Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns' bid to end their Caf Champions League group stages campaign on a high note is being frustrated by several injuries in their camp.

Thapelo (Morena) got injured in Sudan and he is still not yet back. “Rivaldo (Coetzee) is still injured. The coach said to cope with all the injuries they might have to consider some of the players who were with Bafana in France and only returned to the country on Thursday.

Mamelodi Sundowns will be out to conclude business in the Caf Champions League group stage undefeated when they host Al-Merreikh at FNB Stadium on Saturday.

They face Sundowns who have scored seven goals in five matches and shipped in two which is the least in the group. Merreikh have conceded eight goals in five games which is the highest number of goals in this group. Sundowns have won their last three Champions League games which came after the draw against Merreikh in Cairo and before that game they had beaten Al Hilal in their group opener.

The Brazilians return to action to complete their Group A campaign with a match they are not hard-pressed to win.

They face Sundowns who have scored seven goals in five matches and shipped in two which is the least in the group. Merreikh have conceded eight goals in five games which is the highest number of goals in this group. Sundowns have won their last three Champions League games which came after the draw against Merreikh in Cairo and before that game they had beaten Al Hilal in their group opener.

Mamelodi Sundowns return to action this afternoon when they host Sudan's Al Ittihad at the FNB stadium in a CAF Champions League Group Stage clash.

I think we will go and give it our hundred percent.“We are just focussing on our process, we are trying our best to play one game at a time and try to win each game that we play. Some games are difficult and you won’t get the results that you’re looking for but we try to give it our all.“Our group was really tough, we had three teams that really gave Mamelodi Sundowns a run for our money. “We are just focusing on what we have to do.

Mamelodi Sundowns claimed a commanding 3-0 victory in their final CAF Champions League group stage match against Al-Merrikh on Saturday.

Goalkeeper Reyaad Pieterse was called into a rare bit of action in the closing stages when he made a good save to deny Elsamani Saadeldin in the bottom left corner to keep the clean sheet intact. Ralani was having a stormer and turned provider in the 72nd minute when he teed up Kermit Erasmus, who rifled a fantastic volley into the roof of the net. That goal was a confidence-booster for Maluleka as he had a go with a free-kick attempt from the right and it went just over the crossbar.