MATCH STATS: Mamelodi Sundowns face Kawempe Muslim Ladies in CAF Women’s Champions League Egypt 2026 semi-final
Two-time champions Mamelodi Sundowns face Ugandan debutants Kawempe Muslim Ladies in the CAF Women’s Champions League Egypt 2026 semi-finals at the Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia on Wednesday, 11 November (17h00 local time / 15h00 GMT). Sundowns are aiming for a third title and a fourth final appearance.
Sundowns topped Group A with seven points after a 0-0 draw with FC Masar and victories over Lekié Football Filles (2-1) and FUS Rabat (3-0). Kawempe finished second in Group B on six points, advancing on three-way head-to-head criteria after a 3-2 win over AS FAR, a 2-1 loss to Ampem Darkoa and a 3-0 win over USFAS Bamako.
MATCH FACTS
• This is the first meeting between Mamelodi Sundowns and Kawempe Muslim Ladies at the CAF Women’s Champions League finals.
• Sundowns are facing tournament debutants in the semi-finals for a third time, including a second opponent from East Africa. They defeated Tanzania’s Simba Queens 1-0 in 2022.
• This will be Sundowns’ fifth match against East African opposition at the finals.
• Sundowns have won all four previous matches against East African opponents.
• Sundowns have not conceded in those four matches: they beat Kenya’s Vihiga Queens 1-0 in 2021, Tanzania’s Simba Queens 1-0 in the 2022 semi-finals, Tanzania’s JKT Queens 1-0 in 2023 and Ethiopia’s Commercial Bank of Ethiopia 4-0 in 2024.
• Sundowns have faced an East African opponent in each of their five appearances at the finals.
• Uganda will be the fourth East African country represented among Sundowns’ opponents at the finals, after Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
• Sundowns’ overall record against tournament debutants at the finals is P18 W14 D2 L2.
• Sundowns have never lost a knockout match to a debutant (P4 W3 D1). They defeated Malabo Kings on penalties in the 2021 semi-finals, Hasaacas Ladies in the 2021 final, Simba Queens in the 2022 semi-finals and SC Casablanca in the 2023 final.
MAMELODI SUNDOWNS – KEY STATISTICS
• Sundowns beat FUS Rabat 3-0 in their final group match to reach the semi-finals for the fourth time.
• They have now defeated three different Moroccan clubs at the finals — AS FAR, SC Casablanca and FUS Rabat — a feat no other team has achieved.
• This is Sundowns’ fifth appearance at the finals. They won the title in 2021 and 2023, finished runners-up in 2022 and failed to reach the knockout stage only in 2024.
• Sundowns are unbeaten in three previous semi-finals, advancing on each occasion.
• They drew 0-0 with Equatorial Guinea’s Malabo Kings in the 2021 semi-finals before winning 5-4 on penalties. It remains Sundowns’ only penalty shootout at the finals.
• Boitumelo Rabale scored in the 76th minute of their 1-0 semi-final victory over Simba Queens in 2022 and scored again in the 74th minute of the 1-0 semi-final win against AS FAR in 2023.
• Both of Sundowns’ semi-final goals in open play have come in the second half.
• Sundowns are yet to concede a goal in a semi-final.
• Sundowns have played six knockout matches at the finals (W4 D1 L1 in open play), winning four in open play, progressing once on penalties and losing the 2022 final.
• They have kept five clean sheets in six knockout matches, conceding only in their 4-0 defeat to AS FAR in the 2022 final.
• Sundowns completed the group stage unbeaten for the fourth time, having also done so in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
• They finished top of their group for the fourth time.
• Sundowns conceded one goal in the 2026 group stage. They conceded fewer only in 2021 and 2023, when they kept clean sheets in all three group matches.
• Bambanani Mbane opened the scoring against FUS Rabat with her third goal at the finals. She previously scored twice in a 5-0 group-stage victory over Wadi Degla in 2022.
• Goalkeeper Andile Dlamini made her 19th appearance at the finals against FUS Rabat and kept her 16th clean sheet. Only AS FAR’s Khadija Er-Rmichi (17) has kept more.
• Dlamini has kept two clean sheets at this edition. She kept five in both 2021 and 2023, and two in 2022.
• Dlamini made five saves against FUS Rabat, her highest tally in a match at the 2026 finals so far.
• Nthabiseng Majiya and Karabo Dhlamini, who converted a penalty, also scored against FUS Rabat, each registering her first goal of this edition.
• Asanda Hadebe assisted Majiya for Sundowns’ second goal against FUS Rabat, her first goal involvement at the 2026 finals.
• Sundowns had 11 shots on target against FUS Rabat, their highest total in their three group matches.
• They enjoyed 68% possession against FUS Rabat.
• Mbane completed 48 passes against FUS Rabat, more than any other player.
• Nonhlanhla Mthandi committed four fouls against FUS Rabat, the most of any player in the match.
KAWEMPE MUSLIM LADIES – KEY STATISTICS
• Kawempe Muslim Ladies are aiming to become the first East African side to reach the final.
• If Kawempe and Lekié Football Filles both reach the final, it will be the first final between two debutants since the inaugural edition in 2021, when every entrant was making its first appearance.
• Kawempe beat USFAS Bamako 3-0 in their final group match to qualify for the semi-finals.
• Kawempe have scored in each of their three group matches. No East African club has scored in four successive matches at the finals.
• They are the first East African club to score in all three group-stage matches at a single edition.
• Agnes Nabukenya scored twice against USFAS Bamako and has four goals at the 2026 finals.
• Nabukenya’s four goals are the most scored by an individual player for an East African club at the finals.
• Nabukenya is the first player representing an East African club to score two braces at the finals.
• Three of Nabukenya’s four goals have come in the second half of matches.
• Nabukenya attempted 14 shots against USFAS Bamako, four of them on target. Both were match-high totals.
• Kawempe’s 3-0 victory over USFAS Bamako is the biggest win by an East African club at the finals.
• Asia Nakibuuka contested 14 duels against USFAS and won 11, more than any other player.
• Jovia Nakagolo scored Kawempe’s second goal against USFAS, her first at the finals. She now has two goal involvements, having assisted against Ampem Darkoa.
• Kawempe had 10 shots on target against USFAS, including seven in the first half.
• Kawempe did not face a shot on target in the first half against USFAS and faced two in the second half, their fewest in a match so far.
• Goalkeeper Josephine Nambuya kept her first clean sheet against USFAS. She had conceded four goals from the first 12 shots on target she faced.
• Nambuya has made 10 saves from 14 shots on target faced at the finals, a save percentage of approximately 71%.
• Kawempe attempted 384 passes and completed 267 against USFAS, a pass-completion rate of approximately 70%.