Ghana's Under-17 team will leave Accra on Thursday ahead of their 2017 Africa U17 championship return leg qualifier against Cote D'voire.

The Black Starlets hold the aces after recording an impressive 3-1 win over their neighbours in Cape Coast.

Coach Paa Kwesi Fabian's troops must protect their advantage ahead of the crucial reserve fixture in Yamoussoukro.

The Ghanaians are desperate to return to the apex of juvenile football after missing out on the competition two years ago for fielding an unqualified player.

The winner of the tie progresses to the 2017 Africa Under-17 Championship to be staged in Madagascar between ?2–16 April.