Rivers United will take on Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) FC in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup, make or mar group A tie, at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt, later today.
The Stanley Eguma tutored side is currently bottom of the group a defeat will signify an end to their quest to move to the next stage of the cup tie.
Rivers had lost 2-1 to KCCA in a Group A encounter which was played at the Philip Omondi Stadium in Kampala, Uganda. The defeat left the Nigerian club placed fourth on the Group A standings with three points. They are three points behind log leaders FUS Rabat from Morocco.
Rivers United will be hoping to find the back of the net and get their quarter final berth ambitions back on track. United lost to Lobi Stars 1 – 0 in the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) league match in Makukrdi last Friday. Meanwhile, KCCA have not been in action since beating United in a Confederation Cup encounter almost three weeks ago.
The victory took the Ugandan club to second in Group A standings with six points. They are only behind group leaders Rabat on goal difference. Derrick Nsibambi is the player to watch out for in the KCCA team.
The striker hit the back of the net twice for his side against Rivers in Kampala. KCCA head coach Hillary Mutebi says they are targeting a victory in Nigeria in order to move to the top of Group A standings.
“The (issue) of goals difference is worrying so we have to try to outscore the opponent,” Mutebi told Rivers’ official website.
“In all our away games in the Confederation Cup, we have only failed to score against FUS Rabat and El-Masry; we always score away from home. Rivers United is a very good team but we (KCCA) are confident we can rub shoulders with them because we have tested the best.”
