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South Africa vs Senegal Prediction & Betting tips
It is almost a year to the day that the World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal took place. On November 12, 2016, South Africa beat its counterpart 2: 1. However, the result was canceled and the game is now repeated on Friday. The reason: Referee Joseph Lamptey met in the said game last year, some questionable decisions and gave, among other things, the South Africans a very dubious penalty. Because of match fixing Lamptey was locked for life as a referee for all competitions.
South Africa :
The three points from the scandal game mentioned above could well use South Africa. For currently the South Africans occupy in their group with four counters the fourth and last place. The gap to leaders Senegal is four points. Only the first qualifies directly for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the other three are completely empty. The interesting thing: South Africa still has first place in its own hands. Because due to the replay are still South Africa for two games. And in the last qualifier Senegal waits again, but of course away.
With a threesome on Friday, South Africa would miss Burkina Faso and Cape Verde, both with six points, and would only be one point behind Senegal. So far, however, South Africa only come away with one win and one draw and lost the two games against Cape Verde each with 1: 2. The goal difference of 6: 6 is balanced. In their last qualifier South Africa beat Burkina Faso 3-1 at home, maintaining their chances of winning the World Cup. Previously, South Africa had lost three games in a row, which also missed the country’s participation in the African Nations Cup.
Senegal:
In 2002 Senegal participated for the first and only time in a World Cup finals. Some people will surely remember the victory in the opening game against the then reigning World Champion France. In the end, Senegal even reached the quarter-finals at the tournament in South Korea and Japan. The chances of a renewed participation in a World Cup are currently very good. Although Senegal have the replay in the hindquarters, the country heads the table with eight points ahead of Burkino Faso and Cape Verde with six points. In other words, Senegal is definitely in Russia with a win from their two games against South Africa or even two draws. It could even be enough of a point if Burkina Faso and Cape Verde play in direct duel accordingly.
But you do not want to rely on that and make the qualification itself perfect. So far, Senegal has come up with two wins and two draws. Like South Africa, Senegal scored six goals, but only conceded two. Like the next opponent, Senegal missed their participation in the African Nations Cup. Despite a 3-1 victory in the first leg against Guinea the qualification did not succeed. In the second leg of the Senegal came at the end of August namely 0: 5 under the wheels.
South Africa vs Senegal head to head matches
08.09.15 FI South Africa Senegal 1 : 0
23.01.15 ACN South Africa Senegal 1 : 1
29.02.12 FI South Africa Senegal 0 : 0
31.01.08 ACN Senegal South Africa 1 : 1
12.11.05 FI South Africa Senegal 2 : 3