Uganda vs South Africa Prediction and Betting Tips | November 15th 2024

Uganda will host South Africa at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala on Friday in another round of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The hosts have been in fine form in the qualifying rounds, winning three and drawing one of their previous four games. They will be looking to seal their qualification from Group K this weekend.

Uganda defeated South Sudan 1-0 and 2-1 in the third and fourth rounds of the qualifiers respectively to put themselves six points clear of the Republic of Congo in third place. They will, however, need to get one more point to confirm their qualification should Congo get a likely win over South Sudan on Thursday.

The visitors are also unbeaten in the group with two draws and two wins, but remain at risk of being eliminated if they fail to pick up points in their remaining games. South Africa enjoyed an emphatic 5-0 win over the Republic of Congo in the third round during the last international break but dropped points in a 1-1 draw against the same opposition in the return leg, leaving all of Group K's qualification spots hanging in the balance.

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Uganda vs South Africa Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Friday's match will mark the seventh meeting between the two teams. South Africa are undefeated in all six of their previous matchups, picking up three wins and three draws.
• Despite being winless, the hosts have a good goalscoring record in this fixture, having scored eight goals in the previous six clashes.
• South Africa are the joint-second-highest-scoring team in the AFCON qualifiers with 11 goals scored. Only Group B's Morocco have scored more (14).
• Bafana Bafana are ranked 60th in the FIFA World Rankings while Uganda are 87th.

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Uganda vs South Africa Prediction

Considering their poor record in this fixture and the visitors' strong form, the Cranes will be happy to sit back on Friday and push for a draw to confirm their qualification for the AFCON finals.

South Africa are undefeated in their last 12 games across all competitions, picking up five wins in that period. They have been sharp in front of goal of late but may have to settle for a point against a motivated Uganda side on Friday.

Prediction: Uganda 1-1 South Africa

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Uganda vs South Africa Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Three of the Cranes' last four home games have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have found the back of the net in five of their last six matchups)