Eagle Eyes

Lucky 13 for some Bafana have played Nigeria 13 times with the Super Eagles winning seven and Bafana winning two. It started early... The first meeting was a Fifa World Cup qualifier in 1992. Bafana lost 4-0 with Rashidi Yekini scoring a brace. The Baxter formula Stuart Baxter has won both of the matches when he guided Bafana against Nigeria. He won 2-1 in a friendly in 2004 and 2-0 in an Afcon qualifier in Uyo last year. Rantie’s boot Tokelo Rantie is Bafana’s highest scorer against Nigeria. He scored a brace in a 2-2 Afcon qualifier in 2014 and scored a goal in a 2-0 Afcon qualifier last year. Nigerian dangers Five Nigerian players, Yekini, Tijani Babangida, Peter Odemwingie, Uche Nwafor and Sone Aluko, have all scored a brace against Bafana.