Sundowns

Stellenbosch delivered a gutsy display to frustrate soon-to-be 2022/23 season champions Mamelodi Sundowns, holding them to a 1-all draw in a rainy afternoon ...

Goalkeeper Reyaad Pieterse was also handed his maiden league start of the season. The turf was slippery due to persistent downpours and that affected the flow of the game. Andile Jali, who was also reported to have come drunk in training, was nowhere to be seen in the match-day squad.

A run of 15 consecutive South African Premiership victories by runaway leaders Mamelodi Sundowns ended on Sunday when they drew 1-1 at mid-table ...

"Conceding a late equaliser will actually do us a lot of good. Sundowns are chasing a treble this season -- the Premiership, the South African FA Cup and the CAF Champions League. The team had become so used to winning in the Premiership that we had forgotten what it is like to battle for a point."

GOAL highlights the stats that show Stellenbosch FC deserved to beat Mamelodi Sundowns in Sunday's PSL match.

[Egyptian giants Al Ahly in the Champions League next weekend](https://www.goal.com/en-za/match/mamelodi-sundowns-v-al-ahly/5imi2j8t853ol654vukcudatw). [struggled ](https://www.goal.com/en-za/lists/mamelodi-sundowns-player-ratings-mailula-on-target-but-stellenbosch-fc-exposes-brazilians-defensive-problems/blt763df79845c31911)with the rhythm of the game and were lucky to walk away with a point given statics show their hosts bossed them in four out of seven key areas of [Sunday’s PSL match](https://www.goal.com/en-za/match/stellenbosch-v-mamelodi-sundowns/25s7ljqcz83ljs713bs6kxi50). [ against Stellenbosch FC](https://www.goal.com/en-za/match/stellenbosch-v-mamelodi-sundowns/25s7ljqcz83ljs713bs6kxi50) could have been injury-enforced but it was also an eye-opener.

Four of the DStv Premiership sides that are in the slipstream of pace-setters Mamelodi Sundowns all recorded wins over the weekend and this will raise hopes ...

Sundowns fielded several second-stringers and that prompted coach Rulani Mokwena to say that at one stage he didn't recognise his team. The only difference was that this time they scored a goal rather than relying on an own goal. "Congratulations to Pirates, that is all I can say about this match."

After being held to a draw in the Premiership on Sunday, Sundowns will be looking to get back to winning ways in the Champions League this weekend.

Their saving grace perhaps is the fact that they still have to host a Coton Sport, who is essentially out of the running. It is for that reason that Sundowns can expect a fired-up Al Ahly. The Egyptians are currently third in the group on four points from three matches and trail second-placed Al Hilal by two points. Not that many pundits would have expected the group to be as tight as it is. Al Ahly will make the trip cock-a-hoop after they dispatched Cameroon’s Coton Sport with ease in a 3-0 victory in Cairo Saturday. However, such has been their continental showing that Sundowns cannot be accused of being complacent in the Champions League.