World Cup direct qualification on the line.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS (CAF)

Six spots left in the third round of the CAF qualifiers to be filled. Mali
Egypt, Senegal, and Morocco have the first four.

November 14, 2021
Ghana vs South Africa (CAF WCQ – Group G)
DR Congo vs Benin (CAF WCQ – Group J)

Ghana has one more round to stop South Africa from advancing from Group G.
Congo DR has one more round to stop Benin from advancing from Group J.

November 16, 2021
Algeria vs Burkina Faso (CAF WCQ – Group A)
Nigeria vs Cape Verde (CAF WCQ – Group C)
Cameroon vs Ivory Coast (CAF WCQ – Group D)

Burkina Faso has one more match to stop Algeria from advancing from Group A
Cape Verde has one more round to stop Nigeria from advancing from Group C.
Ivory Coast has one more round to stop Cameroon from advancing from Group D

November 16, 2021
Tunisia vs Zambia (CAF WCQ – Group B)
Mauritania vs Equatorial Guinea (CAF WCQ – Group B)

In Group B, Zambia’s hope of advancing in the final round will require a victory in Tunis against a Tunisia side that can’t afford to drop points if Equatorial Guinea does not do the same.
Tunisia controls their destiny with a home victory.
Zambia needs a win and some assistance from Mauritania.
Mauritania is already eliminated without a win. [not dependable]
Should Zambia put up a good fight against Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea might be the team to get the ticket to the final round.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS (UEFA)

France, Belgium, Denmark, and Germany have already secured direct qualification. There are 6 more direct qualification tickets left.

November 14, 2021
Portugal vs Serbia (UEFA WCQ – Group A)
Spain vs Sweden (UEFA WCQ – Group B)
Croatia vs Russia (UEFA WCQ – Group H)

Portugal and Serbia will play for the points to get direct qualification and avoid the play-off round in Group A.

Spain and Sweden will play to avoid the playoff round. A draw is fine with Spain as they contest with Sweden for the points to avoid the playoff round in Group B.

Croatia and Russia will face each other for the points to avoid the playoff round from Group H.

November 15, 2021
Northern Ireland vs Italy (UEFA WCQ – Group C)
Switzerland vs Bulgaria (UEFA WCQ – Group C)
Poland vs Hungary (UEFA WCQ – Group I)
San Marino vs England (UEFA WCQ – Group I)

Italy and Switzerland will play their matches for points to avoid going into the playoff round from Group C. Italy will be away to Northern Ireland, while Switzerland host Bulgaria

In Group I, Poland will need a highly improbable scenario to occur to skip the playoff round. A point against San Marino will qualify England from Group I.

November 16, 2021
Montenegro vs Turkey (UEFA WCQ – Group G)
Netherlands vs Norway (UEFA WCQ – Group G)

After letting a two-goal lead slip away against Montenegro, Netherlands must avoid defeat to Norway in Group G.
A Norway win could deny Netherlands qualification while also handing Turkey a shot at direct qualification if they are to win at Montenegro.

CONCACAF + CONMEBOL qualifiers

Mexico will need to quickly recover from their CONMEBOL qualifier defeat to the United States.
And Argentina and Brazil will make up for their postponed match. Brazil is already qualified so it will be on Argentina to make this competitive.

November 16, 2021
Argentina vs Brazil (CONMEBOL WCQ)
Canada vs Mexico (CONCACAF WCQ)