Mamelodi Sundowns and USM Alger meet in the CAF Super Cup on Sunday, 8 November, at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria. The official CAF programme schedules kick-off for 3pm local time, 1pm GMT, bringing together the Champions League and Confederation Cup winners.
Sundowns seek their second Super Cup after beating TP Mazembe 1–0 in the 2017 edition. A CAF profile published on 7 November explains that their current appearance follows a Champions League final victory over AS FAR: a 1–0 home win in Pretoria and a 1–1 away draw.
USM Alger also target a second success, having defeated Egypt’s Al Ahly 1–0 in 2023. They earned this opportunity by winning the Confederation Cup against Zamalek, prevailing on penalties after each club won its home leg 1–0, as recorded in CAF’s account of their route.
The two paths offer different competitive backgrounds. Sundowns won both legs of their Champions League semi-final against Espérance 1–0. USM Alger needed the away-goals rule to eliminate Maniema in the quarter-finals and Olympic Safi in the semi-finals, before the final required a shootout.
Sundowns approach the Super Cup after elimination from the current Champions League campaign by Angola’s Wiliete on away goals, a result noted in CAF’s latest profile. The Pretoria match therefore presents an independent trophy opportunity after that setback, while USM Alger arrive with a recent record of navigating closely balanced knockout ties.
Archival cover photograph: Loftus Versfeld Stadium in an archival photograph; not from the current event. Photographer/creator: legio09. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 2.0. Image date as recorded by the source: 2009-07-01 00:17. Wikimedia-supplied file used without raster edits.
