Overview
- Bafana will meet Egypt at Cairo International Stadium with kickoff scheduled for 21:00 local time on Sunday night.
- Mosimane has said he will make wholesale changes to the lineup to give many squad members game time during the extended three-match camp.
- Midfielders Bathusi Aubaas and Teboho Mokoena have been ruled out by injury, increasing opportunities for backups and younger midfielders.
- Goalkeepers Sipho Chaine and Ricardo Goss and attacking prospects such as Puso Dithejane, Cassius Mailula and Brooklyn Poggenpoel are expected to feature as the coach tests depth.
- South Africa enter the friendly on the back of two 2027 AFCON qualifying wins that leave them top of their group, and the match is one of the few chances to evaluate players in full international conditions before next year’s AFCON.