Egypt’s Al Ahly will face Morocco’s Raja in the opening leg of their CAF Champions League quarter-final.
The match is scheduled to begin at 22:00 CLT.
The ten-time African champions advanced to the knockout stages after finishing second in Group A with three victories, a tie, and two loses.
Raja, on the other hand, advanced to the quarter-finals after finishing first in group B with 15 points.
The following is a timeline of each teams’ encounters.
Both teams have previously played nine times, with Al Ahly winning five and Raja winning two, while the remaining two matches were ended by a draw.
This will be the first knockout round meeting between the two teams, since they previously met in the Champions League group stage in 1999, 2002, and 2005.
The Red Devils have won one of their previous four CAF Champions League meetings, while Raja have won three and drawn three.
The next meeting between the two teams will take place at Cairo Stadium and will be their ninth in the CAF Champions League.
Al Ahly won the most recent meeting between the two teams, 3-1 in the Arab Club Champions Cup in 1997.
On October 18th, 2002, the match saw the maximum number of goals scored in a single match, as both teams settled a six-goal thriller.