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While the teams are meeting for the first time this will be Mamelodi Sundowns second meeting at the finals against Tanzanian opponents.
Won the CECAFA Qualifiers to reach this stage, defeated AS Kigali of Rwanda, New Generation FC of Zanzibar and 2021 WCL Qualifiers Vihiga Queens of Kenya to progress top of their group. Tanzania with a second representative at the finals becomes the fifth country along with Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Morocco and Nigeria to have more than one club represent them at the finals.
Sundowns will be opening up an CAFWCL campaign against East African opposition for the second time, they began their inaugural campaign in 2021 with a 1-0 win over Vihiga Queens of Kenya. Over their previous six group stage games Sundowns have kept five clean-sheets, they have scored 13 goals and conceded just two.
Sundowns have managed to keep eight clean-sheets in 10 games at the final, they have only ever conceded in two games, during their 2-1 win over Bayelsa Queens in their opening game in 2022 and their loss to AS FAR in the final in 2022.Sundowns seven wins at the finals in open play is the joint most wins by in the competitions history along with AS FAR who also have seven victories in open play.
At the 2022 AFWCL Bambani Mbane was the only player to start and finish all five of five Sundowns games, while Lelona Daweti, Chuene Precious Morifi and Boitumelo Joyce Rabale are the only other players who started all five of their games at the 2022 edition. Sundowns goalkeeper Andile Dlamini has played a total of 7 games across two finals competitions in 2021 and 2022 she has kept a total of 5 clean-sheets, she did not concede a goal at the 2021 finals in three games, in four games in 2022 she kept two clean-sheets and conceded one goal in Sundowns opening game win over Bayelsa Queens and four in the final against AS FAR.
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