Current form South Africa
Only the respective group winners of the five qualifying groups in Africa book a ticket for the final round in Russia. That means translated: For the World Cup host of 2010 in Group D is nothing more. Currently you can find yourself with only four points from five games at the bottom of the table. And that, though, for example, you can show a better goal difference than the third-placed Cape Verde, which still quite have chances to participate. Speaking of Cape Verde: South Africa has lost two of their last three games against this team. Both at home and away, it put a 1: 2 defeat. After all, it was only just over a month ago that they celebrated their first victory in the ongoing campaign, which they won 3-1 against Burkina Faso ahead of their own crowd. The fact that they can compete against stronger teams on the continent has been demonstrated by the duel with Nigeria in the qualification for the Africa Cup. South Africa defeated the “Super Eagles” 2-0. However, this was the only one of the last four games in which they stayed without conceding. However, Senegal has been something of a favorite opponent of South Africans in recent years. Not one of the last four games against Senegal has been lost, instead three draws and a full success have been added to this in their last duel in autumn 2016. Physically, South Africa should be in very good shape. Proof of this was provided by the mentioned duel with Burkina Faso in October. In this, the bottom of the table Group D at half-time one had worked out a 3-0 lead, even a more than 25-minute deficiency hardly changed anything in the result. Co-responsible for this is certainly Coach Stuart Baxter. The Scot has his men do a lot of physique training, emphasizing physical style of play. Accordingly, the biggest strengths of the home team on Friday in tackling strength will see. Playfully, there is still a lack of the very big individual class that was embodied by a Steven Pienaar a few years ago. Bitter: With Bongani Zungu of SC Amiens an important clock in midfield is blocked. South Africa must stabilize above all in the defensive sector. A goal difference of 8: 7 in the five games of the calendar year 2017 proves this fact. The game against Burkina Faso gives hope in this respect, also showed in the offensive game very variable, three of four in the attack or on the wings vordrückene players could cheer for a hit.

Current form Senegal
The favorite role of Senegal in this duel is a fact. A glance at the table is enough to understand this. Not only did the West African men manage to qualify for a finals race once in a while, but they also have a lot more quality in the current squad. A market value comparison of the two teams shows blatant differences. The squad of Senegal is more than ten times more valuable than that of the South Africans. In addition, the men of Aliou Cissé have lost only one game in 2017. This, however, not after regular time, but only on penalties in the quarter-finals of the African Cup, in which failed to Cameroon, but previously teams such as Tunisia (2: 0), Zimbabwe (2: 0) or Equatorial Guinea (qualification – 3 : 0) could defeat. The mere fact that they have been without a clean sheet five times in all competitions this calendar year shows clear advantages for Senegal, but South Africa has only achieved this feat once. In terms of individual class, some actors are to be highlighted. We see strengths in the Cissé protégés especially on the left wing. The reason for this is the name Sadió Mané. Alone of the wings is more than twice as valuable as the entire squad of the opponent, there is hardly a player in Africa that can develop such a high speed. Last but not least, Mané is currently still the best goal scorer of his club and in the best league in the world. With Niang, Baldé or Sakho you still have a whole lot of other players who earn their money in the four top leagues (Italy, Germany, Spain, England). The biggest difference to South Africa: This quality is balanced in the case of Senegal, also in the defense area, there are Koulibaly, Sané or Kara players in the best age and of absolute world-class format. Problems are most likely to be seen on the left-back position, which drops somewhat in quality compared to the rest of the team. Coach Cissé has to give up young star Ismaila Sarr, who is currently suffering from a tendon injury. Either way, the Senegal are leaders in the league, with the best offensive, as well as the best defense of Group D, defeating Cape Verde 2-0, against a rival that South Africa has lost twice this year.

We recommend to bet on this match: South Africa win @ 3.25