Leading goal scorers in the African zone of the 2006 World Cup qualifying competition ahead of this weekend's matches:

4 - Omar Tchomogo (Benin), Diphetego Selolwane (Botswana), Sambegou Bangoura, Kaba Diawara (both Guinea), Ahmed Masli (Libya), Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo)

3 - Mansour Boutabout, Abdelmalek Cherrad (both Algeria), Akwa (Angola), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Cafu (Cape Verde Islands), Francis Oumar (Chad), Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt), Theodore Nzue Nguema (Gabon), Stephen Appiah (Ghana), Aruna Dindane, Didier Drogba (both Ivory Coast), Dennis Oliech (Kenya), David Obua (Uganda), Harry Milanzi (Zambia)

2 - Bruno Mauro (Angola), Mouri Ogunbiyi (Benin), Nelson Gabolwelwe (Botswana), Moumouni Dagano (Burkina Faso), Calo (Cape Verde Islands), Armel Mamouna-Ossila (Congo), Ahmed Hassan (Egypt), Stephane Nguema (Gabon), Nana Arhin Duah, Isaac Boakye, Asamoah Gyan (all Ghana), Souleymane Youla (Guinea), John Baraza (Kenya), Isaac Tondo (Liberia), Tarek Ettayeb, Nader Kara, Marei Suliman (all Libya), Essau Kanyenda, Heston Munthali (both Malawi), Soumailia Coulibaly, Frederic Kanoute (both Mali), Obafemi Martins (Nigeria), Jean Lomani, Said Abed Makasi (both Rwanda), Mbulelo Mabizela (South Africa), Yao Senaya (Togo), Karim Hagui (Tunisia), Peter Ndlovu (Zimbabwe)