WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS - AFRICA - 2ND ROUND - 1st leg - all results

WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS
2nd round / 1st leg
Region: Africa
Date: 11.11. - 17.11.2015
Second round, first leg matches

Wednesday
• Mozambique vs Gabon 1:0
• Sudan vs Zambia 0:1 

Thursday
• Burundi vs DR Congo 2:3
• Namibia vs Guinea 0:1
• Benin vs Burkina Faso 2:1
• Togo vs Uganda 0:1
• Morocco vs Equatorial Guinea 2:0

Friday
• Madagascar vs Senegal 2:2
• Comoros vs Ghana 0:0
• Kenya vs Cape Verde 1:0
• Libya vs Rwanda 1:0
• Angola vs South Africa 1:3
• Niger vs Cameroon 0:3
• Liberia vs Ivory Coast 0:1
• Mauritania vs Tunisia 1:2
• Swaziland vs Nigeria 0:0

Saturday
• Ethiopia vs Congo Brazzaville 3:4
• Tanzania vs Algeria 2:2
• Botswana vs Mali 2:1
• Chad vs Egypt 1:0
• Gabon vs Mozambique 4:0

Mozambique beat Gabon, and Zambia won in Sudan in the first leg of their second round World Cup qualifiers for Russia 2018.

Mozambique and Zambia both produced narrow victories in the first leg of their second round World Cup qualifiers for Russia 2018.

Mozambique pulled off a 1:0 win over Gabon in Maputo, thanks to a 54th-minute strike from South Africa-based forward Helder Pelembe.

Gabon, the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations hosts, were forced to play the match without their in-form Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who missed the match with a pulled muscle.

Gabon, who are ranked 42 places above Mozambique in the FIFA standings, hosts the second leg of the qualifier on Saturday in Libreville.

Also on Wednesday, Zambia were 1:0 winners away to Sudan in Karima.

Winston Kalengo's 28th-minute goal gave Chipolopolo a win going into their home leg in Ndola on Sunday.

The overall winners advance to the group stages of the qualifiers that will decide the five nations that will play at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Firmin Mubele Ndombe scored twice in the last four minutes to fire DR Congo to a come-from-behind 3:2 win away to Burundi in the first leg of their 2018 World Cup qualifier.

DR Congo had opened the scoring in only five minutes through Crystal Palace forward Yannick Bolasie.

Hosts Burundi turned the game on its head thanks to a brace from Cedric Amissi - his second coming on 83 minutes.

Yet with time running out, Ndombe struck an equaliser on 86 minutes, and the Al Ahli striker grabbed the winner two minutes later.

The result puts DR Congo in a strong position to advance with the return leg in Kinshasa on 15 November.

Guinea also earned a win on the road, edging to a 1:0 victory over Namibia despite playing with only 10 men for nearly all of the second half.

Naby Keita scored the only goal of the game in 28 minutes.

Fousseni Bamba was sent off at the 50th minute when he was shown a second yellow card, but Guinea held on.

The sides will meet again on Sunday in Casablanca, Morocco. Guinea cannot host matches in their country because it is not yet free of Ebola.

Benin bucked the trend by securing a 2:1 home win against Burkina Faso.

West Brom forward Stephane Sessegnon opened the scoring with a penalty just before half-time.

Prejuce Nakoulma equalised for the Burkinabe shortly after the interval, but Bello Issiaka Babatounde scored the winner with only four minutes remaining.

The return leg will take place in Ougadougou on Tuesday.

But there was another away victory later on Thursday, with Uganda overcoming Togo 1:0.

Farouk Miya scored the goal in the 39th minute.

Togo's Mathieu Dossevi missed a chance to equalise when his penalty was saved by keeper Dennis Onyango.

Uganda will defend its advantage in Kampala on Sunday.