AFCON 2027 qualifiers: friday’s results and goalscorers

Egypt and Morocco continued their strong starts to AFCON 2027 qualifying, while Nigeria also secured an important victory on Friday.

The race for places at the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations gathered pace on Friday, November 13, with several teams recording important results in their qualifying campaigns. Nigeria, Egypt and Morocco were among the biggest winners, while South Africa were held to a draw by Kenya.

AFCON 2027 qualifying: Friday's results and goalscorers

• Nigeria 3-1 Tanzania: Alhassan Yusuf (2'), Tolu Arokodare (52', 60'); Alphonce Mabula Msanga (31').
• Egypt 5-0 Malawi: Nasser Maher (6'), Omar Marmoush (10'), Mohamed Hany (38'), Mohamed Salah (84', 90+5' pen).
• Morocco 5-1 Niger: Yassir Zabiri (4'), Achraf Hakimi (27', 45+3'), Youssef En-Nesyri (77'), Ayoub Oufkir (90'); Mohamed Abdouramane (40').
• South Africa 2-2 Kenya: Amos Wanjala (9' OG), Relebohile Mofokeng (77'); Michael Olunga (pen), Ryan Ogam (90').
• Tunisia 0-2 Libya: Ali Youssef (44' pen), Hamdou Elhouni (62').
• Cape Verde 4-2 Liberia: Ayoni Santos (5'), Djé (38'), Dailon Livramento (43'), Sanches Fernandes (90+1'); Franklin Nyenetue (36'), Ayouba Kosiah (90+5' pen).
• Mali 3-2 Rwanda: Goalscorers not confirmed.
• Gabon 2-0 Lesotho: Denis Bouanga (65', 79' pen).
• Burkina Faso 1-0 Mauritania: Elohim Kaboré (90+4').
• Zambia 1-1 Burundi: Edward Chilufya (65'); Jean Claude Girumugisha (82').
• Mozambique 0-1 Ethiopia: Canaan Markneh (87').
• Comoros 0-0 Congo.

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Mohamed Salah was among the standout performers, scoring twice in Egypt's 5-0 victory over Malawi to take his international goal tally to 70. The Liverpool forward remains Egypt's all-time leading scorer.

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Nigeria also made a strong start, beating Tanzania 3-1 thanks to Tolu Arokodare's second-half brace. The Super Eagles moved within one point of Group L leaders Guinea-Bissau.

Libya produced one of the day's notable results by defeating Tunisia 2-0 in Sfax, leaving their opponents without a win in Group H. Ethiopia also claimed their first points of the campaign with a late victory over Mozambique in Maputo.

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