Both teams will turn their attention to the return fixture which would determine their fate to qualify for the global showpiece in Qatar 

Ghana held Nigeria to a goalless draw in the first leg of the 2022 Fifa World Cup final qualifying fixture on Friday.

Africa’s newly crowned champions fell to a 1-0 first leg defeat at the hands of the side they beat in last month’s Africa Cup of Nations final 

Saliou Ciss’s early own goal proved to be the difference between Egypt and Senegal as the Pharaohs defeated the newly crowned African champions 1-0 in the first leg of their World Cup playoff in Cairo on Friday.