South Africa vs Andorra Prediction: The hosts pose more threat than their counterpart

In getting themselves ready for the upcoming competition, South Africa will play a friendly game against Andorra at the Nelson Mandela Stadium on Thursday. This game will be played in Algeria which happens to be South Africa's next opponent. The visitors have not tasted a win in their last thirteen games and have lost five consecutive matches. At the same, South Africa head here with just a defeat in six games. 

FIFA Ranking: 56th

Last five games: DWWLW

Bafana Bafana moved eight places up in the FIFA Ranking after their solid performance in the just concluded AFCON Tournament. They finished as the third-best side in the competition after being knocked out by Nigeria in the quarterfinals. 

The one-time Africa Cup of Nations champions have the second-best defence in this tournament, keeping the same clean sheet (5) as Nigeria. 

South Africa have won four, lost once and drawn a game over their previous six matches. 

FIFA Ranking: 164th

Last five games: LLLLL

The Tricolors are one of the lowest-ranked teams in Europe and have enjoyed very little success due to their small population in recent years. Andorra matches here without a win in thirteen games. They picked up two points from a combined thirty in the just concluded European Championship Qualifier. More recently, they surrendered to a (0-2) defeat against Israel on their ground to wrap up the group stage. Their recent friendly game dates back to October 2022, when they were beaten by a lowly-ranked Gibraltar team.

Andorra are yet to find the back of the net in their last six games, and have lost five consecutive matches.

South Africa are unbeaten in their previous nine friendly games, winning four and sharing the spoils five times. The Bafana Bafana have announced a strong squad for their two-legged friendlies against Algeria and Andorra. However, the team will be without star forward Percy Tau, who has been ruled out for this encounter. Influential midfielder Teboho Mokoena is expected to play in the heart of midfield, while Themba Zwane and Eric Mayo will lead the line. 

For Andorra, Ricand Fernandez will start up front, while Marcio Vieira and Eric Vales will play in the midfield. Despite the Tricolors failing to win in their last thirteen matches, Andorra hardly lost by a greater margin. The Bafana Bafana are a well-synergized side, with most of their players playing in their local league. We expect South Africa to win before the break for 1.75.

They’ll be at their best even though they are missing some familiar faces; bet on an away win and under 3.5 goals for 1.70.

This game will witness more goals after the break for 2.16.

Good luck!