Tunisia's national soccer team defeated DR Congo’s 2-1 (1-1 at first half) at a 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Group A day-3 qualifiers game played on Friday in Rades.

Thanks to this third victory, Tunisia now lead Group A with 9 points.

The second leg game will be played on September 5 in Kinshasa.

Guinea defeated Libya 3-2 in the other group game played on Friday.

Group A:

Friday:
Tunisia 2 (Yassine Meriah (17' penalty), Ghailène Chaâlali (47'))
DR Congo 1 (Cédric Bakamdu (43'))

Standings

1) Tunisia 9 pts
2) RD Congo 6
3) Guinea 3
4) Libya 0

Fixtures:

September 4 in Monastir:

Libya v Guinea

September 5 in Kinshasa:

RD Congo v Tunisia