All the facts and stats for the CAF Champions League clash: Mamelodi Sundowns - USM Alger

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Competition: International CAF Champions League
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the CAF Champions League. All the pre-match information is available here!

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, USM Alger have had more rest.

This stadium uses grass, unlike USM Alger's home stadium. The visitors last 18 games on grass have ended in 4 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses.

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Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats

Mamelodi Sundowns participated in CAF Champions League the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Wydad Casablanca.

Mamelodi Sundowns have performed here this season with 6 wins from 9 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. 5W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for Mamelodi Sundowns. Mamelodi Sundowns haven’t lost a game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Golden Arrows, 61 days ago.

The Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Denis Masinde Onyango is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 281 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Mamelodi Sundowns, who played 0-0 against Bidvest Wits. That match was also played at this venue In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus AmaZulu with a 3-0 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mamelodi Sundowns as they are travelling to their away game against Orlando Pirates in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

The Mamelodi Sundowns fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Mamelodi Sundowns are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.

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USM Alger form and stats

USM Alger's mission in CAF Champions League last season failed in the semi-finals.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for USM Alger so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away.

USM Alger are travelling after their nice 6-1 home win in the Algeria Cup against USM Khenchela. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Paradou AC in the Ligue 1.

As mentioned above, USM Alger was the only team on the pitch versus USM Khenchela in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from USM Alger's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 6 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as USM Alger have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: USM Alger - Mamelodi Sundowns 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Mamelodi SundownsT. Zwane
T. Zwane
5 goals
USM AlgerM. Meftah
M. Meftah
5 goals
Mamelodi SundownsS. Vilakazi
S. Vilakazi
3 goals

Mamelodi Sundowns missing players

USM Alger missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mamelodi Sundowns USM Alger
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
16 9   Won W   4 14
6 1   Drew D   2 5
3 2   Lost L   5 6
54 31   Scored S   11 43
18 7   Conceded C   15 26
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 92%
72% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 72%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 56%
28% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 32%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 16%
44% 25%   BTTS BTTS   45% 56%
48% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
20% 25%   Failed to Score F T   45% 28%
 
6 6.8   Corners For (avg) C F   3.2 4.6
3.9 3.6   Corners Against (avg) C A   4.4 3.3
1.3 1.2   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
1 0   Red Cards R C   0 1
 
328 202   Total Shots T S   79 244
118 73   Shots on Target S O   31 114
42% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 38%

  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 3 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 7
2 Wydad Casablanca 3 1 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 5
3 USM Alger 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
4 Petro de Luanda 3 0 1 2 2 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 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 Kaizer Chiefs 15 11 2 2 30 13 7 5 1 1 13 7 8 6 1 1 17 6 17 35
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 16 9 5 2 22 12 9 6 2 1 11 5 7 3 3 1 11 7 10 32
3 Bidvest Wits 13 8 3 2 18 8 6 3 1 2 9 7 7 5 2 0 9 1 10 27
4 SuperSport United 16 7 6 3 22 15 8 4 4 0 14 7 8 3 2 3 8 8 7 27
5 Orlando Pirates 16 6 6 4 27 23 7 4 3 0 14 8 9 2 3 4 13 15 4 24
6 Highlands Park 16 6 5 5 18 16 8 5 1 2 13 7 8 1 4 3 5 9 2 23
7 Bloemfontein Celtic 16 5 6 5 23 20 8 3 3 2 14 8 8 2 3 3 9 12 3 21
8 Maritzburg United 15 5 6 4 11 11 8 3 3 2 8 8 7 2 3 2 3 3 0 21
9 Golden Arrows 16 5 5 6 15 22 7 4 2 1 11 8 9 1 3 5 4 14 -7 20
10 Chippa United 16 4 5 7 10 13 9 2 5 2 5 4 7 2 0 5 5 9 -3 17
11 Cape Town City 16 3 7 6 20 23 8 3 2 3 9 8 8 0 5 3 11 15 -3 16
12 Black Leopards 15 4 4 7 14 21 8 3 2 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 7 13 -7 16
13 Polokwane City 17 5 1 11 15 24 9 3 0 6 7 11 8 2 1 5 8 13 -9 16
14 AmaZulu 16 4 4 8 9 18 8 2 2 4 4 11 8 2 2 4 5 7 -9 16
15 Stellenbosch 17 3 6 8 13 23 7 1 3 3 4 10 10 2 3 5 9 13 -10 15
16 Baroka 16 3 5 8 9 14 9 0 4 5 5 11 7 3 1 3 4 3 -5 14
  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 15 8 5 2 19 11 7 5 2 0 10 5 8 3 3 2 9 6 8 29
2 MC Alger 14 8 3 3 24 16 6 3 2 1 10 6 8 5 1 2 14 10 8 27
3 USM Bel Abbes 14 7 1 6 17 19 7 4 1 2 10 8 7 3 0 4 7 11 -2 22
4 JS Kabylie 13 6 3 4 17 12 6 4 1 1 8 5 7 2 2 3 9 7 5 21
5 MC Oran 14 5 5 4 18 13 8 4 1 3 12 7 6 1 4 1 6 6 5 20
6 USM Alger 13 7 2 4 16 14 7 6 1 0 14 4 6 1 1 4 2 10 2 20
7 CS Constantine 14 5 4 5 17 15 7 4 2 1 12 7 7 1 2 4 5 8 2 19
8 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 15 4 7 4 16 16 8 3 3 2 10 8 7 1 4 2 6 8 0 19
9 Ain M'lila 15 4 7 4 18 19 7 4 3 0 10 2 8 0 4 4 8 17 -1 19
10 JS Saoura 15 5 4 6 11 13 8 4 2 2 8 4 7 1 2 4 3 9 -2 19
11 ES Setif 14 5 2 7 20 16 7 5 1 1 14 3 7 0 1 6 6 13 4 17
12 ASO Chlef 14 4 4 6 7 9 6 2 3 1 4 3 8 2 1 5 3 6 -2 16
13 NA Hussein Dey 15 3 6 6 12 18 8 2 3 3 8 10 7 1 3 3 4 8 -6 15
14 NC Magra 14 4 3 7 10 19 7 3 2 2 7 6 7 1 1 5 3 13 -9 15
15 Paradou AC 12 4 2 6 11 13 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 2 0 4 4 6 -2 14
16 US Biskra 15 4 2 9 13 23 8 4 1 3 8 9 7 0 1 6 5 14 -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 Mamelodi Sundowns 3 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 7
2 Wydad Casablanca 3 1 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 5
3 USM Alger 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
4 Petro de Luanda 3 0 1 2 2 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 1

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