Esperance take aim at confident Belouizdad

Housseyn Selmi of Belouizdad tackled by Ilyes Chetti of ES Tunis during the 2021 CAF Champions League football Quarter Final 1st Leg match between Belouizdad and ES Tunis at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962,Algiers on 15 May 2021 ©/BackpagePix

by Staff Reporter

Friday May 21, 2021. 14:05

Esperance de Tunis will face off with CR Belouizdad in the CAF Champions League quarter-final second-leg match on Saturday.

Kick-off is at 18h00 CAT.

The match is scheduled to be played at the Stade Olympique de Radès in a Tunisian harbour city in Ben Arous Governorate, Rades.

The first-leg encounter ended in a 2-0 win in favour of Belouizdad at the Stade du 5 Juillet, in the capital city of Algeria, Algiers.

Esperance will look to their dangerous front three of Taha Yassine Khenissi, Anice Badri and Hamdou Elhouni as the Tunisian champions target a place in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Belouizdad need to avoid a defeat in Tunisia in order to book their place in the semi-finals for the first time in the club’s history.

Forward Amr Sayoud and midfielder Zakaria Draoui scored the Algerian club’s two goals in the first-leg game and they will be confident of inspiring the team to a win in Rades.

The winner on aggregate between Esperance and Belouizdad will take on either South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns or defending champions Al Ahly of Egypt in the semi-finals.

The first-leg clash between Sundowns and Al Ahly ended in a 2-0 win in favour of the latter in Egypt and they will now meet again in South Africa on Saturday.

Gambian match referee Bakary Gassama will officiate the second-leg encounter between Esperance and Belouizdad.