CAF Champions League: Get ready for the second leg of the Mamelodi Sundowns - CR Belouizdad clash

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium (51762 seats)

The first leg ended CR Belouizdad-Mamelodi Sundowns 1-4. All is set for the decider in this CAF Champions League Quarter-finals fixture!

Mamelodi Sundowns's stadium, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, has a grass surface. CR Belouizdad have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for CR Belouizdad when playing on grass; 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from 18 matches. They have scored {22 goals} in these games and conceded 13.

The hosts Mamelodi saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Richards Bay, was also a home game here at Loftus Versfeld Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats

Last season, Mamelodi Sundowns's CAF Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Petro de Luanda.

Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Mamelodi Sundowns so far, with 37 points won from 14 matches; 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. This match is a CAF Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.

Mamelodi's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Richards Bay. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that game, a strong away win at CR Belouizdad. A CAF Champions League match.

There will be little rest for Mamelodi Sundowns after this match as they are travelling to AmaZulu for a Premier League game in only four days.

Mamelodi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Loftus Versfeld Stadium with 26 goals in 14 league matches. Defensively Mamelodi Sundowns have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 14 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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CR Belouizdad form and stats

CR Belouizdad was sent out of CAF Champions League in the quarter-finals last season, when Wydad Casablanca turned out to be too strong.

CR Belouizdad have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 6-3-1 from 10 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses both home and away.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a CAF Champions League home loss versus Mamelodi Sundowns with 1-4 on the scoreboard.

It was a Ligue 1 defeat before that one as the away game against MC Oran wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

The travelling fans enjoy CR Belouizdad's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Belouizdad as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

CR Belouizdad - Mamelodi Sundowns 1-4 was the end result in these contenders' latest h2h fixture, played this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Mamelodi victories, zero draws and one CR Belouizdad win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. One of the stars has been Shalulile with 3 goals scored against CR Belouizdad in these 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

Mamelodi SundownsP. Shalulile
P. Shalulile
11 goals
Mamelodi SundownsC. Mailula
C. Mailula
9 goals
CR BelouizdadA. Bourdim
A. Bourdim
6 goals

Mamelodi Sundowns missing players

CR Belouizdad missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mamelodi Sundowns CR Belouizdad
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
18 11   Won W   6 14
6 1   Drew D   4 7
1 0   Lost L   2 4
48 26   Scored S   16 35
18 7   Conceded C   10 21
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
72% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 64%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 36%
28% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 24%
16% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
56% 42%   BTTS BTTS   50% 48%
44% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 44%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   17% 16%
 
5 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 5.5
4.5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.6
1.3 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.5
1 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
12.5 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 12.6
4.7 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 5.3
41% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 27%
 
8.4 7.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.6 9
3.1 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.7

  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 27 20 5 2 47 10 14 12 1 1 26 4 13 8 4 1 21 6 37 65
2 SuperSport United 27 13 8 6 33 21 13 9 4 0 22 8 14 4 4 6 11 13 12 47
3 Orlando Pirates 26 14 4 8 32 18 13 8 2 3 17 8 13 6 2 5 15 10 14 46
4 Kaizer Chiefs 27 13 5 9 31 29 13 6 3 4 17 12 14 7 2 5 14 17 2 44
5 Cape Town City 26 9 8 9 29 29 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 3 3 7 13 18 0 35
6 Sekhukhune United 26 9 8 9 21 23 13 7 4 2 15 8 13 2 4 7 6 15 -2 35
7 Stellenbosch 26 8 9 9 32 34 13 5 4 4 20 15 13 3 5 5 12 19 -2 33
8 Golden Arrows 26 9 6 11 29 35 14 4 5 5 16 17 12 5 1 6 13 18 -6 33
9 Real Kings 26 9 6 11 31 39 13 6 4 3 16 11 13 3 2 8 15 28 -8 33
10 Richards Bay 27 8 8 11 18 25 13 3 4 6 5 10 14 5 4 5 13 15 -7 32
11 TS Galaxy 26 6 13 7 21 17 13 3 6 4 14 8 13 3 7 3 7 9 4 31
12 Moroka Swallows 27 8 7 12 21 32 14 6 3 5 16 15 13 2 4 7 5 17 -11 31
13 AmaZulu 26 6 11 9 25 26 12 4 3 5 14 12 14 2 8 4 11 14 -1 29
14 Tshakhuma 27 5 13 9 25 28 14 4 7 3 13 11 13 1 6 6 12 17 -3 28
15 Chippa United 27 6 8 13 26 38 14 3 4 7 11 18 13 3 4 6 15 20 -12 26
16 Maritzburg United 27 6 7 14 20 37 13 3 4 6 14 21 14 3 3 8 6 16 -17 25
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CR Belouizdad 20 13 6 1 33 13 10 7 3 0 18 5 10 6 3 1 15 8 20 45
2 CS Constantine 22 11 7 4 26 15 11 8 2 1 17 5 11 3 5 3 9 10 11 40
3 ES Setif 21 10 5 6 29 22 11 7 3 1 18 4 10 3 2 5 11 18 7 35
4 MC Alger 21 9 8 4 16 13 10 6 4 0 12 5 11 3 4 4 4 8 3 35
5 JS Saoura 22 9 6 7 25 18 11 8 2 1 19 4 11 1 4 6 6 14 7 33
6 USM Alger 19 9 5 5 24 14 10 7 3 0 18 6 9 2 2 5 6 8 10 32
7 USM Khenchela 21 9 4 8 21 22 10 6 2 2 13 4 11 3 2 6 8 18 -1 31
8 El Bayadh 21 8 6 7 22 15 11 6 5 0 13 3 10 2 1 7 9 12 7 30
9 MC Oran 21 8 6 7 19 21 11 7 4 0 14 4 10 1 2 7 5 17 -2 30
10 RC Arbaa 22 8 4 10 31 31 11 8 1 2 27 12 11 0 3 8 4 19 0 28
11 US Biskra 22 6 10 6 19 20 11 5 6 0 12 6 11 1 4 6 7 14 -1 28
12 ASO Chlef 22 6 9 7 23 23 11 6 4 1 17 6 11 0 5 6 6 17 0 27
13 NC Magra 22 7 5 10 25 29 11 6 2 3 14 9 11 1 3 7 11 20 -4 26
14 Paradou AC 21 5 6 10 21 28 10 4 2 4 12 12 11 1 4 6 9 16 -7 21
15 JS Kabylie 19 4 5 10 16 18 9 3 2 4 11 9 10 1 3 6 5 9 -2 17
16 HB Chelghoum Laid 22 0 2 20 7 55 11 0 2 9 4 24 11 0 0 11 3 31 -48 2

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 CR Belouizdad 20 13 6 1 33 13 10 7 3 0 18 5 10 6 3 1 15 8 20 45
2 CS Constantine 22 11 7 4 26 15 11 8 2 1 17 5 11 3 5 3 9 10 11 40
3 ES Setif 21 10 5 6 29 22 11 7 3 1 18 4 10 3 2 5 11 18 7 35
4 MC Alger 21 9 8 4 16 13 10 6 4 0 12 5 11 3 4 4 4 8 3 35
5 JS Saoura 22 9 6 7 25 18 11 8 2 1 19 4 11 1 4 6 6 14 7 33
6 USM Alger 19 9 5 5 24 14 10 7 3 0 18 6 9 2 2 5 6 8 10 32
7 USM Khenchela 21 9 4 8 21 22 10 6 2 2 13 4 11 3 2 6 8 18 -1 31
8 El Bayadh 21 8 6 7 22 15 11 6 5 0 13 3 10 2 1 7 9 12 7 30
9 MC Oran 21 8 6 7 19 21 11 7 4 0 14 4 10 1 2 7 5 17 -2 30
10 RC Arbaa 22 8 4 10 31 31 11 8 1 2 27 12 11 0 3 8 4 19 0 28
11 US Biskra 22 6 10 6 19 20 11 5 6 0 12 6 11 1 4 6 7 14 -1 28
12 ASO Chlef 22 6 9 7 23 23 11 6 4 1 17 6 11 0 5 6 6 17 0 27
13 NC Magra 22 7 5 10 25 29 11 6 2 3 14 9 11 1 3 7 11 20 -4 26
14 Paradou AC 21 5 6 10 21 28 10 4 2 4 12 12 11 1 4 6 9 16 -7 21
15 JS Kabylie 19 4 5 10 16 18 9 3 2 4 11 9 10 1 3 6 5 9 -2 17
16 HB Chelghoum Laid 22 0 2 20 7 55 11 0 2 9 4 24 11 0 0 11 3 31 -48 2

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