Shock leaders aim to keep hold

Two unlikely front-runners, Burkina Faso and Rwanda, have emerged in the African qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.
While it still might be early days in the battle for places at South Africa 2010, the pair are looking for the points this weekend that will virtually ensure their progress through to the last phase of the preliminaries. While Burkina Faso are expected to achieve that on Saturday, it is going to be a lot tougher for Rwanda, who are away to past FIFA World Cup finalists Morocco.

FIFA.com looks at the state of play in Groups 7 to 12 ahead of this weekend's qualifying matches.

Group 7: The 2006 FIFA World Cup finalists Côte d'Ivoire have been depleted by injuries and absentees, yet have managed to keep up an unbeaten run. They have played two successive away games and drawn both, but now return to Abidjan to take on Botswana, who held them to a 1-1 draw in Gaborone last Saturday. Botswana's coach Stanley Tshosane said silly mistakes cost the Zebras the chance of a famous win, but they were determined not to be overawed in the Ivorian capital. Mozambique are still seeking their first group win and must be fancied to take the three points at home against Madagascar, who appointed a new coach in Frank Rajaonarisamba on Monday.

source: http://www.fifa.com

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