South Africa's record at the Orlando Stadium ahead of Guinea clash

[p]It has largely been a happy hunting ground, with seven wins and six draws in that time, and Bafana are unbeaten in their last 10 matches at the venue (six wins, four draws).[/p][p]That single defeat came in a 2013 friendly against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/zimbabwe/APEVkV8h/"]Zimbabwe[/a], when a late [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/parker-bernard/CzKw24p7/"]Bernard Parker[/a] goal was not enough to prevent a 2-1 loss under coach Gordon Igesund.[/p][p]It wasn’t until 2009 that Bafana played their first match at what is one of the spiritual homes of football in the country. That was a 1-0 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/poland/2HzmcynI/"]Poland[/a], with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fanteni-thembinkosi/ARikQ7iq/"]Terror Fanteni[/a] scoring the only goal.[/p][embed guid="af77241e-523d-45cd-bf96-ae4f526197c2" url="https://x.com/BafanaBafana/status/2103205100365721791?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]They have played three qualifiers at the venue, all AFCON qualifiers, though not all have gone to plan. They beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sudan/OGhP26xH/"]Sudan[/a] 1-0 in 2019, were held to a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/liberia-UZzaxY9t/south-africa-W2ijYvlr/?mid=8SdVicvj"]2-2[/a] draw by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liberia/UZzaxY9t/"]Liberia[/a] in 2023 and also played to a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/south-africa-W2ijYvlr/uganda-hnw06lwh/?mid=javqwYcC"]2-2[/a] draw with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uganda/hnw06lwh/"]Uganda[/a] in 2024.[/p][p]Their most recent fixture at the ground was the disappointing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/nicaragua-6L9QjkfT/south-africa-W2ijYvlr/?mid=2NxSErMc"]0-0[/a] draw with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nicaragua/6L9QjkfT/"]Nicaragua[/a] in May.[/p][p]Of Bafana’s seven wins at Orlando Stadium, six have been by 1-0 scorelines against Poland (2009), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/zambia/zBS458hb/"]Zambia[/a] (2015), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/senegal/hOIsJLJr/"]Senegal[/a] (2015), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/egypt/bejDn7NN/"]Egypt[/a] (2016), Sudan (2019) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/d-r-congo/phn9mm8H/"]DR Congo[/a] (2023), with the other a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/south-africa-W2ijYvlr/uganda-hnw06lwh/?mid=KMSke1bC"]3-2[/a] victory over Uganda in 2021.[/p][p]Ten different South African players have scored the 15 goals for the side at Orlando Stadium, but the most prolific by far is not in the current squad.[/p][embed guid="89ad712a-3834-484d-8d66-420636f546bb" url="https://x.com/BafanaBafana/status/2103199749004304460?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/foster-lyle/Kh0tCZmg/"]Lyle Foster[/a] is the leading scorer with four goals in five games there, followed by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/makola-mpho/YNSDbptM/"]Mpho Makola[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/makgopa-evidence/riFLkbEo/"]Evidence Makgopa[/a], who have two each.[/p][p]Eight of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-africa/W2ijYvlr/"]South Africa[/a]'s 15 goals have come in the first half and seven in the second half. Five goals have been scored in the 75th minute or later.[/p][p]Bafana have failed to score in only three of their 14 matches, all of which ended 0-0.[/p][p]Former coach Hugo Broos oversaw five games there, winning one and drawing four, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/khune-itumeleng/tEvPYnu7/"]Itumeleng Khune[/a], Bernard Parker and Lyle Foster share the highest number of appearances at the venue, with five each.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/modiba-aubrey/tWExAYOC/"]Aubrey Modiba[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zwane-themba/hnSM11RK/"]Themba Zwane[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yaya-sithole/8QxUv8F5/"]Sphephelo Sithole[/a] will match that tally if they play against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/guinea/lGDZlkOb/"]Guinea[/a] this weekend.[/p][p] [/p][image alt="Bafana Bafana at the Orlando Stadium" id="5fbe48f7-4258-4f46-92b9-62e68643101e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="564d9e3b-dbfd-4190-91d2-1eee3bdd1c97" original-width="1134" original-height="860" /][p] [/p][infobox id="584d9683-f419-4696-8cb3-c155213092a0" /]