Cape Town - Egypt and Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah could miss the Africa Cup of Nations last 16 tie against Bafana Bafana due to illness.

Salah sat out of practice on Thursday with a cold and it is unclear whether he will be passed fit to face South Africa on Saturday, July 6 in Cairo.

According to Egyptian news provider Kingfut, the forward is a doubt for the encounter which will come as good news for coach Stuart Baxter and his team.

The 27-year-old is a world-class performer having hit 71 goals in 104 appearances for Liverpool over two seasons.

In addition, the Nagrig-born player has two goals in three matches at AFCON and is most certainly a threat if he was to feature against South Africa.

Bafana left-back Sifiso Hlanti will be hopeful that Salah does miss out as he is set to mark the right-sided forward in the game.

This weekend's clash between the two sides is set to take place in the Egyptian capital at the Cairo International Stadium.

Kick-off is at 21:00.