The Chipolopolo of Zambia will be looking forward to today’s encounter, knowing they are the only team in the 'group of Champions' not to have lifted the African Cup of Nations before.

The Zambian team, which only a few weeks ago silenced the crowd at Rades in a pre-tournament friendly match beating their hosts Tunisia 2-1, came through the qualifiers for this tournament without losing a single away fixture, putting them in good stead for the tournament. The squad defeated the highly-rated South Africans in Durban in their final group 11 qualifying game by 3-1. But there home games where not as impressive, taking only two points from a possible nine.