Oussama Darragi is a key man for Tunisia's Esperance

Esperance and JS Kabylie are looking to make it a perfect three wins out of three in the group stage of the African Champions League on Sunday.

The two group leaders are both away from home, taking on continental giants TP Mazembe and Al Ahly respectively.

The other two matches on Sunday feature the bottom two teams in each group, who are all struggling for points.

Dynamos host Entente Setif in Group A whilst in Group B Heartland travel to Ismaili.

Group A

Reigning champions Mazembe are keen to make up for their slip up in their previous match, which saw them draw with Entente Setif at home, and Sunday's clash with Tunisia's Esperance is a chance to put that right.

"It is a big game for us because last weekend we didn't win at home," Mazembe director Kalonda Salomon told the BBC's African sports programme, Fast Track.

"Now we will try to take the three points from Esperance, but we must be careful."

But the DR Congo side are hampered by the absence of two key players - top scorer and captain Tresor Mputu Mabi and midfielder Guy Lusadisu.

They were at the centre of the dispute which saw Mazembe thrown out of the Cecafa Cup in Rwanda earlier this year.

The club say that the pair have been suspended from international competition by football's world governing body Fifa, pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing.

In Harare, meanwhile, Dynamos will be looking to register their first points of the group phase, despite a row over payments.

Injured striker Cuthbert Malajila told the BBC that the team's morale was low because of a dispute over unpaid bonuses but that his colleagues would still put everything into trying to get a win over Algeria's Entente Setif.

He also admitted that the team feel more pressure when they are playing at home.

Group B

Kabylie (in green) have got two wins in the group phase so far

The game between JS Kabylie and Al Ahly is the first to feature an Egyptian side playing in Algeria since the row which accompanied the close-fought World Cup qualification campaign between the two countries.

The Algerian team bus was attacked in Cairo, sparking a diplomatic dispute and assaults on Egyptian owned businesses in Algeria.

But Al Ahly were welcomed with enthusiasm when they arrived in Algeria - especially Egypt's star midfielder Mohamed Aboutrika.

"What happened is behind us - the bond between Algerian and Egyptian people is strong and cannot be affected by a couple of World Cup matches," the former BBC African footballer of the year said.

Ahly have a draw and a win so far, whilst Kabylie are top of the table with a maximum six points.

In the other game in this group Heartland of Nigeria are in Egypt to play Ismaili.

Heartland coach Samson Siasia, who is widely expected to be the next boss of the Super Eagles, said he had told his players that failure to win on Sunday would effectively put them out of the running for a spot in the semi finals.

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