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Enyimba FC, champions of the Nigerian premier league, will go all out for their first points of the group stage of this year’s CAF Champions League when they confront Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa in Pretoria on Wednesday.

A lone-goal defeat to Zamalek of Egypt on a soggy pitch in Port Harcourt ruined the People’s Elephants’ campaign opener, but Felix Anyansi-Agwu, the club’s boss, is optimistic his wards can secure an away win over ‘The Brazilians’ at the Luis Moripe Stadium on Wednesday evening.

“We lost the first match of the group stage at home but we have put that behind us and we have great motivation going into this match,” he said.

“The boys know that nothing less than an outright win will do and they will go all out for it.

“We have tremendous experience at this level and we will approach the game with confidence in our ability to take the maximum three points.”

The South African champions thought they had picked up three valuable points from a 2-0 victory over Entente Setif of Algeria on Match Day 1 only to see the advantage wiped off following the expulsion of the Algerians from the competition for crowd trouble.

Mfon Udoh, Enyimba forward, is the competition’s leading scorer with seven goals, and fancies his ability to come up with the goods at the 28,000-capacity Luis Moripe arena.

“Against Zamalek, we did everything but just could not get the ball into the net,” he said. “We will go all out against Sundowns and expect to pick three points.”

The match begins at 7pm South African time (6pm Nigerian time).

Zamalek are on holiday as Setif have been expelled.

In Group A, leaders Wydad Casablanca and Zesco United of Zambia clash in the Moroccan city, while pointless Al Ahly of Egypt and ASEC Mimosas of Cote d’Ivoire do battle in Alexandria.

GROUP A

Wydad Casablanca Vs Zesco United

Al Ahly Vs ASEC Mimosas

GROUP B

Mamelodi Sundowns Vs Enyimba FC