Gabonese referee Cregue Flaury Moukagni has been appointed to officiate the CAF Champions League first preliminary round first-leg match between San Pedro and Rivers United at the Laurent Pokou Stadium in San Pedro.

Moukagni will be flanked by compatriots Amos Abeigne Ndong and Junior Assoughe as first and second assistant referees, while fellow Gabonese official Pierre Ghislain Atcho takes the role of fourth official.

The match commissioner for the encounter is Benin Republic's Innocent Atindehou, with Algeria's Mohamed Lamine Benaissa serving as referee assessor.

Kick-off at the Laurent Pokou Stadium is set for 4pm local time — 5pm Nigerian time — on Saturday. Rivers United will then host San Pedro in the return leg at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo the following Sunday.