Angola based giants Petro Atletico de Luanda are scheduled to touch down in the country on Friday ahead of their CAF Confederation Cup group “D” final group game against Kenyan champions Gor Mahia.
The round six
A contingent of 41 – 21 players and 20 officials, depart Luanda-based Quatro de Fevereiro International airport at 2pm and are expected to land at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport at about 6pm.
They will have the mandatory feel of the pitch on Saturday.
Both teams are chasing maximum points to boost their chances of advancing to the quarterfinals, whose draw will be conducted on March 20 in Cairo, Egypt.
Gor Mahia lost their second consecutive #TotalCAFCC game in a span of one week against Egyptian giants, Zamalek SC. K'Ogalo lost 4-0 and are now bottom of the standings with 1 game to go but have a chance of qualifying. Gor next play Petro Atletico. #BambaSport pic.twitter.com/v4JtjEzXQg
— Bamba Sport (@BambaSports) March 11, 2019
The group is evenly poised going into the final round of matches , with all teams with a chance of qualifying for the last eight.
Petro – who thumped Gor Mahia 2-1 in Luanda on February 13, are second on the table with seven points similar to third-placed Hussein Dey of Algeria who’ve an inferior goal difference of (-2) and Petro (+1).
Coach Hassan Aktay @OfficialGMFC
— CAF (@CAF_Online) March 11, 2019
Unfortunately we didn't play well but Zamalek deserved to win the three points. They played very well. It was a fair game. We have one game to play in Nairobi and hopefully we win there at home #TotalCAFCC pic.twitter.com/nA8bDqa3pb
Egytian side Zamalek – who visit Hussein Dey on the same day in Algiers, are top on eight points, while Gor are rock bottom on six.
“We have to put in 100 percent work rate in this game to win, no two ways about it,” Gor tactician Hassan Oktay said after their 4-0 loss to Zamalek last Sunday in Alexandria.
Gor Head Coach Oktay: We Must Beat Petro Atletico On Sunday.
— SportPesa News (@SportpesaNews) March 11, 2019
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Petro recorded a hard-fought 1-0 win over Sporting de Cabinda in an Angolan top tier match on Wednesday, while their opponents face Kakamega Homeboyz on Thursday afternoon.
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Gor Mahia is however scheduled to miss one player in the duel who is serving a suspension:
Gor Mahia will miss one suspended players against Petro Atletico!
— Goal Kenya (@GoalcomKenya) March 13, 2019
…while two more are struggling with injuries! pic.twitter.com/zEZwQoWpeC