WHAT DO CALCULATORS SAY: IS ZAMBIA ALREADY OUT 🇿🇲🇳🇬
As per #ZedStatsman:
“Lets be realistic, Nigeria cant afford to slip against Egypt. I expect nothing less than a win. With their World Cup qualification on the line, the Super Falcons will WIN.
In that case, Zambia will also need maximum points against Malawi. No draw. No loss. A three-way six point tie will exist after that.
According to head-to-head rules, this will make results against Egypt useless. They won’t count. That 6-0 win vs Egypt won’t save us.
It will now just be about the Nigeria, Zambia and Malawi against each other.
I won’t get into the details of explaining how each scenario will affect the standings. Instead, I will just list results that won’t get Zambia through and those that will.
If Nigeria win:
ZAMBIA WONT QUALIFY IF THEY BEAT MALAWI:
❌ 1-0
❌ 2-1
❌ 3-2
ZAMBIA WILL QUALIFY IF THEY BEAT MALAWI:
✅ 4-3, 5-4 and so on
✅ By a two, three, four goal margin and so on (e.g. 2-0, 3-1, 3-0)
So we need a 2-0 win against Malawi at the very least if Nigeria beat Egypt.
It will take something special to keep Temwa and Tabitha Chawinga that quiet.”