Nkana and Napsa Stars hope to make significant headway this Sunday in their quest to qualify to the 2020/2021 CAF Confederation Cup group stage.
Nkana and Napsa are Zambia’s last men standing in the race for continental group stage action this season after Forest Rangers and Green Eagles tumbled in December and January respectively.
At Nkana Stadium in Kitwe, Nkana hosts Moroccan second division side Tihad Casablanca in their first leg fixture.
Nkana will strangely be seeking their first home win in continental competition this season and trace their only victory to November 29 in Lesotho when they beat Bantu FC 1-0 away in Maseru in a CAF Champions League first round, first leg match.
Interim Nkana coach Kaunda Simonda says Wednesday’s 2-0 home win over bottom placed and winless Kitwe United was a good welcome for his new boss Kelvin Kaindu.
Kaunda took charge of his last game yesterday against United after taking temporal reins last week following the sidelining of Manfred Chabinga two games ago.
He now makes way for Kaindu who was officially unveiled just 24 hours before the minor Kitwe derby against United.
“It is a good welcome for the coach, he is part of us so we are happy to give him this result,” Kaunda said.
“This is the right result, this is as it should be, we are a big team we need to be winning games we need to have more wins looking at the team it should not be where it is.”
Nkana host Kitwe United in the Kitwe derby on Wednesday under the new management of coach Kelvin Kaindu.
The former Power Dynamos boss has been brought in to refresh the defending FAZ Super Division champions following a poor start to the 2020/2021 season under his predecessor Manfred Chabinga.
Kaindu takes over at struggling Nkana who are 14th on 8 points from seven games played, four points more than United who are winless and bottom of the log.
But Nkana head into the derby with an added boost following a roaring 3-1 home win over quality opponent Green Eagles who have been top four finishers over the last three seasons.