Qualifying for the 2022 event in Qatar intensifies on the continent with the ultimate institution rounds, with victory in Luanda moving Egypt into the subsequent stage as Group F winners.
The -time African Footballer of the Year wants to get lower back at the aim trail in Angola having didn't find the net in his closing 3 appearances for the Merseysiders.
Before his mini-slump, Salah had scored in 10 consecutive fits in all competitions for Liverpool.
Victory will take Salah and his group into the final qualifying section to decide which five international locations constitute Africa in Qatar subsequent yr.
Here, AFP Sport highlights matchdays five and six, which run from Thursday via Tuesday, with 21 nations chasing eight very last-round places, 17 out of competition and Senegal and Morocco already thru.
Group A
Riyad Mahrez-captained African champions Algeria and Burkina Faso are heading for a final spherical showdown on a Blida pitch publicly criticised by using both groups as unsuitable for worldwide football.
While Algeria can select 9 starters from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations very last towards Senegal, Burkina Faso will lack leading scorer Abdou Traore and Aston Villa forward Bertrand Traore because of injuries.
Group B
Victory for Tunisia away to closest challengers Equatorial Guinea will clinch first place with a suit to spare, and Wahbi Khazri is a capacity in shape-winner for the Carthage Eagles.
