Following the withdrawal of Sporting Praia of Sao Tome and Principe from this year CAF Champions League Nigeria representative who were earlier billed to tackle them qualified automatically for the next round.
However the next round is where the seasiders as Warri Wolves are affectionately called will have to earn their spot in the final round before the group phase when they take on Sudanese giants Al Merriekh.
Al Merriekh and Al Ahli are the top two traditional teams in Sudan and Warri Wolves who lost most of their players who helped them finished second last season will face a tougher test from the Sudanese.
Warri Wolves on their part finished bottom of the pile in the just concluded Nigeria Super 4 Championship meant to prepare Nigeria teams campaigning on the Africa continent with goal scoring as their major worry.
