Liberia are to face Sierra Leone in a friendly international match in Freetown on May 8.

Alimu Khulla Bah, secretary general of the Sierra Leone FA told BBC Sport that Liberia had approached them to organise the match.

Liberia want the game as part of their preparations for the 2006 World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign.

"We decided to accept the friendly match to help their build-up and also to help in the process of bridging the gap between the two countries," said Bah.

Sierra Leone are without any competitive matches for three years after failing to make it to the groups stages of the 2006 World Cup and Cup of Nations campaign, when they lost to Congo in the preliminary round..

Liberia will open their 2006 qualifying campaign with a match away in Mali on 6 June, also in Group 1 are Senegal, Zambia, Togo and Congo