The local-based Black Stars will face their Beninoise counterpart in an international friendly at the Accra Sports Stadium on Thursday.

The match will mark coach Kwesi Appiah’s second debut as Ghana coach following his re-appointment as coach of both the main Black Stars and the local Black Stars.

The local-based Black Stars have been in camp since last week, and the international friendly with Benin forms part of the team’s preparations for upcoming assignments.

The local Black Stars are gearing up for the WAFU internationl tournament to be hosted here in Ghana, as well as qualifiers for next year’s CAF CHAN tournament.