| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 15 | L2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5/15 | 5-5 |
| Burkina Faso | 15 | D1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3/15 | 5-10 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2004-07-02 – 2013-08-17) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-17 | South Africa | 2-0 | Burkina Faso |
| 2011-08-10 | South Africa | 3-0 | Burkina Faso |
| 2004-07-02 | South Africa | 2-0 | Burkina Faso |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 6 | 4 | -3 | — |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | — |
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2017-10-07
The table read 4th (South Africa, 4 pts) against 2nd (Burkina Faso, 9 pts), 5 points apart.
Burkina Faso had gone 5 games without a win.
FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, capacity 94,736, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: South Africa led 3-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-1.
