Match Day 10/4 - World Cup Qualifying

The final full round of World Cup qualifying begins today. Penultimate matchdays in Europe and in South America.

All Times CDT

AFC - Playoff - 1st Leg
I'm a bit late, so this first leg is done with Syria managing a 1-1 draw today against Australia. Second leg will be Tuesday at 5 ET/4 CT. Winner advances to playoff against 4th place in CONCACAF.

UEFA - Matchday 9 of 10

Group C
Azerbaijan - Czech Republic, 11 a.m. (FS2)
Northern Ireland - Germany, 1:45 p.m. (UniMás)
San Marino - Norway, 1:45 p.m. (FS Match Pass)

A single point and Germany will be qualified for Russia 2018. This group is more or less wrapped up with Northern Ireland in second.



Group E
Armenia - Poland, 11 a.m. (ESPN3)
Montenegro - Denmark, 1:45 p.m. (ESPN3)
Romania - Kazakhstan, 1:45 p.m. (FS+)

Poland can just about win the group today if they take care of business. If that happens, they can qualify if Montenegro-Denmark fails to produce a winner.



Group F
England - Slovenia, 1:45 p.m. (FS2)
Malta - Lithuania, 1:45 p.m. (ESPN3)
Scotland - Slovakia, 1:45 p.m. (ESPN3)

If England win they will qualify for the World Cup. Scotland control their own destiny if they want to make a run at second, but they really must beat Slovakia today at home.



CONMEBOL - Matchday 17 of 18
Bolivia - Brazil, 3 p.m. (beIN)
Venezuela - Uruguay, 4 p.m. (beIN Connect 4)
Argentina - Peru, 6:30 p.m. (beIN Connect 3)
Chile - Ecuador, 6:30 p.m. (beIN Connect 5)
Colombia - Paraguay, 6:30 p.m. (beIN)

Brazil so far the only team in South America to qualify for the finals. A Uruguay win will just about put them through even if the math fails to clinch that for them tonight. It's a tightly-bunched group (more so than ever before in this format), so these last 2 rounds of games should be quite exciting.