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A victory for the Cairo Red Devils at Tanzania's Simba SC – a team they have already beaten 5-0 this month – would take them to ten points in four Group D matches.
And this total will guarantee Ahly last eight places unless the JS Saoura of Algeria, ranked at the bottom of the table, put an end to three games without victory by beating the V Club Congolese visitors.
AFP Sport presents the fourth day of the Champions League reinstated in 16 clubs after the reinstatement of Ismaily of Egypt this weekend, after the lifting of a ban on crowd disorders.
group A
The recent African champions, Wydad Casablanca of Morocco and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, can quite prevent the progress until the elimination phase if they collect the maximum points.
Wydad should have little trouble defeating the Lobi Stars of Nigeria in Rabat after already doing it in West Africa thanks to a penalty kick from Mohamed Nahiri.
The Sundowns were significantly superior to Cote d'Ivoire's ASEC Mimosas after their 3-1 win in Pretoria with Argentine debutant Emiliano Tade among the goals.
But Abidjan keeps bitter memories for the Pretoria club during his last visit, which ended in a humiliating 6-1 win over Africa Sports, ASEC's main national rival.
Group B
The Tunisian hopeful, reigning African champion, lost her advantage over the Orlando Pirates in South Africa after announcing the time of sending coup to Tunis before six o'clock.
Instead of an early flight at the local time (2:00 am (Paris time)) and cold conditions likely, according to Pirates, to hinder their performance, visitors can expect a mild weather in the middle of the afternoon.
Esperance will not have support either at Stade el Menzah, the club serving the second half of a two-game suspension for crowd problems last season.
If the co-leaders draw lots, as they did during a scathing clash at Soweto this month, Horoya, of Guinea, can go from third to first win by beating FC Zimbabwe Platinum in Conakry.
Group C
TP Mazembe of DR Congo is absent from the African Club of Tunisia, the team they humiliated 8-0 this month for a record win in the group stage of the Champions League.
North Africans reacted to the debacle by saying that the Congolese drugged them by injecting substances into their food in Lubumbashi.
Mazembe, five-time champion of Africa, then pointed out that the African had chosen his hotel and brought him food, water and a Tunisian cook.
The Congolese have said they expect a "fair play" in Radès, a plea that, he hopes, will be heard by the often embarrbading supporters of Club Africain.
Group D
Ahly scored five goals after Simba in Egypt despite a lack of the top nine prospects, including Rouan Ramadan Sobhi of Huddersfield Town, an English Premier League fighter.
But the Egyptians need only consult the register to know that the return match in Dar es Salaam, a city in the Indian Ocean, may be much more difficult; they lost 2-1 during their previous visit.
After successive beats of five goals, Simba hopes that Meddie Kagere and Clatous Chama will rediscover the form that allowed them to score nine goals earlier in the competition.
Saoura scored two goals to hold V Club in a daunting fortress in Kinshasa and a maximum of points at home against the Congolese would open the race to second place.
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