AFRICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015 - GROUP STAGE - 4TH MATCHES - all results

AFRICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015

 

GROUP A
07.08.15: TP Mazembe vs Smouha 1:0
08.08.15: Al Hilal vs Moghreb Tétouan 0:1

GROUP B
08.08.15: MC El Eulma vs USM Alger 0:1
09.08.15: Al Merreikh vs Entente Setif 2:0

 

USM Alger beat their Algerian Group B rivals Mouloudia El Eulma 1:0 to earn a fourth straight win and a place in the African Champions League semi-finals.

Also on Friday in Group A Al Hilal of Sudan lost their first match of the group stages 1:0 to Moroccan visitors Moghreb Tetouan.

On Saturday DR Congo's TP Mazembe took advantage of Hilal's loss to move to the top of Group A with a 1:0 win over visiting Smouha of Egypt.

Champions Entente Setif of Algeria travelled to play Al Merreikh of Sudan in the other Group B match on Sunday.

Mohamed Meftah was the hero for USM Alger as he headed home the only goal of the game against Eulma four minutes into the second half.

Moghreb Tetouan won for the first time thanks to a 24th-minute penalty converted by Ahmed Jahouh in their match against Al Hilal.

Hilal almost levelled when a goal-bound Salah Jizoli shot was cleared by Younes Bellakhdar.

The Sudanese club then wasted a great chance to equalise 17 minutes from time.

A Tetouan defender handled inside the box, but Senegalese Souleymane Cisse had his penalty kick brilliantly parried to safety by goalkeeper Mohamed El Yousfi.

Ivorian Roger Assale scored for TP Mazembe early in the second half as he connected with a corner to give his side all three points against Smouha.

The results mean that Mazembe top Group A with eight points, Tetouan and Hilal both have five with Smouha bottom with just three so far.

Merreikh and Setif have identical records of one win, one draw, one loss and four points after three rounds, with the Sudanese outfit second in the standings because of a superior goal difference.

Setif won the premier Confederation of African Football club competition in 1988 and again last year while the only previous Merreikh appearance in the group stage ended without a win six years ago.

The Sudanese have already bettered that dismal record by defeating Eulma 2:0 in match day one through an own goal and a strike by Al Madina, real name Bakry Babiker.

Denied a point at USM when a late equaliser was controversially disallowed, Merreikh forced a 1:1 draw at Setif two weeks later with Nigerian Solomon Jabason levelling.

Setif, who won the 2014 final on away goals after two draws with AS Vita Club of the Democratic Republic of Congo, lost at home to USM and won away to Eulma before the Merrikh stalemate.

Champions Setif played the whole of the second half against Merreikh with 10 men after defender Ryad Kenniche was sent off in added time at the end of the first period.

Al Merreikh had taken the lead four minutes earlier through Ala'a Eldin Yousif from the penalty spot following a foul by Setif keeper Sofiane Khedairia.

The win was sealed in injury time at the end of the match when Ghanaian Augustine Okrah turned in a cross from the left.