South Africa vs Cameroon Prediction and Betting Tips | January 4th 2026

South Africa will face Cameroon at the Al-Medina Stadium on Sunday in the last 16 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations campaign. Bafana Bafana have been one of the brighter sides at the AFCON so far, although there is still work to be done defensively if they are to go all the way.

Kicking off their group campaign against Angola, South Africa secured a 2-1 victory before falling 1-0 to Egypt in a highly controversial second-round encounter. However, Bafana Bafana bounced back in their final group game, with Lyle Foster and Oswin Appollis each netting their second goals of the tournament to earn Hugo Broos’ side a 3-2 win over Mozambique and seal a second-place finish in Group B.

Cameroon, meanwhile, picked up a 1-0 win over Gabon and a 1-1 draw with Côte d’Ivoire in their opening two group matches but looked set for a suboptimal result against Mozambique in their final group game after falling behind midway through the first half.

However, they grew into the contest, benefiting from an own goal to draw level before the break, after which Bayer Leverkusen youngster Christian Kofane rifled home a stunning strike to clinch a 2-1 victory for the Indomitable Lions.

South Africa vs Cameroon Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Sunday’s game will mark the 10th meeting between the two nations. South Africa have won three of their previous encounters, while Cameroon have won once, with the remaining five matches ending in draws.
• The two teams last faced off in an AFCON qualifying clash back in March 2016 which ended goalless.
• Cameroon are five-time winners of the Africa Cup of Nations, last lifting the continental crown in 2017, and have also finished as runners-up twice, in 1986 and 2008.
• South Africa, meanwhile, have won the competition once, in 1996, and have also finished as runners-up once, in 1998.

South Africa vs Cameroon Prediction

Bafana Bafana are in fine form ahead of their last-16 clash, having won four of their last five matches. However, they will need to tighten up defensively if they are to win this one.

The Indomitable Lions are slight favorites heading into the weekend clash, sitting four places above their opponents in the latest FIFA World Rankings. However, they have struggled in this fixture in recent meetings and could see Sunday’s contest decided by extra time or penalties.

Prediction: South Africa 1-1 Cameroon

South Africa vs Cameroon Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Six of the visitors' last seven matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES

Edited by Peter P