Burkinabe hero Kabore comes on to score a hattrick and hand the Stallions a WC playoff ticket!

This is what fairytales are made of! Pierre Landry Kabore of Burkina Faso scored a sensational second-half hat-trick on Sunday night as a substitute to beat Ethiopia 3-1 and, most probably, hand his national team a ticket for the World Cup international playoffs.

In his only fifth appearance for the Stallions following a debut in June, the 24-year-old Heart of Midlothian left winger starred big time in Ouagadougou.

After a disappointing goalless stalemate around the hour mark against Ethiopia at home, Kabore was brought on and set a fire by scoring three goals to seal a 3-1 victory, which means the Stalions are now among the four best second-placed teams and on the verge of progressing to the WC playoffs.

Burkina Faso are now five points below Egypt in Group A, but more importantly, they're level with Niger in second place on another table along with other runners-up.

The outcome will be clear after Monday and Tuesday night as the other contenders - such as Cameroon, Uganda, and DR Congo - play their respective games.

WC QUALIFICATION AFRICA - MATCHDAY 10

Friday

South Sudan - Senegal 0-5 (0-1)

/Sarr 29, 54, Mane 46, Jackson 60 pen, Ndiaye C. 75/

Gambia - Gabon 3-4 (2-2)

/Minteh 23, Sidibeh 45+2, 47 - Aubameyang 20, 42, 62, 78/

Seychelles - Ivory Coast 0-7 (0-4)

/Sangare 7 pen, Agbadou 17, Diakite 32, Guessand 39, Diomande 55, Adingra 67, Kessie 90/

Sudan - Mauritania 0-0

Togo - DR Congo 0-1 (0-1)

/Bakambu 7/

Lesotho - Nigeria 1-2 (0-0)

/Kalake 83 - Troost-Ekong 55 pen, Adams 80/

Rwanda - Benin 0-1 (0-0)

/Tosin 80/

Sao Tome - Tunisia 0-6 (0-3)

/Chaouat 36, Saad 39, 43, Gharbi 47, Ben Romdhane 68 pen, 90/

Zimbabwe - South Africa 0-0

Sunday

Zambia - Niger 0-1 (0-0)

/Sosah 56/

Chad - Central African Republic 2-3 (0-2)

/Ecua 53, Mouandilmadji 87 - Mokonou 3, Baboula 31, Namnganda 90+3/

Burkina Faso - Ethiopia 3-1 (0-0)

/Kabore 65, 82, 90+6 - Ayten 84/

Djibouti - Sierra Leone 1-2 (1-1)

/Farah 29 - Bah 45+2, Tarawallie 72/

Egypt - Guinea-Bissau 1-0 (0-0)

/Hamdi 10/

Ghana - Comoros 1-0 (0-0)

/Kudus 47/

Mali - Madagascar 3-0 (2-0)

/Nene 39, Sinayoko 10,64, Diarra 90+5 - N'Zi 90/

Monday

16.00: (2.00) Equatorial Guinea (3.35) Liberia (4.00)

16.00: (17.0) Sao Tome (7.25) Malawi (1.17)

16.00: (5.80) South Sudan (3.50) Togo (1.67)

16.00: (1.47) Tunisia (4.00) Namibia (8.00)

19.00: (1.32) Cameroon (4.80) Angola (11.0)

19.00: (1.15) Cape Verde (7.50) Eswatini (20.0)

19.00: (4.00) Lesotho (3.35) Zimbabwe (2.00)

19.00: (7.25) Mauritius (4.00) Libya (1.50)

***odds are subject to change***