Africa’s Number One Ranked Club Al Ahly meet Africa’s third Ranked Club Wydad Casablanca in the CAF Champions League Final today.
Al Ahly are the defending Champions of the competition and will be playing in their third straight final and 15th final overall while Wydad Casablanca have won the competition twice and will be playing in their 5th final.
Both teams will have thousands of fans backing them, in Morocco and a wide array of stars as Al Ahly are expected to feature last seasons topscorer Mohammed Sherif, South African International Percy Tau and Tunisian fullback Ali Maloul to name a few players while Wydad Casablanca have current league toscorer in Congolese International Guy Mbenza and first choice Goalkeeper Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti.
Head to head
Al Ahly hold the better head to head between the two sides who have met 10 times with the Egyptian Giants managing 4 wins with Wydad Casablanca only managing to win twice and the other four matches ending in draws.
Whatever the case tonights final is set to be one of the most interesting in Caf Champions League history.