Al Ahly have been beaten five times and drawn two away in the Champions League – so they have gone seven matches without a win outside Egypt.
Sundowns and Al Ahly have met on four occasions with the latter winning two and there have been two draws.
The first meeting was in 2001 in the final. In the first leg played in Pretoria‚ the match ended 1-1 and Al Ahly won 3-0 in Cairo‚ with Khaled Bebo netting a hattrick. The Tshwane side and Africa’s most successful club‚ who have eight Champions League titles‚ met again in 2007 in the second round of the competition.
Sundowns were held to a 2-2 draw in Pretoria and Al Ahly finished the job at home‚ where they won 2-0.
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