CAF Champions League: probable line-ups for Ahly vs Hilal match

Cairo Stadium will host, on Tuesday, the Nile derby between Al Ahly (Egypt) and Al Hilal (Sudan), for the first leg of the CAF Champions League quarter-finals.

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The Cairo club is aiming for a 13th title after those in 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024, while the Sudanese club is still chasing its first major victory in Africa's premier competition.

The probable line-ups:

Ahly: Mohamed El Shenawy, Mohamed Hany, Yahia Attiat-Allah, Achraf Dari, Ramy Rabia, Marwan Attia, Emam Ashour, Ahmed Reda, Hussein El Shahat, Achraf Ben Cherki, and Wissam Abou Ali.

Al Hilal: Issa Fofana, Othmane Diouf, Khadim Diaw, Mohamed Saeed Ahmed, Steven Ebuela, Altayeb Abaker, Guessouma Fofana, Ahmed Esmat Kanan, Jean Claude Girumugisha, Yasser Mozamil, and Adama Coulibaly.

The two clubs have faced each other 12 times in the past. Al Ahly has claimed 5 victories, while the Sudanese have won 3 times, with 4 draws.

Imed Ben Amara |

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Imed Ben Amara - bilingual sports writer and web editor with experience in football content creation. Since 2021, he has contributed to Foot Africa, providing news coverage and analysis.