Live score: Egypt vs Bafana Bafana

Both Bafana Bafana and Egypt enter the clash with confidence after recording identical 5-0 victories in their respective 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches earlier this week.

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Bafana Bafana starting line up: Chaine (GK), I. Okon, L. Seema, T. Matuludi, F. Basadien, S. Sithole, B. Poggenpoel, T. Matthews, P. Dithejane, L. Singh, C. Mailula.

Substitutes: Williams (GK), Rayners, Mbuthuma, Zwane, Campbell, Moremi, Kabini, Morena, Makhanya, Ndamane, Sibisi, Goss (GK)

Egypt starting line up: Shobeir; Hany, Rabia, Abdelmuguid, Karim, Mohamed, Artist, Ashour, Ibrahim, Marmoush, Zizo.

Substitutes: Mahdy, Alaa, El Balayouti, Tarek, Fayed, Fatouh, Saber, Ali, Zizo, Osama, Hamza

Hossam Hassan’s Egypt thrashed South Sudan away from home, while Bafana Bafana produced a dominant performance against Eritrea in Cairo.

The spotlight will also be on South Africa head coach Pitso Mosimane. He returns to familiar territory after enjoying major success in Egypt during his club coaching career.

Mosimane has indicated that he could make several changes to his starting lineup as he looks to test different combinations and give other squad members an opportunity against top opposition.

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