Etoile Sahel earned a comfortable victory on their CAF Confederations Cup, Group B match on Friday night after beating Kawkab Marrakech 3-1 at the Stade Olympique de Sousse in Tunisia.

The win sees Etoile Sahel up to 10 points in Group B and in second place, a point behind FUS Rabat who drew 1-1 with Al-Ahly Tripoli earlier on Friday night.

Both Etoile Sahel and FUS Rabat have now qualified for the semifnals of the competition with one game to spare in the group stage.

Kawkab Marrakech, on the other hand, are currently placed third in Group B with six points and are unable to qualify for the knockout stages in the CAF Confederations Cup.

The home side started positively and made their pressure tell in the 16th minute when Mohamed Iheb Msakni handed Etoile Sahel a 1-0 lead.

Three minutes later Hamza Lahmar doubled the home side’s lead to give them a firm strangle-hold on the game, 2-0.

Despite dominating the rest of the half Etoile Sahel could not add to the goal tally before the break.

A minute into the second half, however, and Mohamed Iheb Msakni did find his second of the night to hand Etoile Sahel a 3-0 lead.

Kawkab Marrakech did try find their way back into the game and managed to find a consolation goal courtesy of Ahmed Chagou just after the hour mark, but it was not enough for the Moroccan side who suffered their third loss in Group B.

Kawkab Marrakech are next in action at home on August 23 against Al-Ahly Tripoli while Etoile Sahel are away to the group leaders FUS Rabat on the same date.

Kawkab Marrakech will be out to keep their 2016 Caf Confederations Cup hopes alive when they face Étoile du Sahel in a Group B clash on Saturday evening.

The Moroccan outfit have to avoid defeat in Sousse if they are to stand any chance of making the semifinals of Africa's second-tier club competition.

'Kawkab' occupy third spot in the group with six points, one point behind defending champions Etoile, with FUS Rabat leading the way on 10 points from their four fixtures.

Two wins from their opening two fixtures was followed by successive 3-1 defeats to fierce rivals FUS Rabat; leaving the Moroccans in a compromising possession heading into the find two rounds of group stage matches.

Etoile, who also won the CAF CC in 2006, got their campaign off to a slow start, but successive wins over already eliminated Al-Ahli Tripoli (3-0 at home,1-0 in Tunis) stands them in good stead.

Victory for last year's champions on Saturday will not only book their place in the semifinals alongside FUS Rabat, but also set up an appetizing clash in Morocco at the end of the month - the second place team in the group will more than likely face five-time CAF Champions League winners TP Mazembe in the final four.

The reverse fixture between 'Kawkab' and the Red Devils ended in a 2-1 win for the hosts. Abdelilah Amimi with the decisive goal four minutes from time.

The match is scheduled to take place at the Stade Olympique de Sousse on Saturday evening. Kick-off is at 20h00 CAT.