Predicted lineups for Mamelodi Sundowns and Pyramids FC in CAF Champions League final 2025
Here are the latest predicted lineups and key stats for the CAF Champions League final between Mamelodi Sundowns and Pyramids FC.
Mamelodi Sundowns and Pyramids FC will lock horns once more in the second leg of the CAF Champions League final, in Cairo, on Sunday evening.
Kick-off is 7pm SA time.
Sundowns drew 1-1 with Pyramids last week at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, as the visitors bagged a crucial away goal.
Previously, in four two-legged finals involving a South African club which failed to win the first leg at home, only once has a comeback been pulled off. That of course came 30 years ago when Orlando Pirates drew 2-2 at home and then beat ASEC Mimosa 1-0 away in the return leg.
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