Old foes set for battle in Kumasi

Ghana host Egypt in the most eagerly anticipated of the five playoff ties, with the first leg in Kumasi on Tuesday.

Ghana have already ratcheted up the pre-match temperature by asking Fifa to move the November 19 return game from Cairo because of the fraught political situation in Egypt.

It is the first time since 1989 that playoffs have been used to determine Africa's World Cup representatives.