South Africa faces Tunisia this Wednesday, January 24, on the third and final day of the group stage of CAN 2023. The Carthage Eagles are on the verge of elimination and must win.
South Africa is on the right track to reach the round of 16 of CAN 2023. Indeed, Bafana Bafana recovered from their defeat against Mali at the start of the competition (0-2) by correcting Namibia ( 4-0) on the second day of the group stage. Thanks to this success, the South Africans occupy 2nd place before this last match against Tunisia. A draw would be enough for Hugo Broos’ men to qualify. Even a defeat would perhaps not condemn them depending on the result of Namibia which faces Mali at the same time.
On the other hand, for Tunisia, the mission is very clear. Victory is mandatory to qualify. Jalel Kadri’s men have still not won in this CAN 2023 and conceded a draw against Mali (1-1) after a surprise defeat against Namibia (0-1) at the start of the competition. “After the defeat against Namibia, we played a better match at all levels against Mali and the players approached the match with more rage to win. We played the match to win but we ultimately settled for “only one point (…) We still have one match to play and I hope that victory will come”, declared the coach of the Carthage Eagles.
The match between South Africa and Tunisia will begin at 6 p.m. this Wednesday, January 24. It will take place at the Amadou Gon Coulibaly stadium in Korhogo in Ivory Coast.
It is Bein Sports 2 which will broadcast this decisive meeting between South Africa and Tunisia. The referee of the match will be the Senegalese Issa Sy.
The only streaming broadcast available to follow this South Africa – Tunisia is MyCanal. You must have a subscription to access the meeting.
For this meeting between Bafana Bafana and the Carthage Eagles Hugo Broos will be able to count on his entire squad and should not make many changes. South Africa’s probable XI: Williams – Mudau, Xulu, Mvala, Modiba – Maseko, Mokoena, Sithole, Tau – Zwane, Lepasa.
On the Tunisian side, Jalel Kadri is deprived of his attacker Yassine Khennissi and should count on Haythem Jouini in attack. The probable XI of the Eagles of Carthage: Said – Abdi, Talbi, Meriah, Kechrida – Achouri, Skhiri, Laidouni – Rafia, Jouini, Slimane.
On sports betting sites, Tunisia remains favorite against South Africa as on Winamax where the Eagles are at 2.20. The draw is at 3 and the South African victory is at 3.65. On Parionssport, the Tunisians are at 2.15, the draw is at 3 and the Bafana Bafana victory is at 3.60.