Ahead of Bafana Bafana’s Africa Cup of Nations last-16 encounter against Egypt, take a look at FourFourTwo‘s predictions as the Egyptians look set to defeat South Africa to advance to the quarter-final.
The South African national team advanced to the knockout stages of the tournament through the back door after Mali secured a 1-0 victory over Angola in their final Afcon clash on Monday, after which Stuart Baxter’s side progressed to the round of 16 as the fourth-best third-placed team.
Bafana will now take on the Pharos for a chance to book their place in the quarter-final of the continental tournament.
Here are our predictions for Bafana’s final Group D match:
Wade Pretorius:
Egypt 3-0 South Africa
Dylan Appolis:
Egypt 2-0 South Africa
Juandre Joubert:
Egypt 2-0 South Africa
Dean Workman:
Egypt 2-1 South Africa
John Goliath:
Egypt 0-0 South Africa (Bafana Bafana wins 4-3 on penalties)