Zesco United and Mamelodi Sundowns battle on Saturday in a 2016 CAF Champions League first leg match at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
It is the first time a Zambian and South African team will clash at this stage in continental competition.
It is an especially special occasion for Zesco who are the first Zambian club to advance to the semifinals from the group stage of the Champions League.
Zesco head into the milestone match unbeaten at home in all continental action since 2008.
This season, Zesco have also dropped points just once at Levy when they drew 1-1 in their final Group A match with Wydad Casablanca of Morocco on August 24 to see the two sides qualify to the semifinals on 9 and 11 points.
Zesco coach George Lwandamina will be banking on his attacking duo of Jesse Were and Idris Mbombo who have scored four and five goals since the start of the competition in February to get them the favourable home leg result.
However, Zesco will be without key playmaker Cletus Chama who is suspended for both legs and will only return should the qualify for next month’s finals.
Meanwhile, this will be Zesco and Sundowns first competitive clash after previous meetings in international club friendlies.
Sundowns has won all three but the dynamics are different and Lwandamina has stressed that fact.
The two sides will meet in the final leg on September 24 at Atteridgeville to decide who goes through to next month’s two-legged final.
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Too bad for Cletus Chama, he could have gone with Sundown.
Cletus going with Sundowns ? For what to warm the bench ?
Cletus is too good to play for sundowns, I don’t know why we overate these south African clubs. when we know that historically and now Zambian football is far much better than south…. ni ma colours chabe ba south Africa!