Alexandria, Egypt (PANA) - African Cup of Nations (CAN) champions Tunisia and Guinea battle out for top place in Group C when they meet Monday afternoon in Alexandria's Borders Guards stadium.

Tunisia coach Roger Lemerre said the "Carthage Eagles" will attempt to continue the series of positive results achieved so far to finish first in group C at the end of the first round of CAN and thus avoid playing Group D winner who will be probably Nigeria in the quarterfinals later this week.

"We will play to win," Lemerre told reporters on Sunday. "We are happy here and we want to stay here for the coming stages. "I know Guinea very well. They are the most European team here because all of their players play in Europe."

He said, however, that he plans to make some changes in the line-up changes compared to the last game. "I might reshuffle the side against the Guineans and probably rest key players as well as (those) with cautions".

England-based defender Radhi Jaidi concurred with his coach, saying: "We like the environment here and we are all very determined to win this match.

"I think we will play the same game as before (in the 2004 Nations Cup in Tunisia) when we met in the same context," added the defender, who plays for Bolton Wanderers in England.

"We had qualified and we only needed a draw in the last game. I remember that game and I will advise my team mates to concentrate until the end so that we finish first in the group.

"We know the Guineans and they know us. When we lost to them in Conakry we had a lot of injured players and the atmosphere was not good for us," confirmed Turkey-based Kaies Ghodhbane, proud of entering the club of hundred international games.

"We know the Guineans and they know us. When we lost to them in Conakry we had a lot of injured players and the atmosphere was not good for us", Ghodhbane said.

On his part, a confident Pascal Feindounou said: "We defeated Tunisia in the qualifiers and we are looking at beating them again. They have a strong team but we have a good team, too.

"Whether we play Ghana, Nigeria or Senegal, the game will not be easy. Reaching the semi-finals would be an honour for us and for our country," added the midfielder, who plays for Saint Etienne in France.

Tunisia and Guinea were also in the same African group qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. Tunisia lost 2-1 in Conakry before winning the return 2-0 in Tunis.

Two years ago, the two sides had also met in their final group match at the 2004 Nations Cup in Tunisia. Hosts Tunisia had then qualified with a match to spare and the draw allowed Guinea to advance with them, ahead of Democratic Republic of Congo.

Guinea, which has also qualified to the CAN quarterfinals with two victories from two matches, only trail Tunisia on goal difference.

Singapore's Shamsul Maidin will referee Monday's game in Alexandria. Mohamed Saeed (Maldives) and Fethi Arbati of Jordan will be the linesmen while Gambia's Modi Saw is the fourth referee.