South Africa Chase Key Win On The Road To 2026

South Africa will chase a key win in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaign when they welcome Lesotho to the Peter Mokaba Stadium for a Group C match on Friday evening, with kick-off at 6pm CAT.

Bafana Bafana come into the match placed second in the group level on seven points with surprise leaders Rwanda after four completed matchdays. They were last in action in this competition in June of last year, recording a 1-1 draw away to Nigeria, followed by a 3-0 home triumph over Zimbabwe.

Hugo Brooss side will be confident of keeping up the momentum built in their successful Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign, which was wrapped up in November last year with back-to-back wins over Uganda away and South Sudan home.

However, the Belgian coach has warned against underestimating their opponents: These are very important games, very tough games, because dont underestimate Lesotho, maybe not on quality but on mentality.

It is a team that fights for 90 minutes for every metre and certainly when they play against South Africa, they will do one step more, Im sure of it.