Ahly of Egypt play hosts to Ettihad of Libya to determine which party will reach the final of the CAF CL and face ES Sahel who have beaten Al Hilal yesterday. A win by any margin for Ahli will be enough to lift them through to the competition's final after the first-leg ended in a goalless draw in Libya.

The African champions are seeking to win an unprecedented third successive Champions League title that will see them achieve a record of six titles, to surpass arch-rivals Zamalek.

The home/away form of both teams clarifies who's the favorite today. Ahly is well known of their superiority at home. In the group stage they have won all three home matches without conceding a single goal and have scored 7 goals in these three encounters. On the other hand, Ettihad are poor travellers. They have lost in two away games in the group stage and have drawn in one scoring a single goal and conceding five.

With respect to tactics, Ahly will be applying a 4-3-3 form as usual depending on Flavio, Abo Treika, and Meteb upfront trying to score from the centre rather than playing on the flanks. On the other hand, Ettihad will adopt a defensive approach and will solely depend on counter attacks especially from their left side Makhlouf who is very fast by the way.

Regarding teams news, Boujilban & Flavio have clashed in training but doctors believe it won't affect their participation in today's match. Except for that Ahly does not have any injury or suspension worries. On the other hand, no news were available to me, except that influential players of the team Coulibaly, Mossly, AlRawwany will all feature today.



Pick : Ahly
Odds : 1.40
Stake : 10 / 10
Bookmaker : Gamebookers
Date : 2007-10-07
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