The PNG Kapuls will be banking on home crowd support to upset the much fancy Tahitians in the first leg of the Group B FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifier.
The return match will be played in Papeete, Tahiti on March 28.
PNG men’s team had been overshadowed by the women’s performance for a long time.
The PNG women’s are the Queens of Pacific soccer with consecutive Pacific Games Gold Medals to prove their supremacy.