Morocco’s Kawkab Marrakech claimed a 2-1 win away to Libyan side Al Ahli Tripoli in Tunis’ Stade Chedli Zouiten on Tuesday night in a CAF Confederation Cup Group B clash.

The match in neutral Tunisia (Tripoli is still unfit to host major football matches due to continuing instability in Libya) saw Marrakech claim a 33rd minute lead through a penalty from Mohamed El Fakih.

Another penalty four minutes later, this time from the host team’s Mohamed Al Ghanodi, levelled the game at 1-1.

Yet Kawkab were able to take the victory thanks to Jeferson Luiz’s goal in the 64th minute, securing a 2-1 score line in favour of the Moroccan club.

They move clear at the top of Group B on six points, while A Ahli remain bottom with zero points. The group’s second match in this block of fixtures sees Etoile du Sahel face FUS Rabat in Sousse on Wednesday.

Libya’s Al Ahli Tripoli need to get their Group B campaign off the ground in the CAF Confederation Cup when they host Moroccan club Kawkab Marrakech in Tunis on Tuesday evening. Kick-off at the Stade Chedli Zouiten is set for 22:00 CAT.

Al Ahli have already come up against Moroccan opposition in the group stage, losing their opening match 1-0 away to FUS Rabat earlier this month. Mohamed Nahiri scored the only goal of the game to see the Libyan side stutter in their first pool fixture.

Now as hosts (in Tunisia due to continuing political instability in their home country) ‘Alzaeem’ must pick up a positive result to keep up their hopes of advancing into the final four of the competition for the first time.

Their opponents, Kawkab, head into the match as the group leaders after their 2-1 win over Etoile du Sahel in Morocco. The Marrakech side came from a goal down to secure a late victory over the Tunisians thanks to strikes from Boubacar Kouyate and Abdelilah Amimi.
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The club recently announced the signing of two Burkina Faso players – Cyrille Kpan and Badolo Cedric – from USFA after matches between the teams earlier in the competition. The West Africans have not been registered for CAF competition.

Algeria’s Mohamed Benouza will referee the match in Tunis.