Lautoka and Eels battle for their lives in OFC Champions League

The final matchday of the OFC Champions League – Group B is set to kick-off in Luganville, Vanuatu and the Fijian powerhouse Lautoka will hope to recover from their harsh defeat against Lae City to seal their spot in the knock-out stage of the regional tournament. Their challenge will not be easy as they will play the young and talented side of Henderson Eels from Solomon Islands. The current runners-up of Telekom S-League will hope to qualify for their second-time in a row for OFC Champions League quarter-finals, but they will need to beat the Fijians if they want to be back to the knock-out stage. See here which results’ combinations can make each side to qualify for the next stage.

Oceania football community was shocked when the former OFC Champions League runners-up Lautoka suffered seven goals against Lae City in the second matchday of the group B; the 7-0 defeat is still not the end of the tournament for Lautoka: if they beat Henderson Eels they might be one of the two teams qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition – but they will need to display a much better football against the Solomon Islanders.

Henderson Eels’ duty to qualify just depends on them: a narrow win will be enough to proceed to the next stage. The team coached by Eddie Marahare will hope to count with the likes of Tuti Zama Tanito, Joses Nawo and Raphael Lea’i upfront to seal their spot in the quarter-finals.

Both sides are still to impress in the tournament; the Fijians are surely disappointed with their horrible game against the Papua New Guinean champions Lae City, while Eels allowed a late goal against Malampa Revivors that made the clash end up in a 2-2 draw.

A draw will make Lautoka to be back to Fiji empty-handed, while Eels will need to hope Lae City beats Malampa Revivors to proceed with three points, while the hosts will have only two. The outcome of the clash will seal the future of the two national powerhouses at continental stage – the most important match of their season so far -, we can expect a very entertaining match.