It will all be wrapped up by tonight. The final six of the 32 teams for the World Cup next year in South Africa will be decided, one way or another, in the final qualifying matches.
In Europe there are four second leg matches to play.
Portugal travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina with a precarious 1-0 lead.
Republic of Ireland travel to France with a 1-0 deficit.
Slovenia host Russia, who won the first leg 2-1.
Ukraine play host to Greece, after a goalless first match.
Nothing is yet decided, and what price at least one penalty shoot-out?
In the Americas, Uruguay will play Costa Rica in Montevideo, already 1-0 up from the first leg. That will be the last game to be decided as it kicks off 11pm, UK time.
But perhaps the most intense and interesting battle will come in the neutral setting of Omdurman, Sudan, where Algeria meet Egypt for a place in the biggest tournament of them all. These two finished level on points and goals for and against, and they each beat the other 2-0. Inseparable, but apparently they hate each other!
Shame that you can only catch one of these games, Slovenia v Russia, on TV, and that's on the pay channel ESPN.
Next stop: the draw for the final tournament groups on 4 December.
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