Today

Pool A

Pepiniere vs Gasabo 2:30pmGasabo vs Vision 3:30pmEtoile de l’est vs Vision JN 2:30pmAspor vs Gitikinyoni 2:30pmHeroes vs Hope 2:30pmUnited Stars vs SEC 2:30pm

Pool B

Kirehe vs Bugesera 2:30pmInterforce vs Muhanga 1pmIntare vs Rwamagana 2:30pmMiroplast vs Golden Gen. 2:30pmEsperance vs Sorwathe 2:30pmAkagera vs Unity 2:30pm

SORWATHE and Esperance FC lock horns at Kimisagara grounds this afternoon in a pool B encounter as the second division football championship returns after a three-week break due to the ongoing Peace Cup.

Giants Sorwathe are second-seeded in pool B with 49 points from 21 matches, four points behind table leaders Bugesera and will be battling for an away victory at Esperance today in order to finish the group stages on a high, according to head coach Jean Jacques Muteba.

The Rulindo-based side will also use the match as a warm-up game ahead of their clash against topflight side SC Kiyovu in the round of 16 in the Peace Cup due on June 17. Sorwathe beat Marines FC 2-1 to reach the last eight.

"We are fighting to ink a legacy this season. We already eliminated a topflight league side (Marines) in Peace Cup and next up is Kiyovu. They are a strong team but we can overcome them. We are using Wednesday’s (today) match as part of the preparations,” Muteba told Times Sport yesterday.

Nyagatare (40 points), La Jeunesse (39), United Stars (39) and Aspor with 38 points make pool A’s big four in that order while Muhanga and Rwamagana make the top four in pool B with 40 and 36 points respectively.

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