The eight-time Rwandan champions are yet to win a game in the group stage of Africa’s second biggest club competition. They have lost once and recorded three draws.
Sunday
Yanga 2-3 Gor Mahia
USM Alger 1-1 Rayon Sports
Rayon Sports picked an away vital point as they drew with hosts USM Alger 1-1 in Group D of the Total CAF Confederation Cup staged on Sunday night at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida, Algeria while Gor Mahia continued to shine with a 3-2 victory over Young Africans.
Malian striker Ismaila Diara scored the opening goal in the 29th minute with an individual effort before USM Alger’s Mohamed Amine Hamia netted the equalizer four minutes to stoppage time.
The hosts controlled the flow of the game and had the lion’s share of possession in the opening stages, but their decision making in the final third let them down.
Instead, the first real chance on goal went the way of the visitors in the 20th minute when Ismaila Diarra let fly from long range, but the USM Alger keeper produced a great save to deny him.
Diarra, though, did find the back of the net in the 28th minute after a well-worked move to give Rayon Sports the lead, 1-0.
USM Alger suffered a further set-back ten minutes later when Abderrahmane Meziane had to leave the field injured and was replaced by Walid Ardji while the half ended with the visiting side in the lead.
USM Alger asserted pressure at the start of the second half and came close to leveling matters ten minutes after the restart when Walid Ardji tried his luck from long range, but his effort went narrowly wide.
As the game closed to end, in the 86th minute USM Alger got their reward when Mohamed Amine Hamia found the equalizer with a clinical finish.
The eight-time Rwandan champions are yet to win a game in the group stage of Africa’s second biggest club competition. They have lost once and recorded three draws.
The result leaves USM Alger joint top of Group D on eight points with Gor Mahia while Rayon Sports remain third-placed with three points, two ahead of bottom ranked Young Africans.
Rayon Sports who are expected back in Kigali on Friday his week, will play away to Kenyan side Gor Mahia on August 19 before concluding their group campaign with a home match against Tanzania’s Young Africans on August 29.