Bafana Bafana have taken on 19 different opponents in home World Cup qualifiers over the year, but it will be none more frequently than Zimbabwe when the teams clash in Bloemfontein on Tuesday.
It will be a third meeting with the Warriors in the preliminaries for the global competition, equalling the number they have played against Burkina Faso, their most frequent opponent.
South Africa have recorded home qualifier wins against 16 of their previous 19 opponents, with only current pool rivals Nigeria , Senegal and, surprisingly, Sierra Leone yet to fall against Bafana in South Africa. In all they have won 21 of those 29 games, with four draws and four defeats .The late Phil Masinga scored their first ever home goal in the qualifiers when he netted after 27 minutes of a 1-0 win over Congo in 31 years ago.Only Shaun Bartlett scored more for Bafana in home World Cup preliminary matches with six.
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