CR Belouizdad and Mamelodi Sundowns have announced their starting line-ups for this evening’s CAF Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Nelson Mandela Stadium.
Both are coming from a defeat domestically, with Belouizdad’s 19-match unbeaten run domestically coming to an end midweek when they suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Oran.
The Algerian Ligue 1 table toppers featured their second team in the clash with a plan of resting their starters.
Meanwhile, it is the fifth quarter-final for Downs in five seasons, as they they aim to reach their second final since 2016.
Rulani Mokwena’s side enter the game on the back of a 2-1 defeat to Stellenbosch which knocked out of the Nedbank Cup and was their first defeat under Mokwena as head coach.
This is not the first time these two sides are facing each other. In 2021 Sundowns hammered a ten-man Belouizdad by 5-1 in the group stages away from home.
In the return leg, the Algerian side defeated Downs, who were already qualified, 2-0 at Loftus Versfeld Stadium.
Here is how they line up:
CR Belouizdad XI: Guendouz, Keddad, Bouchar, Belkhiter, Laouafi, Rebiai, Draoui, Belkhir, Bouras, Iwuala, Wamba.
Subs: Doukha, Bouguerra, Chikhi, Ait Abdesslam, Selmi, Reghba, Boussouf, Bakir, Bourdim.
Sundowns XI: Williams, Mvala, Boutouil, Mudau, Modiba, Morena, Mbule, Mokoena, Maema, Zwane, Shalulile.
Subs: Onyango, De Reuck, Zungu, Sirino, Mkhulise, Nasir, Mashego, Mailula, Maboe
