Mangasport saw off African Stars 3:1 in the first preliminary round of the CAF Champions League on 5 September 2026. The hosts took control early and never looked back, with B. Wiltord doing most of the damage in the opening half. African Stars had little to show for their efforts despite extending their stay in the competition.
Wiltord opened the scoring in the twenty-third minute, then doubled his tally just before the interval when he struck again in the forty-second. That gave Mangasport a two-goal cushion by the break and shifted the momentum decisively. To be fair, the visitors rarely threatened until the second half when they pulled one back through Mbinguy in the seventy-third.
There was a late goal in the ninetieth minute to seal the result, though the scorer was not named in the available data. Mangasport held firm after that and ran out comfortable winners. The match itself was tidy, with neither side picking up a card throughout the ninety minutes.
That disciplinary record is worth noting — zero red cards and zero yellows for both teams. It suggests a match played without friction, even if the scoreline was never in doubt after the first twenty minutes. Things came to a head only in the final moments when the fourth goal was added.
African Stars have now endured a long spell without victory, with recent results showing a string of narrow defeats. They lost 0:1 to Vipers twice in September 2025, then followed with more losses in 2024 and 2023. This latest result extends that run considerably.
Mangasport meanwhile move into a strong position after this opening round fixture. The 3:1 victory gives them a clear advantage heading into the return leg. By then the visitors will need to find a way to break through a side that looked comfortable in defence from the start.