Al Ahly’s senior football team will face Tunisian side Esperance this evening in the first leg of the CAF Champions League quarterfinals.
The match is set to kick off at 11:00 PM at the Olympic Stadium in Rades.
The two teams have met 26 times in African club competitions, with 24 of those encounters in the CAF Champions League and two in the CAF Confederation Cup.
Al Ahly has won 13 of these matchups, including 6 victories at Esperance’s home stadium in Tunis, while Esperance has won 4 times.
The sides have drawn 9 matches. Ahly has scored 31 goals and conceded 15 in those encounters.
Al Ahly has won all three previous two-legged ties against Esperance: once in the 2015 Confederation Cup, again in the 2020-2021 Champions League, and most recently in the 2022-2023 Champions League season.
