rezlife 58-48 Livingstone

Rezlife 73-51 Sommet

Rezlife 42-64 UCU Canons

Rezlife 63-57 Victoria Crocs

Rezlife 58-45 Kampala Rockets

City Oilers

City Oilers 64-74 JT Jaguars

City Oilers 80-81 Nam Blazers

Expectations

The Rezlife Saints have had some trouble with scoring. They have scored over 70 points once this season and that needs to change.

City Oilers has a lot of players who can put up big numbers offensively and Rezlife has to make sure to match that.

The potential return of Fayed Baale and Ivan Muhwezi could be key.

The duo has yet to feature this season and word has it that Muhwezi had been looking elsewhere away from the 10-time Champions.

Will he be involved in this game? We shall find out.

For Fayed, he had an injury from which he has since recovered, and he could make his season debut tonight.

Key Contested Areas

The most contested key area on tbe court will be the Paint.

Apugi has had a couple of good games including his historic 20+ points and 20+ rebounds against Victoria Crocs.

This is the person that City Oilers have to be worried about most. He averages 13.3 points and 13.2 rebounds plus 2 steals per game.

Rezlife also has Leonardo Gilabi, Emmanuel Okot and Akena Deo Desire who contribute significantly in the paint.

The Oilers have to have a lot of alternatives on how to stop those guys both offensively and defensively.

The game could be won and lost and lost there for either team.

Both teams come into today’s game with a lot of motivation. The Oilers seek a first victory, while the Saints want to make it 3 consecutive wins.

This game will be very interesting for the neutral fans and shall be tipping off at 9:00 pm at Lugogo.