Champions Akwa United and two other Nigeria Professional Football League sides Rivers United and Bayelsa United will be in action on Saturday and Sunday in their first leg preliminary stages of the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup.
Of the three teams involved in the CAF inter-club competitions, only Akwa United will be playing on home turf when they welcome Algeria’s CR Belouizdad to the GodswillAkpabio Stadium in Uyo on Sunday.
The Uyo-based team will be boosted with the complement of their teeming fans after the Confederation of African Football approved that 10,000 spectators be allowed into the stadium for the game.
Rivers United will be hoping to get a favourable result when they visit Tanzania’s Young Africans Sports Club on Sunday in their Champions League first leg preliminary round on Sunday.
The Pride of Rivers, who finished second on the Nigeria Professional Football League log, will have a hill to climb when they tackle the Tanzanians, who finished second in their domestic league, behind Simba FC.
Bayelsa United return to the continent for the first time since 2014, but controversy trails their opening game against Ashanti GB after the coup that took place in Guinea last Sunday, which may hamper their opening game.
