South Africa welcome Kenya to Orlando Stadium on Friday evening for a Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifier. The fixture is the first of two meetings between the countries in four days, with the return match taking place in Nairobi on Tuesday and Bafana start as firm favourites with the bookmakers. .
This is a Group D match and coming into the game Bafana top this quartet with the maximum 6 points from 2 matches, Guinea are second with 3 points and Eritrea and Kenya both have 1. A reminder that Kenya are already assured of their place at the 2027 tournament as co-hosts alongside Tanzania and Uganda
Recent form
South Africa have won both of their opening AFCON qualifying matches. They began with a 2-1 home victory over Guinea before a 5-0 hiding of Eritrea. They also recorded a 1-0 win in a friendly in Egypt last month and it’s so far so good for coach Pitso Mosimane
Kenya played out a 1-1 draw at home to Eritrea before a 1-0 defeat away to Guinea and after a 0-0 draw in a friendly against Rwanda last month goals are proving difficult to come by for coach Benni McCarthy.
The Betting
Bafana are 1/ 4 to win the game with the draw trading at 7/2 and Kenya are 11/1 shots.
A game of 3 goals or more is priced at 21/20 and It’s 1.85/1 for both teams to score
Verdict
This isn’t the best of betting heats in my book with the odds suggesting Bafana should get the job done without too much difficulty. However I’ll take my chances on a tight match with Bafana edging it by a single goal margin.
Bet: Winning margin, South Africa by 1 goal exactly at 2.05/1 with Lucky Fish
Note odds are subject to change