Home advantage for SADC’s Champions League hopefulsby SAVIOUS KWINIKAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – SOUTHERN African clubs are hoping to impress in their home matches as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League resumes on Friday. AS Vita Club and TP Mazembe (both Democratic Republic of Congo), Simba (Tanzania), Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates (both South Africa) and FC Platinum (Zimbabwe) will be in action. On Friday South African champions Sundowns will host ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in the capital Tshwane. On Saturday, FC Platinum host Guinean counterparts, Horoya, at their home-away-from-home Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo while TP Mazembe play Tunisian side Club Africain at Stade TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi. AS Vita Club hosts Algerian side, JS Saoura, at Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa in a match that kicks-off at 18h00.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 30, 2019 07:07 UTC