Lionel Messi's Argentina face must-win clash with Ecuador and other World Cup permutations

Sport360 staff 15:55 06/10/2017
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  • Lionel Messi has yet to win a World Cup with Argentina.

    The World Cup qualification picture should become a lot clearer in the coming days.

    Here, Press Association Sport looks at some of the issues that could be resolved in matches being played from Saturday onwards.

    AFRICA

    :: Tunisia will qualify if DR Congo fail to match or better their result.
    :: Nigeria will qualify if they beat Zambia.

    :: Egypt will qualify if they win and Uganda fail to match their result.

    ASIA

    :: Syria and Australia play the second leg of their play-off on October 10 for the right to reach a further play-off against the fourth-placed CONCACAF side in November. The tie is level at 1-1 after the first leg.

    EUROPE

    :: France will qualify if they win and Sweden lose. Sweden guaranteed top-two finish if Holland fail to match or better their result and Bulgaria fail to beat France.
    :: Switzerland will qualify if Portugal fail to match or better their result.
    :: Bosnia-Herzegovina guaranteed a top-two finish if they win and Greece lose to Cyprus.

    SOUTH AMERICA

    :: Uruguay will be guaranteed an automatic qualification berth if they take at least a point at home to already-eliminated Bolivia.
    :: Argentina need to win away to Ecuador to guarantee a play-off place (Tuesday night).

    Already qualified: Russia (hosts), Belgium, England, Germany, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil.

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