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South Africa will hope to make their fourth clash with Sierra Leone the most memorable, having never beaten nor scored against the tricky West Africans.
In their past three attempts, Bafana Bafana have found the Leone Stars to be a tough nut to crack especially away from home. But in Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane's favour is that his team will be playing at home and in front of familiar supporters come Saturday.
And given that it is a must-win clash if South Africa are to qualify for the African Nations Cup finals in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea next year, Mosimane and his team will be hoping for a wave of support throughout this week and on match day.
In Bafana's most recent clash with the Leone Stars, in October 2010, Mosimane's charges struggled to penetrate the hosts in Freetown.
But given the challenge of playing at Freetown's national stadium and that it was an important Group 7 Nations Cup qualifying tie, the goalless draw did not reflect badly at all on South Africa.
It was rather the two matches in 2008 under former national coach Joel Santana that many would feel deserved a better return.
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