Sudan giants and 2007 CAF Champions league finalist Al Merreikh Omdurman will today take on Botswana surprise package Township Rollers in a moutj watering clash at the 43,000 capacity Al Merreikh stadium (Red castle )
Going into the tie,the host who are under pressure needs four goals without reply to qualify for the first round .
Will the red devils be a third time lucky ?
Only two teams have managed to beat the Sudanese gaints at their own backyard .In 2014 Angola’s Recreativo do Libolo beat them 0-1 before registering the same in Luanda .Another team to have got the rare win at their backyard was TP Mazembe
Last year they lost 3-0 to Rivers United in Port Harcourt before beating the Nigerians 4-0 to qualify for the lucrative group stages
In 2015 in the second round after losing 2-0 to Tanzania moneybags Azam in the first leg ,they shook off with a 3-0 hiding at the Red Castle stadium to storm to the group stage.
And in 2011 they escaped albeit on penalties after losing 2-0 away to Luanda based Inter Luanda where they won the reverse fixture 2-0.
This is the third time where they are expected to stage a comeback after losing 3-0 to ambitious Township Rollers nicknamed Popa .
Township Rollers are confident of breaking the Red Castle jinx and would want to improve from last years performance where they lost Madagascar ‘s CNAPs in the preliminaries
The match is set to take place today at the Al Merreikh Stadium.
Kick off 20:30 EAT
19:30 CAT
