Sudan condemned Nigeria’s Super Eagles to the bottom of Group A, in the African Nations Cup qualification matches, in the match played in Khartoum today.

Bakri Abdelgadir Babeker: header ruined Nigeria

Midfielder Bakri Abdelgadir Babeker scored the only goal of the match for the hosts in the 42nd minute of the first half. And despite the six minute extra time granted in the second half, the Eagles just failed to see the back of the net.

Super Eagles Coach, Steven Keshi

South Africa now lead the group with seven points in three matches, while Congo is second with six points and Sudan third with three points. South Africa defeated Congo in an away match in Point Noire 2-0 and the Eagles failed to clinch victory over a supposedly weak Sudanese side to rise in contention for qualification.

Nigeria, the defending champions have only gotten a point, from the draw with South Africa three weeks ago.

Today’s result will pile pressure on Coach Stephen Keshi and raise doubts about whether the Nigeria Football Federation would agree to retain him since his original contract had expired.

Collated 2015 Africa Cup of Nations matchday 3 qualifying results Saturday:

Group A

At Pointe-Noire, Congo

Congo Brazzaville 0 South Africa 2 (Ndulula 52, Rantie 55)

At Khartoum

Sudan 1 (Almadina 41) Nigeria 0

Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points)

S. Africa 3 2 1 0 5 0 7

Congo 3 2 0 1 5 4 6

Sudan 3 1 0 2 1 5 3

Nigeria 3 0 1 2 2 4 1

Fixtures

Oct 15: Nigeria v Sudan, S. Africa v Congo

Group B

At Blantyre

Malawi 0 Algeria 2 (Halliche 10, Mesbah 90+3)

At Addis Ababa

Ethiopia 0 Mali 2 (Diaby 33, S. Yatabare 60)

Standings

Algeria 3 3 0 0 5 1 9

Mali 3 2 0 1 4 1 6

Malawi 3 1 0 2 3 6 3

Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 3 7 0

Fixtures

Oct 15: Algeria v Malawi, Mali v Ethiopia

Group C

At Libreville

Gabon 2 (Aubameyang 70, 74) Burkina Faso 0

Friday

At Maseru

Lesotho 0 Angola 0

Standings

Gabon 3 2 1 0 4 1 7

B. Faso 3 2 0 1 5 2 6

Lesotho 3 0 2 1 1 3 2

Angola 3 0 1 2 0 4 1

Fixtures

Oct 15: Angola v Lesotho, B. Faso v Gabon

Group D

At Yaounde

Sierra Leone 0 Cameroon 0

Note: fixture moved from Freetown because of Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone

At Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of Congo 1 (Mongongu 69-pen) Ivory Coast 2 (Bony 24, Gradel 83)

Standings

Cameroon 3 2 1 0 6 1 7

I. Coast 3 2 0 1 5 6 6

DR Congo 3 1 0 2 3 4 3

S. Leone 3 0 1 2 1 4 1

Fixtures

Oct 15: Cameroon v S. Leone, I. Coast v DR Congo

Group E

At Kampala

Uganda 0 Togo 1 (Kokou 30)

At Casablanca, Morocco

Guinea 1 (Traore 81) Ghana 1 (Gyan 27)

Note: fixture moved from Conakry because of Ebola epidemic in Guinea

Standngs

Ghana 3 1 2 0 5 4 5

Uganda 3 1 1 1 3 2 4

Guinea 3 1 1 1 3 4 4

Togo 3 1 0 2 4 5 3

Fixtures

Oct 15: Ghana v Guinea, Togo v Uganda

Group F

At Maputo

Mozambique 2 (Kito 43, Reginaldo 60) Cape Verde Islands 0

At Niamey

Niger 0 Zambia 0

Standings

C. Verde 3 2 0 1 5 4 6

Mozambique 3 1 2 0 3 1 5

Zambia 3 0 2 1 1 2 2

Niger 3 0 2 1 2 4 2

Fixtures

Oct 15: C. Verde v Mozambique, Zambia v Niger

Group G

Friday

At Gaborone

Botswana 0 Egypt 2 (El-Nenny 55, Salah 61)

At Dakar

Senegal 0 Tunisia 0

Standings

Senegal 3 2 1 0 4 0 7

Tunisia 3 2 1 0 3 1 7

Egypt 3 1 0 2 2 3 3

Botswana 3 0 0 3 1 6 0

Fixtures

Oct 15: Egypt v Botswana, Tunisia v Senegal

Notes

– Group winners and runners-up and best third-place team qualify for finals

– Hosts Morocco qualify automatically for the Jan 17-Feb 8 2015 tournament