Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki is expecting Malawi to provide a stern test for his team at the Bingu National Stadium on Saturday, but has set his sights on coming home with a positive result.

Ntseki’s squad travelled to Lilongwe on Thursday to prepare for the first leg of their African Nations Championship (CHAN) second-round qualifier, with the winner earning a spot in Group C at the tournament.

All 20 players trained together for the first time on Wednesday and Ntseki was pleased with their levels of commitment despite all the challenges posed in gathering the squad at this time of the season.

The 55-year-old tactician revealed that a lot of work went into analysing the opposition and believes his players are ready for anything the Flames will throw at them.

“The good thing is that they are all here and we are ready to go. We just have to play a game in Malawi with a very clear understanding that a goal in Malawi will be very important for us,” Ntseki said.

“I think we have gone through the team that they’ve selected. Basically, they have selected all their best local players, and these are the players that are playing for the national team.

“Local players. These are the players that are playing in the AFCON qualifiers. These are the players that are playing in the World Cup qualifiers. So we are expecting a very tough team in Malawi.

“But I think we have done our homework and our players are looking forward to this game. So irrespective of whoever they have in camp, we also have to bring our A-game.

“And our A-game is more of a very good attitude, high level of determination, and high level of self-belief to say, we’ll go into Malawi and implement our tactics, our approach and come back with a point or come back with three points.”