Bafana Bafana ready to take charge of Group C

South Africa will chase a key win in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaign tomorrow, when they welcome Lesotho to the Peter Mokaba Stadium for a Group C match which will kick-off at 6.00 p.m. CAT, reports africanfootball.com.

Bafana Bafana is coming 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 last year, recording a 1-1 draw away to Nigeria, followed by a 3-0 home triumph over Zimbabwe.

The Hugo Broos’s 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 don’t 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, I’m sure of it.”

Lesotho, meanwhile, are in fourth place in Group C – just two points off the lead – and have notably held Nigeria away from home and beaten Zimbabwe thus far.

Coach Leslie Notsi sees this clash as an opportunity for his team to make a major statement: “We’re saying, ‘Look, as a small footballing country, here’s an opportunity to progress; to go in there, and give it our all’. It’s an opportunity for our boys to improve, to get that international exposure, which I believe they cherish.

“Our previous results in these qualifiers have been very encouraging. We go in there knowing that it’s not going to be easy,