Uganda, April 23 -- After a ghastly start to the season, league holders Vipers seem to be hitting form at just the right time thus becoming the favourites in the closely contested title race.

No department has betrayed Vipers' StarTimes Uganda Premier League retention bid more this season than a misfiring forward line that is uncharacteristically nowhere in the top scorer's race.

Their marksmen - Abubaker Lawal, Fumidor Awisome, Eric Kambale and Milton Karisa - are all locked in at four goals each - way below KCCA forward Muhammad Shaban who leads the goal charts with 14 strikes.

Vipers, second in the table with 45 points from 23 matches, face seventh-placed Maroons on Tuesday at the St Mary's Stadium-Kitende with other goal outlets - ...