- Match: TP Mazembe (DR Congo) vs Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
- Group: B
- Venue: Grand Stade de Marrakech
- Date: 06 November 2022
- Time: 20h00 Local time (19h00 GMT)
Head-to-head
- This will be the first meeting between the teams at the CAF WCL.
- Including games between their men’s teams, TP Mazembe and Mamelodi Sundowns will be meeting in a fourth different African Club competition having previously met in the CAF Confederation Cup, CAF Champions League and CAF Super Cup.
- The team’s men sides have history in African club competition having previously met on seven occasions, twice in the CAF Confederation Cup in 2007, in two seasons of the CAF Champions League in 2015 and 2020-21. They also squared off in the 2017 CAF Super Cup which Sundowns won.
- Mamelodi Sundowns men’s team have won five of their seven games against their counterparts from TP Mazembe with the team from Lubumbashi winning two.
- The team’s men’s sides last met home and away in the group stages of the 2020-21 CAF Champions League, Sundowns 2-1 away group stage win over them on the 6th March 2021. Saw Mazembe’s run of 74 games un- defeated at home in African Club competition come to an end, it was their first home loss in continental competition since 18th October 2009. Sundowns also won at home 1-0 on the 16th March, to record home and away wins over them.
- For TP Mazembe this is their first meeting against a team from the COSAFA region at the tournament, while Sundowns are clashing with Central African opponents for a second time. They overcame Malabo Kings of Equatorial Guinea in the Semi-finals in 2021 winning one penalties, after the game ended 0-0.
TP Mazembe
- TP Mazembe began with a 1-0 win over Wadi Degla and then lost to Bayelsa Queens in their second game suffering a 0-2 reverse.
- Progression to the Semi-finals will see TP Mazembe become the second team from the UNIFFAC region to make it to the last four after Malabo Kings, who got to the Semi-finals in 2021 and eventually ended in fourth.
- All three goals in games involving TP Mazembe at the 2022 CAF WCL have been scored in the first half, Merveille Kanjinga scored the game winner in their 1-0 win over in the 7th minute. In their second game against Bayelsa Queens they went behind through a 7th minute penalty through Ogoma Joseph and conceded a second through Grace Chinyere in the 24th minutes.
- TP Mazembe faced 10 shots on target in their game against Bayelsa Queens, while their goalkeeper Brigitte Ngamita made eight saves in the game, the most by a goalkeeper in a single game at the tournament.
- Belange Nzumbe managed 71 touches of the ball the most by any TP Mazembe player.
- Merveille Kanjinga’s influence in the TP Mazembe team was underlined by her performance in the defeat to Bayelsa Queens as she made 6 key passes in the game.
- Progression for TP Mazembe will be the second time that a team from the DRC at a senior CAF Women’s tournament will progress to the Semi-finals, the last occasion was when the DRC national women’s team reached the last four at the 1998 WAFCON.
- TP Mazembe began with a 1-0 win over Wadi Degla and then lost to Bayelsa Queens in their second game suffering a 0-2 reverse.
- Progression to the Semi-finals will see TP Mazembe become the second team from the UNIFFAC region to make it to the last four after Malabo Kings, who got to the Semi-finals in 2021 and eventually ended in fourth.
- All three goals in games involving TP Mazembe at the 2022 CAF WCL have been scored in the first half, Merveille Kanjinga scored the game winner in their 1-0 win over in the 7th minute. In their second game against Bayelsa Queens they went behind through a 7th minute penalty through Ogoma Joseph and conceded a second through Grace Chinyere in the 24th minutes.
- TP Mazembe faced 10 shots on target in their game against Bayelsa Queens, while their goalkeeper Brigitte Ngamita made eight saves in the game, the most by a goalkeeper in a single game at the tournament.
- Belange Nzumbe managed 71 touches of the ball the most by any TP Mazembe player.
- Merveille Kanjinga’s influence in the TP Mazembe team was underlined by her performance in the defeat to Bayelsa Queens as she made 6 key passes in the game.
- Progression for TP Mazembe will be the second time that a team from the DRC at a senior CAF Women’s tournament will progress to the Semi-finals, the last occasion was when the DRC national women’s team reached the last four at the 1998 WAFCON.
TP Mazembe CAF Women’s Champions League Record
P W D L GF GA GD GPG WIN%
2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 0.5 50
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
- A draw will suffice for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies to reach their second CAF WCL Semi- finals.
- A win for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies will see them win all three group games at a CAF WCL Finals for the first time, in 2021 they won their opening two group games against Vihiga Queens and Rivers Angels but drew their final group game against AS FAR 0-0.
- Should Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies win it will be their fourth successive win in open play at the CAF WCL, starting with their final win over Hasaacas Ladies in 2021 through their first two group games against Bayelsa Queens and Wadi Degla at the current competition. They did also win their 2021 Semi-final on penalties after the game ended 0-0.
- Sundowns with a win will win their sixth game in open play at the CAF WCL Finals, which will see them remain as the team with the most wins in open play at the tournament.
- Having played 7 games at the CAF WCL final Sundowns remains undefeated W5 D2.
- Sundowns 5-0 win over Wadi Degla in their last group game was the biggest victory recorded by any team at the CAF WCL Finals history.
- Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 5-0 win over Wadi Degla in their last game is the first occasion that five goals had been scored in a game at the CAF WCL.
- At the 2021 CAF WCL Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies had managed to score just four goals with four different players on the scoresheet at the current tournament, they have also had four different goal scorers scoring their seven goals.
- Lelona Daweti (3) and Joyce Rabale (2) have both scored multiple goals at the 2022 CAF WCL, it is the first time that they have had players scoring multiple goal scorers at the finals.
- Lelona Daweti has scored in Sundowns opening two games she could become the first Sundowns player at the finals to score in three successive games should she score again, presently she is the only player to have scored in successive games at the finals for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.
- Melinda Kgadiete with her goal for Sundowns in the 5-0 win over Wadi Degla is the first Sundowns player to score in two editions of the CAF WCL Finals, she also score a goal in the 2021 edition.
- Lelona Daweti has scored three goals with seven shots on target across her two appearances at the 2022 CAF WCL Finals, she has four shots on targeting scoring two goals against Bayelsa Queens. Against Wadi Degla she scored one goal and had three shots on target.
- The game against Wadi Degla was the first time that Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies had scored multiple goals in the same half of a CAF WCL Finals game, they managed to score two in the first half and three in the second half.
- Six of the seven goals scored by Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies at the 2022 CAF WCL Finals have been scored in open play and from inside the opposition 18 -yard area, their only goal from outside the 18- yard area was Joyce Rabale’s converted free kick in the 60th minute of the win against Wadi Degla. Which was her first goal in the game.
- Sundowns have scored seven goals at the 2022 CAF WCL Finals, they need one more goal to tie Hasaacas Ladies who netted eight in 2021 for the most group stage goals at the finals.
- Of the seven games that Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies have played at the CAF WCL Finals, they have kept six clean sheets in these games scoring a total of 11 goals and have conceded just one.
- A draw will suffice for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies to reach their second CAF WCL Semi- finals.
- A win for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies will see them win all three group games at a CAF WCL Finals for the first time, in 2021 they won their opening two group games against Vihiga Queens and Rivers Angels but drew their final group game against AS FAR 0-0.
- Should Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies win it will be their fourth successive win in open play at the CAF WCL, starting with their final win over Hasaacas Ladies in 2021 through their first two group games against Bayelsa Queens and Wadi Degla at the current competition. They did also win their 2021 Semi-final on penalties after the game ended 0-0.
- Sundowns with a win will win their sixth game in open play at the CAF WCL Finals, which will see them remain as the team with the most wins in open play at the tournament.
- Having played 7 games at the CAF WCL final Sundowns remains undefeated W5 D2.
- Sundowns 5-0 win over Wadi Degla in their last group game was the biggest victory recorded by any team at the CAF WCL Finals history.
- Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 5-0 win over Wadi Degla in their last game is the first occasion that five goals had been scored in a game at the CAF WCL.
- At the 2021 CAF WCL Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies had managed to score just four goals with four different players on the scoresheet at the current tournament, they have also had four different goal scorers scoring their seven goals.
- Lelona Daweti (3) and Joyce Rabale (2) have both scored multiple goals at the 2022 CAF WCL, it is the first time that they have had players scoring multiple goal scorers at the finals.
- Lelona Daweti has scored in Sundowns opening two games she could become the first Sundowns player at the finals to score in three successive games should she score again, presently she is the only player to have scored in successive games at the finals for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.
- Melinda Kgadiete with her goal for Sundowns in the 5-0 win over Wadi Degla is the first Sundowns player to score in two editions of the CAF WCL Finals, she also score a goal in the 2021 edition.
- Lelona Daweti has scored three goals with seven shots on target across her two appearances at the 2022 CAF WCL Finals, she has four shots on targeting scoring two goals against Bayelsa Queens. Against Wadi Degla she scored one goal and had three shots on target.
- The game against Wadi Degla was the first time that Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies had scored multiple goals in the same half of a CAF WCL Finals game, they managed to score two in the first half and three in the second half.
- Six of the seven goals scored by Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies at the 2022 CAF WCL Finals have been scored in open play and from inside the opposition 18 -yard area, their only goal from outside the 18- yard area was Joyce Rabale’s converted free kick in the 60th minute of the win against Wadi Degla. Which was her first goal in the game.
- Sundowns have scored seven goals at the 2022 CAF WCL Finals, they need one more goal to tie Hasaacas Ladies who netted eight in 2021 for the most group stage goals at the finals.
- Of the seven games that Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies have played at the CAF WCL Finals, they have kept six clean sheets in these games scoring a total of 11 goals and have conceded just one.
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies CAF WCL Record
P W D L GF GA GD
7 5 2 0 11 1 10
Source: CAFOnline.com
