⚽It’s a fateful day in Afcon: Today's matches will determine who will play against Egypt in the next round of the championship, as well as the final list of teams that are qualifying to the Round of 16 — and who will be sent home.

Group E: It’s going to be a tight competition for Tunisia, which has one point to its name as it faces off against second-place South Africa (3 points) at 7pm tonight. At the same time, Namibia (3 points) will be pushing for a victory to overtake Mali, who will be defending its top spot with 4 points.

Group F: At 10pm, the Atlas Lions — who have secured their qualification to the next round with 4 points — will go head-to-head with Zambia, which currently has 2 points. Meanwhile, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania will hit the pitch at the same time, with DR Congo defending its 2 points and Tanzania trying to bump up its solitary point.

QUALIFICATION REFRESHER- These are the teams who have secured their spots so far:

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Nigeria
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Senegal
  • Cameroon
  • Guinea
  • Angola
  • Burkina Faso
  • Mauritania
  • Mali
  • Morocco

NOTE- Nigeria vs Cameroon will be the opening match for the Round of 16 on Saturday at 10pm.

Tonight in EFL matches: Liverpool will be going head to head against Fulham in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final tonight at 10pm. This comes after Liverpool's 2-1 victory in the first leg. The victor will qualify to play against Chelsea, who beat Middlesbrough with a devastating 6-1 score last night.

Quarter-final matches in the Copa del Rey:

  • Mallorca vs Girona (8:30 pm tonight)
  • Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona (10:30 pm tonight)
  • Atletico Madrid vs Sevilla (10pm tomorrow)

The fourth round (round of 32) of the FA Cup commences tomorrow, and continues until Monday. There will be several top-notch matches, especially the clash between Tottenham and Man City on Friday at 10pm, as well as Chelsea against Aston Villa on Friday at 9:45pm.

Notable FA Cup matches this weekend:

  • Bournemouth vs Swansea (9:45pm Thursday)
  • Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest (9:45pm Friday)
  • Everton vs Luton Town (5pm Saturday)
  • Sheffield United vs Brighton (5pm Saturday)
  • Fulham vs Newcastle (9pm Saturday)

Significant matches from the European league this weekend:

  • Bayern Munich vs Union Berlin (Bundesliga — 9:30pm Wednesday)
  • Barcelona vs Villarreal (La Liga — 7:30pm Saturday)
  • Juventus vs Empoli (Serie A — 7pm Saturday)
  • Milan vs Bologna (Serie A — 9:45pm Saturday)
  • Augsburg vs Bayern Munich (Bundesliga — 4:30pm Saturday)
  • Leverkusen vs Mönchengladbach (Bundesliga — 7:30pm Saturday)
  • Marseille vs Monaco (Ligue 1 — 10pm Saturday)

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