After the disaster of Mauritania‚ Shakes Mashaba and his Bafana Bafana side will have an immediate chance for redemption when they chase a first-ever victory over Senegal in the Nelson Mandela Challenge clash at the Orlando Stadium on Tuesday. While victory would do nothing to help their flagging qualification campaign for the African Cup of Nations finals in Gabon‚ it will provide a boost in confidence against one of the continent’s form teams.And it is also the chance to make some minor history with Bafana having never before tasted victory over the Senegalese in their six previous meetings.In that time‚ there have been two defeats and four draws‚ with the most recent clash in the Nations Cup finals in Equatorial Guinea this January when Oupa Manyisa had Bafana ahead early in the second half‚ only for Kara Mbodj to equalize for the west Africans.Senegal are in fact the only nation in world football that South Africa have met on five or more occasions and failed to record a win against.The sides first met in the Nelson Mandela Challenge at Ellis Park in 2002 during Mashaba’s first spell in charge when Shaun Bartlett put South Africa ahead midway through the second half‚ only for Senegalese striker Mamadou Niang to equalise.The match went to a penalty shoot-out which the west Africans won 4-1 as Sibusiso Zuma and Lucky Maselesele missed their kicks.The sides played again 15 months later in a friendly international in Dakar that was won 2-1 by Senegal as Bafana prepared for the 2004 Nations Cup finals.Siyabonga Nomvethe had Bafana ahead again‚ but after Pape Malick Diop equalized for the home side‚ Mbulelo Mabizela put the ball into his own net with six minutes to go to hand Senegal the win.A year later Senegal were back for the Nelson Mandela Challenge and again they triumphed on South African soil‚ winning 3-2 in Port Elizabeth.Souleymane Camara had the visitors ahead inside four minutes‚ but Zuma equalised shortly afterwards. Diomansy Kamara restored Senegal’s lead‚ before Nomvethe equalised again.But once more Bafana shipped a goal six minutes from time to lose the game‚ this time it was Momar Ndiaye who broke their hearts.The first competitive meeting between the sides came at the 2008 Nations Cup in Ghana when Bafana missed a host of chances and could only draw the game 1-1.Elrio van Heerden had them ahead yet again‚ but Henri Camara equalised before halftime and neither side could force an equaliser.The other clash was in a friendly game in 2012 that ended in a 0-0 draw at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban...