South Africa vs Canada - prediction, team news, lineups | 2026 World Cup

SoFi Stadium successful California volition play big to the archetypal last-32 lucifer astatine the 2026 World Cup, arsenic tourney co-hosts Canada instrumentality connected South Africa.

Canada finished 2nd successful Group B down Switzerland to publication their spot successful the knockout circular of the competition, portion South Africa were 2nd successful Group A down Mexico.

Match preview

South Africa person created past this summer, reaching the last-32 signifier of a World Cup for the archetypal time, and they volition present beryllium bidding to unafraid a spot successful the circular of 16.

Hugo Broos' squad opened their tourney with a 2-0 decision to Mexico, and it looked a agelong mode backmost from that position, but they managed to prime up a invited constituent successful a 1-1 gully with Czech Republic earlier crucially beating South Korea 1-0 past clip out.

South Africa's 4 points from 3 games was capable to assertion 2nd successful Group A, 1 constituent up of third-placed South Korea, and they are present preparing to tackle co-hosts Canada.

Bafana Bafana person lone faced Canada connected 1 erstwhile occasion, signaling a 2-0 triumph successful a affable backmost successful November 2007, truthful this volition beryllium the archetypal competitory crippled betwixt the 2 sides.

The victor of this clash volition look either Netherlands oregon Morocco successful the circular of 16, up of a imaginable quarter-final against favourites France oregon Germany.

Canada person besides managed to advancement successful the knockout circular of a World Cup for the archetypal time, but they missed retired connected apical spot successful Group B courtesy of their 2-1 decision to Switzerland.

Topping Group B would person seen Canada person location vantage successful the circular of 32 vs. Algeria and besides a imaginable last-16 clash, but they were disappointing successful the constrictive decision and yet had to settee for second, coming backmost down to world aft a standout 6-0 triumph implicit Qatar.

Canada besides claimed 4 points from 3 matches, opening their tourney with a 1-1 gully against Bosnia-Herzegovina, who are done arsenic 1 of the champion third-placed finishers.

Jesse Marsch's broadside volition beryllium the favourites heading into this contest, but they volition request to enactment successful a much-improved show from their past game.

History volition beryllium made connected Sunday arsenic Canada go the archetypal big federation of a World Cup to play a lucifer astatine the contention extracurricular its borders, with the crippled taking spot successful USA.

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Team News

South Africa volition invited Teboho Mokoena backmost into their broadside connected Sunday, with the 29-year-old serving a one-game suspension successful the clash with South Korea past clip out.

However, Themba Zwane is inactive suspended pursuing his reddish paper against Mexico successful the opening lucifer of the 2026 World Cup connected June 11.

Mokoena for Yaya Sithole could beryllium the lone alteration from the broadside that took to the tract for the archetypal whistle against South Korea, with Evidence Makgopa acceptable to proceed done the middle.

As for Canada, Ismael Kone suffered a tibia fracture against Qatar successful Canada's 2nd lucifer of the tournament, and helium could beryllium joined connected the sidelines by Stephen Eustaquio (muscle) and Alfie Jones (fitness), with the brace facing precocious examinations.

Alphonso Davies is yet to play astatine the World Cup owed to a hamstring injury, but determination person been suggestions that the Bayern Munich defender could beryllium progressive disconnected the seat here.

Jonathan David and Cyle Larin are successful enactment to proceed successful the last 3rd of the field, portion determination should beryllium different commencement successful a wide country for Tajon Buchanan.

South Africa imaginable starting lineup:

Williams; Mudau, Mbokazi, Okon, Modiba; Mbatha, Mokoena; Maseko, Mofokeng, Appollis; Makgopa

Canada imaginable starting lineup:

Crepeau; Johnston, De Fougerolles, Cornelius, Laryea; Buchanan, Eustaquio, Saliba, Ahmed; David, Larin

We say: South Africa 1-2 Canada

This is specified a hard lucifer to call, and some sides volition fancy their chances of occurrence connected Sunday night. However, we conscionable judge that Canada volition shadiness the contention successful bid to unafraid a spot successful the last-16 signifier of the 2026 World Cup.

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