Confident Zebras waylay Mauritania

The encounter is the AFCON qualification opener for Group One that is also inclusive of Angola and Burkina Faso. Kick off is 3.30pm. Since moving here back in October 2015, the Zebras turned the Francistown Sports Complex into a slaughterhouse that saw them slay giants such as Burkina Faso, Mali and lightweights Eritrea and Comoros.

The Zebras’ Francistown clean record was dealt a blow by the Ugandans who came here and escaped with a 2-1 win in a feisty contest that also diminished the hopes of Botswana qualifying for the 2017 AFCON tournament that was held in Gabon. Since then, the Zebras have not returned to Francistown after being out of action for sometime. Their last game in Botswana was last year during the BOT5O friendly against Angola played at the National Stadium in Gaborone. After that, the national team went into a dry six months without action. They returned to action against the Democratic Republic of Congo in Morocco on Monday and lost 2-0 in a friendly played in Morocco.