Cape Verde vs South Africa Prediction & Match Preview

• South Africa go into this on the back of a famous 2-0 win over World Cup semifinalists.
• Cape Verde struggled to break down Mauritania’s low block in the R16 tie on Monday.
• Bafana Bafana have kept their net untouched in three successive games.

South Africa created the biggest upset of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday evening. Bafana Bafana eliminated World Cup semifinalists Morocco with a shocking 2-0 win in the last 16 round. The team led by Belgian manager Hugo Broos will now be looking to continue their AFCON fairytale on Saturday evening. They take on Group B winners Cape Verde Islands in the quarterfinal at Stade Charles Konan Banny de Yamoussoukro.

Cape Verde Islands were one of the most impressive teams in the entire group stage at the 2024 AFCON. They bagged at least two goals in each of three games in the group, claiming seven points at the end. It takes something special to do so when your section rivals are Egypt and Ghana.

Cape Verde, however, struggled a lot to break down Mauriatnia in the last 16 round game on Monday. They eventually made it count with a last-gasp penalty-kick by Ryan Mendes. Bubista’s troops now have three wins and a draw in four games so far in the tournament. They are up against another low-bloc defense in the likes of South Africa here, though? Will they struggle to get things going offensively on Saturday?

Recent Meetings

• The teams have two wins each in the previous five head-to-head encounters.
• Their last two meetings happened in the2018 World Cup qualifications. Cape Verde celebrated two separate 2-1 wins over South Africa back then.
• Four of the last five head-to-head matches between these outfits ended in a 2-1 scoreline.

Cape Verde vs South Africa Prediction

South Africa produced three outstanding performances since losing the opening game in the tournament 0-2 to Mali. They have kept all three clean sheets since. We were especially impressed by the team’s defensive showing on Tuesday evening against continent’s highest-ranked side Morocco.

Cape Verde struggled to break down Mauritania’s low block in the R16 clash on Monday. We expect them to have big problems with South African stern defensive line here. This is why we see a big value in backing South Africa to win at the attractive 2.90 odds.

The Under 1.5 goals FT pick is another decent betting option at the 2.37 odds. Both outfits should primarily focus on keeping things quiet at the back.

Cape Verde did shine attackingly in the group phase but their goals against Ghana and Egypt came on counter-attacks while the 3-0 drubbing of Mozambique brought us some spectacular long-range efforts from their players. It is hard to see those repeating this time around.

Steffen Schmidt- February 1, 2024

Cape Verde vs South Africa Betting Tips

South Africa to win

OK

	2.90 Odds
	2.83 Odds

Under 1.5 goals

OK

2.38 Odds

Correct Score: 1-0 South Africa

OK

	7.00 Odds
	7.00 Odds