Stars Abroad: Mandela, Yidah sit out as Sundowns outwit Marumo Gallants

Brian Onyango was an unused sub as his South African Club Mamelodi Sundowns laboured to a 1-0 win over Marumo Gallants on in a Premier Soccer League match staged at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria.The two teams had CAF Club competition assignments over the weekend and their league action had to be moved to midweek.##NAJAVA_MECA_6736806##For Gallants, Kenyan midfielder Sven Yidah was once again left out of the Match Day squad without an explanation of his whereabouts.The match, which was largely dominated by Sundowns with the visitors opting to go defensive was settled by a Sphelele Mkhulise 28th-minute goal.The narrow win moved Sundowns top of the log with 22 points after ten rounds of league matches. The team has two games in hand. Gallants on the other hand are rock bottom with nine points from ten.Next for Sundowns is an MTN8 semi-final match against Orlando Pirates on Sunday while Marumo will play Amazulu on Wednesday 26th in a league fixture.In Spain, Kenyan-born forward Awer Mabil was an unused substitute as his club Cadiz played out to a barren draw with Real Betis. It has been a rather frustrating start to his Cadiz career as he has majorly started off the bench, the result sees Cadiz extend their unbeaten run to five matches; this is a turn around after what was a very difficult start to the new season. Mabil will be hoping to be included in Australia’s world cup squad.Vincent Oburu scores in Zambia but cedes bragging rights to Calabar’s Napsa

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