Vipers sting Gor with stoppage time winner at Cecafa Club Championships

Vipers sting Gor with stoppage time winner at Cecafa Club Championships
Gor Mahia's Ben Stanley Omondi (in white) in action against Uganda's Vipers SC. PHOTO/CECAFA ONLINE

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 27, 2026 – A stoppage time header from Gusto Mulongo earned Ugandan giants Viper SC a 1-0 win over Gor Mahia in their Group A encounter of the Cecafa Club Championships at the Kigali Pele Stadium on Monday evening.

The game had appeared poised for a barren deadlock before the substitute turned up to head in the winner past Gor keeper Humphrey Katasi.

Gor coach Charles Akonnor named a largely changed starting XI from the side that thrashed Rwanda’s APR 5-0 on Saturday night, bringing in Katasi for Byrne Omondi.

The Ghanaian also changed his frontline, handing a starting berth to new signing Hansel Ochieng’ in place of Paul Okoth, as well as Ebenezer Adukwaw and Ben Stanley Omondi on the wings.

Even with the changed line-up, the Kenyan champions did enough to contain the Ugandans who thrashed Burundi’s Garde Republicaine 3-0 on Saturday.

Following the loss, K’Ogalo remain second in Group A with three points as the Ugandans book their place in the quarters courtesy of their six-point haul.