Lemerre named a 24-man squad for the match which will take place in Tunisia on October 7th.

Meanwhile, the Carthage Eagles will be without Radhi Jaidi who announced he was retiring from international football and Troyes forward Ziad Jaziri through injury.

"Jaziri is still nursing an injury and is facing some problems with his club," Lemerre said.

The French boss also confirmed Jaidi's decision to quit the national team.

"He said on Tuesday that he wants to concentrate on his club (Birmingham City)," he revealed.

Lemerre also said he was glad that Nabil Maaloul decided to return to the team in his capacity as an assistant coach.

The 2004 African champions were held to a goalless draw by Mauritius in their opening Group D game last month while Sudan beat Seychelles 3-0 to top the group.

Tunisia's squad:

Goalkeepers: Ali Boumnijel (Club Africain), Hamdi Kasraoui (Esperance, Tunis}, Adel Nefzi (US Monastir).

Defenders: Anis Ayari (FC.Lorient), Khaled Badra (Ahli Jeddah), Anis Boussaidi (Metalurg Donetsk), Karim Hagui (Bayer Leverkusen), Wissem El Bekri (Esperance, Tunis), Arbi Jaber (Esperance, Tunis), David Jemmali (Bordeaux), Karim Saidi (Feyenoord), Kamel Zaiem (Esperance, Tunis).

Midfielders: Adel Chedli (FC Sion), Jawhar Mnari (Nuremberg), Mehdi Nafti (Birmingham City), Karim Nafti (CS Sfaxien), Hamed Namouchi (FC Lorient), Houcine Regued (Mons, France), Chaker Zouaghi (Lokomotiv Moscow).

Forwards: Yasine Chikhaoui (ES Sahel), Silva Dos Santos (Toulouse), Issam Jomaa (Lens), Tarek Ziedi (CS Sfaxien), Ali Zitouni (Esperance Tunis).