Mamelodi Sundowns FC 1, Al Hilal SC Omdurman 2

KIGALI, Rwanda (Interstat) — Al Hilal Omdurman opened its CAF Champions League campaign with a 2-1 victory over South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns on Friday, defying a pregame projection in a match relocated to neutral ground. The Group Stage match, organized by the Confederation of African Football, was contested at Amahoro Stadium in the Rwandan capital, a temporary home for the Sudanese side. The result immediately altered the early landscape of the competition, handing the favored Sundowns a defeat to begin their continental campaign. Interstat’s pregame metrics had given Al Hilal Omdurman a slight edge with a 54.30 percent probability to… Read more...