African 2026 World Cup Qualifying Facts And Figures

African 2026 World Cup qualifying facts and figures after matchday six:

Prolific Liverpool scorer Mohamed Salah has also netted regularly in World Cup qualifying, topping the charts with six goals for likely qualifiers Egypt.

The 32-year-old began with a bang, netting four times in a 6-0 matchday one rout of minnows Djibouti in Cairo. He also netted in away matches against Guinea-Bissau and Ethiopia.

Wolfsburg striker Mohamed Amoura bagged a matchday six hat-trick for Algeria in a 5-1 hammering of Mozambique in Tizi Ouzou and shares second place on five goals with five others.

Group C consists of South Africa, Rwanda, Benin, Nigeria, Lesotho and Zimbabwe, and it has produced the most shocks so far.