After Gor Mahia was eliminated from CAF Champions League, Gor Mahia has been drawn against New Stars De Doula in the play-off round of CAF Confederations Cup.
Gor Mahia fell to Nigerian Lobi Stars in the return leg to fail to continue to group stages and will now play the Cameroonian side to determine if they will play in the second tier of the continental championships.
The Kenya Premier League (KPL) Champions will start at home before playing the return leg in a week’s time as they seek to qualify for the group stages of the competition for the second time in a row.
The 17 time KPL champions Nigeria’s Lobi Stars 2-0 having won the first leg 3-1 in Nairobi.
The first leg matches will be played between January 11-13 while the return tie matches are scheduled for between January 18-20.
New Star finished fourth in the Cameroonian top tier league which ended in July with 49 points, 20 behind winners Coton Sport.
They played in the CAF Confederations Cup and advanced from the preliminary round after beating Burundi’s Vital’O 4-1 on aggregate. They drew the first leg 0-0 in Douala before turning the tide in the second leg in Bujumbura to win 4-1.
In the first round, they played to a 1-1 draw away to Al Ahli Tripoli of Libya and held on for a 0-0 draw in the return leg to progress to the play-off round on the away goal rule.
Source: Capital Sports