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Friday's Cosafa Cup Preview: Lesotho and Zimbabwe battle for third place, South Africa face Malawi in plate final

The first match of the day will be between Lesotho and Zimbabwe in the third/fourth-place playoff encounter.

Lesotho's Likuena's hopes of reaching the final for the first time since 2000 were crushed by Botswana, who secured a 2-1 victory on Wednesday.

Black Leopards playmaker Tshwarelo Bereng is Lesotho's dangerman, and he will be keen to help Likuena finish third.

Lesotho will face a wounded Zimbabwe side, whose hopes of winning their third successive Cosafa Cup title were dashed by Zambia's Chipolopolo on Wednesday.

Chipolopolo defeated the Warriors 4-2 on penalties following a 0-0 stalemate in a semi-final clash between the two Southern African giants.