The English premier league is resuming after the international break this weekend. The Big teams will be having easier fixtures. However, United, Chelsea and Spurs must be careful with their opponents.
Manchester United will be taking a tricky trip to Leicester City. Chelse will also be playing high flying Brentford who will be looking forward to a repeat of what they did to Arsenal.
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A total of 5 five African teams will qualify for the 2022 world cup.
Qualification format
First round:
28 teams ranked between 27th and 50th played home-and-away over two legs. 14 winners advanced to the second round.
Second round:
40 teams comprising 14 teams from the first round plus the first 26 ranked African teams. The teams are divided into 10 groups of 4 teams each. The team that tops each of the groups after all matches have been played will advance into the 3rd round.
Third round:
The ten second round group winners will play home-and-away over two legs. The five winners qualify for the World Cup.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have survived a Central African Republic scare to still remain favourites to quality from group c. The have 9 points from 4 matches closely followed by Cape verde with 7 points. The team that finishes top of the group qualifies for the final round.
Recall that on 7th October the Super Eagles lost surprisingly to the Central African Republic (CAR) at home. The match was destined to finish with points shared but Karl Namnganda stole 3 points for CAR with his injury time strike. But the Super Eagles revenge with a 2 nil victory in the second leg.
Nigeria must win their 2 remaining matches to guarantee qualification form group c
Manchester United dropped points when Everton came visiting.Everton would even have won the game late on but Y. Mina’s goal was ruled offside by VAR.
Chelsea survived the Southampton scare but rallied late on to win it 3-1.
Arsenal’s rejuvenation suffered a slight setback as they were forced to a goalless draw by Brighton.
Leicester surrendered a two goal lead to draw at Crystal palace. And Liverpool pl;ayed a 2-2 draw with Manchester city in the star match of the weekend.
Chelsea are now top of the table with 16 points followed by Liverpool and Manchester city.
See full results below
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Match day 2 matches of groups E,F,G,H have been played.
In group E, Barcelona is rock bottom after losing their second straight game by 3-0 to Benfica. The first time this will be happening to Barcelona in years. It was all to easy for Bayern Munich as they defeated Dynamo Kyiv 5 nil.
In group F, Atalanta shot themselves to the top of the group after beating Young Boys 1-0. Manchester united also won a hard fought victory over Villarreal. Christiano Ronaldo made it 2-1 to Manchester United in the last minute of the match. However, United remains third in the group with 3 points behind Young boys.
In group G, Salzburg defeated Lille 2-1, while Sevilla were forced to a 1-1 draw at Wolfsburg. Salzburg top group with w points.
Juventus top group H after beating Champions Chelsea 1-0. Zenit St. Petersburg defeated Malmoe FF, 4-0 but remained third in the group behind Chelsea.
SEE MATCH RESULTS AND GROUP STANDINGS BELOW
The first part of match day 2, 2021/2022 of the UEFA champions league have been played. A notable surprise was Real Madrid’s loss at home 1-2 to FC Sheriff; the least ranked team of the competition. FC Sheriff now top group D with 6 points followed by Madrid with 3 points.
Ajax won their second straight game as the downed Besiktas 2-0. They are now joint top of group C with Borussia Dortmund who also defeated Sporting CP 1-0
In group B, Liverpool shot themselves to the summit after they put aside FC Porto 1-5. Atletico Madrid managed to come out of their away battle against AC Milan with 3 points after they had been behind for 84 minutes of the game.
In group A, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Manchester City 2-0 to go joint top of the group alongside Club Brugge
See full results and stands below;
