1655: FULL TIME ZIMBABWE 3, MALAWI 0.

1652: GOAL: Malajila header gives Zimbabwe an an unasilable lead as one and a half minutes of stoppage time are added. Zimbabwe 3, M<alawi 0

1646: 85' Musona kicks just in the foot of a Malawi defender and he seems seriously injured as he is stretcherd off

1644: 84' Mukuruva makes an acrobatic save to deny Malawi just at the line

1642: 82' Swaziland still leading Guinea 1-0 at Somhlolo Stadium in Mbabane and it it stays like this then Zimbabwe would have qualified for Africa's biggest soccoer competition

1636: 75' Shulumba in out Peter for Malawi while Zimbabwe pull out Nakamba for Matthew Rusike

1632: 71' YELLOW CARD on Malawi captain 

1631: 70' Khama wastes a golden chance with Mosona wiaiting for the unmarked. 

1628: 67' Tendai Ndoro breaks loose but his effors comes off the boots of Malawi keeper and in the same minute Zimbabwe's Ndoro makes way for Malajula in.

1621: 60' SUB Zimbabwe make first change. Danny Phiri is in for Mahachi, and Nakamba moved up.

1610: Willard Katsande has just made a second half change but this is in the form of a jersey, he has just put on a long sleeved shirt.

1609: 48' CORNER KICK Malawi get the first corner kick of the sesond half but Joseph Kamwendo's cross is easily delt with by the Zmbabwean defence

1606: SECOND HALF KICK-OFF SUBSTITUTION Malawi making a second change as the second half readies to start Jeremani out for Monde

1605: ZIMBABWE / MLAWI LAST FIVE HEAD-TO-HEAD

13/ 06 /2015 MALAWI (a) w 2-0 ACNQ

05 /03 /2014 MALAWI (a) w 4-1 Fr

13/ 07 /2013 Malawi (n) d 1-1(3-1p) COS Qf

03/ 03 /2010 Malawi (h) w 2-1 Fr

09/ 09 /2007 MALAWI (H) W 3-1 20000 ANCQ

1559: “Yeah we have a bunch of good players and I believe we can achieve a lot. We work hard as a team and everyone really wants to go to Afcon,” said Musona ahead of the Malawi clash. 

Ethiopia are leading Lesotho 1-0 at half time 

1552: HALF TIME Zimbabwe 2, Malawi 0. As it stands NOW Zimbabwe will qualify for Gabon 2017 today as Swazilanad and Guinea are tied 0-0 in the other Group L quallifier match. Goals from a Musona converted penalty and Khama Billart giving Zimbabwe the evabtage going in to the break. There i a huge possibilty that Kallisto Pasuwa will not make an early second half change as we have seen his counterpart make a late first-half change.

1544: 41' SUBSTITUTE MALAWI Mano in for John Banda as THE FLAMES make a first half substitution.

1541: 38' GOAL What a play and what a goal from Zimbabwe as Khama makes it 2-0 to Zimbabwe over Malawi and this is a good way to go for the second half. Zimbabwe 2, Malawi 0.

1537: Three goals from Zezinho, Frederic Mendy and Brito ensured Guinea Bissau bagged the full three points when they beat Zambia 3-2 in their 2017 CAF Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier on Saturday. 

1533: 30' YELLOW CARD to Hardlife Zvirekwi for a rough foul and Joseph Kamwendo is behind the free-kick but his effort is cleared by the Zimbabwe defence. Zimbabwe goalkeeper Tatenda Mukuruva was already on the ground

1530: Malawi get ther first corner of the game but Zimbabwe make light work of the attack attempt, Katsande clearing away.

1528: The two captains involved in a scuffle and it takes team mates to restrain them, no card issued though 

1527: Mozambique edged Rwanda 3-2 in a thriller on Saturday at Amahoro Stadium to end the latter’s hopes of qualifying for Afcon 2017 in Gabon.

1523: Egypt and Senegal qualified Saturday for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon after 2-0 away victories over Tanzania and Burundi respectively.

1521: 17' GOAL Musona steps up to take the spot kick and puts Zimbabwe ahead. Zimbabwe 1, Malawi 0.

1520: 16' YELLOW-CARD & PENALTY A beautiful pass from Kuda Mahachi sees Malawi goalkeeper get a yellowcard for a fould on Knowledge Musona in the box 

1515: Malawi are succeeding in frastrating the Warriors in front of goal. Desite fancy footwork from the hosts, Zimbabwe have not found the target yet while Malawi are struggling to make it in the final third.

1511: 7' Zimbabwe are proving to be very confident but they are nt able to find the target as yet

1509: 5' Khama Billiart behind a kudakwashe Mahachi earbed free kick just outside the box but that turns out to be a wasted chance as he goes for goal

1505: 1' Tendai Ndoro and Khama  on the attack in the first minute but thier effort thwarted as Ndoro could not quite find Mahachi

1505: Kick-off in ZImbabwe and it's all systems go

1502: Malawi win the toss and the Warriors greet their fans who are in a very frenzy mood, a huge crowd turns up for his a big home game for ZImbabwe

1459: Done with the national athems with so much at stake the teams are ready to do battle. Though Malawi are yet to lose on the road, they are tey to win in the competition.

1455: Zimbabwe led by captain Willard Katsande and visitors Malawi are now waking onto the pitch preparing for the national anthems

1454: Returning Warriors striker Tendai “Fire” Ndoro says local fans should come to the National Sports Stadium ready for one hell of a party. 

 “The national team is not about individuals but collective dreams. The coach has called the best available players and all we need to do now is work as a team and give the nation something to celebrate,” said Ndoro.

1430: Khama Billiat bounces back into the starting XI having started the Sihlangu mauling on the bench as Pasuwa felt the Mamelodi Sundowns man was fatigued. This time around Billiat looks fresh and ready to do his talking on the pitch amid indications that Sundowns have gagged him.

Talk of getting to share the $250 000 Afcon qualification bonus Wicknel Chivayo promised is cropping up among the lads as they know victory over Malawi coupled with Guinea’s failure to beat Swaziland in Mbabane will take them to Gabon with a game to spare.

1425: Zimbabwe's starting XI: Mukuruva, Costa, Elisha, Hardy, Onismo, Katsande, Marvelous, Musona, Khama, Mahachi, Ndoro.

1420: Malawi have been in Zimbabwe for the past couple of days and they know what kind of an opponent they are going to face. Flames coach Ernest Mtawali told the Sunday Mail that they are in Zimbabwe for maximum points. “We have come here to compete and get the three points. We are yet to lose a match away from home in this campaign and I think it’s about time we start picking maximum points. 

1418: Long queues can be seen winding from the National Sports Stadium turnstiles, with jubilant ZImbabweans hoping for a positive win today

1410: Malawi are bottom of the four team standings and would want to play party spoliers for Zimbabwe. However, the Warriors have an impressive record against Malawi and Kallisto Pasuwa's charges would like to bag a doulble over Malawi in this compeitition.

1400: It's exactly 60 minutes before Zimbabwe's Warriors take on the Flames of Malawi in a crucial Afron 2017 Group L qualifier at the National Sports Stadium. Zimbabwe nEed to win this game if they are to keep thier hopes of qualification alive and the odds are in thier favour this afternoon. A win here for the Warriors would mean they will only need a point in their next game against Guinea.