South Africa can take some confidence from their 1-0 home win over Sunday’s opponents earlier in the group, although playing away in north east Africa
Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki faces what could be a pivotal game in his career when he leads his team into battle against Sudan at the Al-Hilal Stadium in Omdurman on Sunday evening in a crunch Group C Afcon qualifier.
Win or draw the match and Ntseki can look forward to the next chapter of his Bafana coaching career – leading the team against the continent's and in some cases the world's best, in the Afcon finals in Cameroon early next year.