The
2015-2016 Gambia Football Federation domestic division one league champions
Gambia Ports Authority are set to welcome Ivorian vice-champions Sewe Sport in
the first leg of the 2017 CAF Champions league preliminaries on Sunday 12
February 2017, at the Independence Stadium in Bakau.
The
ferry boys are currently occupying fifth place in the country’s top flight with
12 points in eight league matches after their slumping run of form in their
previous fixtures.
The
Gambian champions will be brawling tooth and nail for a massive victory against
the Ivorian side in the first leg in Banjul come 12 February 2017, to boost
their chances of progressing to the second round after their exit in the
preliminaries of the 2011 CAF Champions league following their 2-0 defeat to
Senegalese Premier league side Jaaraf at the Serrekunda East Mini Stadium.
Sewe
Sport are currently leading the Ivorian league
standings with 19 points in nine league matches one point ahead of
second-spot ASE Mimosa with 18 points in nine league matches and five points ahead
of third and fourth places Afad and Moossou with 14 points each in nine league
matches.
The
Ivorian sides will be tussling for a positive result against Gambia Ports
Authority in the first leg in Banjul and finish the job in the second leg in
Abidjan in a fortnight time after the first leg in Banjul to progress to the
second round.
