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This match represents the first meeting between AS FAR and TP Mazembe.
TP Mazembe will be the 15th distinct club that AS FAR will meet in the final stages of the CAF Women’s Champions League. Mamelodi Sundowns is the only club that AS FAR has faced on several occasions.
TP Mazembe are the first club from the Democratic Republic of Congo that AS FAR will meet in the final phase of the CAF Women’s Champions League, and this makes DR Congo the 11th nation, alongside Guinea Equatorial, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal and Zambia, of which AS FAR has already faced teams.
AS FAR is the fifth distinct opponent that TP Mazembe will face in the final phase, and the first Moroccan club.
It will also be the first time that TP Mazembe will face the host club.
This meeting will mark the third duel between AS FAR and a club from the UNIFFAC region. The Moroccans, for their part, won their two previous matches against the Equatorial Guinean teams, the Malabo Kings and the Huracanes, respectively 3-1 and 1-0 in 2021 and 2023.
After triumphing over the Egyptian team Wadi Degla with a score of 1-0 in 2022, TP Mazembe will face a North African club for the second time.
AS FAR (Morocco)
With a 3-0 victory against the Eagles of Medina, the hosts began the final phase, equaling their biggest opening victory, achieved in 2021 against the Rivers Angels of Nigeria, also by the same scoreline.
AS FAR have only won their first two finals matches once before, in 2022, beating Simba Queens and Green Buffaloes.
AS FAR’s record after its second group matches during the final stages stands at 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat over the last three editions. In 2022 and 2023, they won their second meeting against the Huracanes, but lost 2-0 against the Vihiga Queens of Kenya in 2021.
After winning their first match of this edition, AS FAR has a record of 10 matches in the group stage: 7 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
AS FAR players, namely Khadija Er-Rmichi, Nouhaila Benzina, Fatima Zahra Dahmos, Aziza Rabbah and Ghizlaine Chhiri, took part in the four editions of the final phase.
Khadija Er-Rmichi and Ghizlaine Chhiri started all 16 matches of the final phase for AS FAR.
During her 16th match against the Eagles of Medina, goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi completed her 11th match without conceding a goal, thus establishing a new record for a goalkeeper in the history of the competition.
Er-Rmichi made four saves in the victory against Aigles de la Medina.
In the victory against the Eagles of Medina, Doha El Madani scored twice, scoring on his two shots on target.
El Madani and Aziza Rabbah became respectively the 7th and 8th different scorers for AS FAR in the Women’s Champions League.
Playing her fourth final tournament, Rabbah scored her first goal in 15 Women’s Champions League matches.
Rabbah made 72 touches of the ball, attempted 62 passes and completed 53, which represents the best total of successful passes during the match.
A draw between UWC Ladies and Aigles de la Medina, combined with a victory for AS FAR, would qualify them for the elimination stages for the fourth time.
TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
TP Mazembe started with a 2-0 victory against UWC Ladies, managing to win their first two matches in the two competitions they participated in, after defeating Wadi Degla in 2022.
TP Mazembe achieved its biggest victory by beating UWC Ladies.
After suffering two defeats in a row during the final stages, TP Mazembe revived its momentum with a victory in its first match.
In their victory against UWC Ladies, they managed to score more than one goal in the same match for the first time in their Champions League history.
Lacho Flora Marta is the second scorer for TP Mazembe in the final phase, after Merveille Kanjinga who opened the scoring in 2022.
Marta is the first player to score and assist in the same match for TP Mazembe in the finals.
Of TP Mazembe’s six shots on target in the first match, three were attempted by Marta.
Kanjinga scored the second goal against UWC Ladies, becoming the first TP Mazembe player to score in two different editions, in 2022 and 2024.
TP Mazembe faced South African opponents for the second time. In 2022. They lost 5-0 against Sundowns. The victory against UWC Ladies is their first success against a South African club.
TP Mazembe attempted 26 shots on goal against UWC Ladies, a record. In 2022, they had shot 24 times against Wadi Degla.
Fourteen of their 26 shots came from inside the penalty area.
They scored six shots on target in their win over UWC Ladies, the second highest total for them in the finals, following the seven shots on target in their final group match against Mamelodi Sundowns in 2022.
TP Mazembe has never won two matches in the same edition of the final phase: in 2022, after beating Wadi Degla, they lost their next two matches against Bayelsa Queens (2-0) and Mamelodi Sundowns (4-0) .
