Moyale Barracks will face defending champions Mighty Wanderers in the 2025 Ibongetse Castel Challenge Cup round of 16.
This follows their 4-0 victory over Bangwe All Stars at Rumphi Stadium in Rumphi District on Tuesday.
Dumisani Chizizi and Lameck Mithi scored two goals each.
Moyale will host Wanderers at the same venue this coming Sunday.
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The match comes three weeks after Wanderers thrashed Moyale 6-0 in the TNM Super League at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre.
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However, Moyale Coach Pritchard Mwansa said the loss in the league was water under the bridge.
“We expect another difficult match after we lost 6-0 in the league but it will be a different match and we will compete,” Mwansa said.
In other round-of-16 matches, 2023 winners FCB Nyasa Big Bullets will face Ndirande Stars at Kamuzu Stadium on Saturday.
Bullets reached the round-of-16 stage following a 3-0 victory over Songwe Border United whereas Stars knocked Red Lions out of the cup following a 5-4 victory on post-match penalties.
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Shire Wimbe is scheduled to meet Ekhaya at Nankhaka Stadium whereas Airborne Rangers will host Blue Eagles at Champion Stadium in Mponela, Dowa District.
In another match scheduled for Saturday, Mighty Tigers will face Civil Service United at Mpira Stadium in Blantyre.
Action will continue on Sunday as Goshen City Dedza Dynamos will host Karonga United at Dedza Stadium whereas Chitipa United will meet Kamuzu Barracks at Chitipa Stadium.
Meanwhile, the Castel Challenge Cup round-of-16 list will be completed today as Silver Strikers is scheduled to face Namitete Zitha at Aubrey Dimba Stadium in Mchinji.
Silver Coach Peter Mgangira urged his charges to guard against complacency.
“It is a cup match and, so, we should not underestimate them. I am happy that the players are in the right frame of mind,” Mgangira said.
Last year, Silver exited the competition following a 4-3 loss to Chipiku Premiership side Panthers (now Shire Football Club).
Zitha Coach Richard Fosko said his charges were ready to cause an upset.
“We are underdogs but we have a good plan for them. We will make life difficult for them,” he said.
The winner between Silver and Zitha will face Mzuzu City Hammers in the round of 16 at Rumphi Stadium next week.
