The magic of the cup as Mamelodi Sundowns greet Al Ahly visitors in CAF Champions League tie

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium (51762 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Mamelodi Sundowns at Loftus Versfeld Stadium when the CAF Champions League tournament arrives in town and Al Ahly with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.

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Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats

Mamelodi Sundowns was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the CAF Champions League. Petro de Luanda was too strong.

10-0-1 is the performance here at Loftus Versfeld Stadium so far in the Premier League, giving Mamelodi Sundowns a total of 30 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results! 4W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for Mamelodi Sundowns.

Mamelodi shared the glory with Stellenbosch in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach Mokwena made a successful contribution in the game against Stellenbosch, bringing on Mailula who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Before that game, a strong away win at Tshakhuma. A Nedbank Cup game.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Mamelodi Sundowns as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Real Kings are visiting.

Mamelodi Sundowns have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Loftus Versfeld Stadium with 20 goals in 11 league matches. Mamelodi have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.

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Al Ahly form and stats

Al Ahly's mission in CAF Champions League last season failed in the final.

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Al Ahly so far, with 7-1-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Premier League statistics. When we have look at the CAF Champions League statistics, we find 3W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.

The regulars enjoyed Ahly's previous match versus Al Mokawloon, a 2-1 win played at home.

A home victory as expected against Cotonsport before that, in the CAF Champions League.

Al Ahly have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 18 goals from 8 away matches. Al Ahly's manager Koller has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {3 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Mamelodi have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Al Ahly.

Al Ahly - Mamelodi Sundowns 2-2 was the output when these two teams formerly played each other, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

Mamelodi SundownsP. Shalulile
P. Shalulile
9 goals
Mamelodi SundownsC. Mailula
C. Mailula
8 goals
Mamelodi SundownsN. Maema
N. Maema
5 goals

Mamelodi Sundowns missing players

Al Ahly missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mamelodi Sundowns Al Ahly
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   9 25
21 11   Won W   7 15
3 0   Drew D   1 7
1 1   Lost L   1 3
60 26   Scored S   18 46
13 7   Conceded C   4 20
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
72% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 80%
52% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 56%
32% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 20%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 12%
32% 25%   BTTS BTTS   33% 48%
64% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   56% 48%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   11% 12%
 
4.2 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6.7 6.4
4.2 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 3.7
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 1.4
2 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
11.2 13.3   Shots (avg) S (   10 11.7
4.6 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.4
45% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   46% 42%
 
7 5.8   Shots against (avg) S A   6.2 7.4
2.6 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.1 3.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Hilal Omdurman 4 3 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 9
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 7
3 Al Ahly 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
4 Cotonsport 4 0 0 4 2 10 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 5 -8 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mamelodi Sundowns 22 18 2 2 40 8 11 10 0 1 20 3 11 8 2 1 20 5 32 56
2 SuperSport United 22 11 6 5 28 18 11 7 4 0 18 7 11 4 2 5 10 11 10 39
3 Orlando Pirates 22 10 4 8 25 17 11 6 2 3 14 7 11 4 2 5 11 10 8 34
4 Kaizer Chiefs 22 10 4 8 24 24 11 5 2 4 14 10 11 5 2 4 10 14 0 34
5 Cape Town City 22 9 5 8 24 23 11 6 3 2 12 7 11 3 2 6 12 16 1 32
6 Richards Bay 22 8 7 7 17 16 11 3 4 4 5 7 11 5 3 3 12 9 1 31
7 Real Kings 22 8 5 9 25 29 12 5 4 3 13 10 10 3 1 6 12 19 -4 29
8 AmaZulu 22 6 10 6 22 19 11 4 3 4 14 11 11 2 7 2 8 8 3 28
9 TS Galaxy 22 5 12 5 15 12 10 2 5 3 8 5 12 3 7 2 7 7 3 27
10 Stellenbosch 22 6 9 7 25 29 11 3 4 4 15 15 11 3 5 3 10 14 -4 27
11 Sekhukhune United 22 7 6 9 18 22 10 5 3 2 12 7 12 2 3 7 6 15 -4 27
12 Golden Arrows 22 7 4 11 26 34 12 4 3 5 15 16 10 3 1 6 11 18 -8 25
13 Chippa United 22 6 6 10 23 30 11 3 3 5 10 14 11 3 3 5 13 16 -7 24
14 Moroka Swallows 22 6 6 10 19 28 11 5 2 4 15 14 11 1 4 6 4 14 -9 24
15 Maritzburg United 22 5 6 11 15 30 11 3 3 5 11 17 11 2 3 6 4 13 -15 21
16 Tshakhuma 22 3 10 9 16 23 11 2 6 3 7 9 11 1 4 6 9 14 -7 19
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Ahly 18 13 5 0 32 7 10 6 4 0 14 4 8 7 1 0 18 3 25 44
2 Pyramids FC 20 11 6 3 29 14 10 7 3 0 20 4 10 4 3 3 9 10 15 39
3 Coca-Cola 20 10 9 1 25 13 11 5 6 0 11 4 9 5 3 1 14 9 12 39
4 Al Ittihad 20 11 3 6 25 21 10 6 2 2 12 6 10 5 1 4 13 15 4 36
5 Zamalek 19 9 6 4 28 17 8 5 2 1 15 8 11 4 4 3 13 9 11 33
6 Al Mokawloon 20 8 8 4 25 19 9 4 5 0 10 6 11 4 3 4 15 13 6 32
7 Al Masry 21 6 10 5 19 22 10 3 4 3 10 11 11 3 6 2 9 11 -3 28
8 Pharco 21 6 9 6 19 18 11 4 4 3 14 11 10 2 5 3 5 7 1 27
9 Ghazl El Mehalla 21 7 6 8 21 29 11 5 1 5 12 17 10 2 5 3 9 12 -8 27
10 Ceramica Cleopatra 20 6 7 7 25 23 12 4 4 4 14 14 8 2 3 3 11 9 2 25
11 Aswan 20 7 4 9 20 24 9 3 3 3 8 9 11 4 1 6 12 15 -4 25
12 Smouha 20 5 9 6 18 19 11 2 4 5 10 14 9 3 5 1 8 5 -1 24
13 El Daklyeh 21 4 8 9 18 27 11 2 3 6 11 17 10 2 5 3 7 10 -9 20
14 El Geish 21 3 8 10 21 31 10 3 2 5 13 17 11 0 6 5 8 14 -10 17
15 ENPPI 20 4 5 11 17 28 10 0 5 5 6 13 10 4 0 6 11 15 -11 17
16 Ismaily 20 2 10 8 14 22 10 1 4 5 6 10 10 1 6 3 8 12 -8 16
17 Haras El Hodood 20 3 7 10 12 24 9 2 4 3 4 5 11 1 3 7 8 19 -12 16
18 National Bank of Egypt 20 2 8 10 20 30 9 2 4 3 14 14 11 0 4 7 6 16 -10 14

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Hilal Omdurman 4 3 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 9
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 7
3 Al Ahly 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
4 Cotonsport 4 0 0 4 2 10 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 5 -8 0

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