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Mauritius v Ghana: Grant's men aiming to seal qualification without Asamoah

Ghana will look to confirm their place in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations with victory in Mauritius as Avram Grant's side continue to operate without star midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah.

The Juventus player has endured an injury plagued couple of seasons and has not turned out in national team colours for almost two seasons.

"Well, Kwadwo is not 100 per cent fit and he did not play in the last two games for his club," Grant told reporters.

"He hasn't played a lot football in the last year and half and we can only hope next season is better for him.

"He is a quality player and I hope he will get a good run of games next season. But this time around we cautiously left him out."

Les Dodos are certainly a different proposition on home turf, a fact underlined by a 5-0 loss in Rwanda that leaves both countries level on six points – four behind Ghana with two matches to play.

"Ghana is one of the best football countries in Africa and boast quality players but we will teach them that football in recent times has no minnows. Anybody can become a winner so they should expect a bitter lesson," Mauritius Football Association president Sohba Mohammad Ally Samir told Otec FM.

"Our players are not greedy so they don't take money before representing the country, rather [they represent the country] with pride. They play to make the nation and the supporters proud and loud."

Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey is in line for an international debut for Ghana, who welcomed Leicester City's Joe Dodoo into their training group.