COSAFA football clubs BidVest Wits and Zanaco as well as other regional sides have a mountain to climb in the return legs of the preliminary round Caf competitions.

Champions League

South Africa’s side BidVest Wits will be sweating to pull a  win aganist Reunion’s Saint-Louisienne after a 2-1 loss in preliminary stage of the competition.

Saint -Louisienne is a side famous for upsets in the club competitions having made it twice to the past Africa Cup Winners Cup semi-finals and it will be no suprise if Bidvest Wits fall to the side.

Zambia champions Zanaco FC were held to a 0-0 draw by APR FC of Rwanda at home and will be facing a tough task when they face the East Africans at home.

Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto will be looking for a win aganist KCCA of Uganda in what is a do-or-die match for the side that lost 1-0 in Kampala.

Royal Leopards from Swaziland will be facing almost the same task and will be having a mountain to climb when they face Vita Club away in Kinshasa.

Mauritian side AS Port-Louis 2000 will be at home plotting to sink Kenya’s Tusker FC after they grabbed an excellent 1-1 draw in Nairobi and all they need is a goalless draw to progress to the next round.

Botswana’s Township Rollers of Botswana need to silence fellow COSAFA side CNaPS Sport from Madagascar after they fell 2-1 away.They will be hoping to turn roll and win by at least one goal without conceeding to make it to next round.

The fire that Zanzibar Zimamoto set on Mozambican side Ferroviário Beira will be put off in Maputo as the COSAFA side try to pull a win aganist the East Africans.

Seychelles club Côte d’Or will be in Ethiopia to meet St.George who defeated them by 2-0 at home.

Confederation Cup

In the Confederation Cup, four participating sides have work to do against fellow opposation.

SuperSport United were held 0-0 in Madagascar against ASSM Elgeco Plus, while Platinum Stars hold a narrow 1-0 advantage over Mozambican side União Desportiva do Songo.

Comoros side Volcan Club played to an excellent 0-0 draw at Ugandan side Vipers, while Swaziland outfit Mbabane Swallows grabbed a 1-0 win at Botswana club Orapa United.

Ngezi Platinum of Zimbabwe will hope to see off Mauritius side Pamplemousses after a 1-1 draw away, but Seychelles club St Michel United must overturn a 2-0 deficit as they host Al-Hilal of Sudan.

Additional information:Cosafa