Roundup of the fourth matchweek of UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying action, which saw each group begin to take shape.
Scotland and England looked to continue their unbeaten starts to Qualifying, whilst Wales and Northern Ireland looked to reignite their pushe for automatic qualification following recent defeats.
Republic of Ireland meanwhile entered this matchweek seeking their first win of the campaign as they looked to avoid a humiliating defeat.
Now, here is a full roundup of all the action in the fourth matchweek of UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying.
Group A
Early goals from Callum McGregor and Scott McTominay in each half respectively saw Group A Scotland defeat Georgia 2-0 in Glasgow, despite a near two-hour delay due to torrential rainfall which saw play halted in the seventh minute.
Ola Solbakken’s 12th minute goal and Erling Haaland’s second-half brace saw Norway thrash Cyprus 3-1 in Oslo to go second in the group.
Group B
Kylian Mbappe’s 55th minute penalty saw France stay top of Group B with a narrow home victory over Greece in Paris.
Republic of Ireland moved up to third in the group with a 3-0 home win against Gibraltar, in which Mikey Johnston, Evan Ferguson and Adam Idah all scored in the second half.
Group C
Bukayo Saka’s first senior hat-trick and Harry Kane’s brace fired Group C leaders, England to a 7-0 home win over North Macedonia, with Marcus Rashford and Kalvin Phillips also finding the net.
Viktor Tsyhankov’s second-half penalty saw second-placed Ukraine scrape a narrow win over Ukraine in Trnava, Slovakia.
Group D
Second half goals from Umut Nayir and Arda Güler saw Turkey stay top of Group D with a 2-0 home win over ten-men Wales, after Joe Morrell was red carded for a reckless foul on Ferdi Kadioglu.
Tigran Barseghyan’s injury-time penalty lifted Armenia up to second with a 2-1 home win over Latvia, in which Nair Tiknizyan’s opening goal for the hosts was cancelled out by Styopa Mkrtchyan’s own-goal equaliser for Latvia.
Group E
Second half goals from Kristjan Asllani and Ernest Muci saw Albania beat Faroe Islands 3-1 away to stay second in Group E, after Nedim Bajrami’s opening goal was cancelled out by Odmar Færo before half-time.
Ion Nicolaescu’s brace and Vladyslav Babohlo’s 85th minute goal saw Moldova come from 2-0 down at half time to stun Poland 3-2 in Chisināu and go third in the table.
Group F
Christoph Baumgartner’s late brace saw Austria stay top of Group F with a 2-0 home win over Sweden in Vienna.
Romelu Lukaku’s first-half brace and Johan Bakayoko’s 90th minute goal saw Belgium thrash Estonia 3-0 away in Tallinn, which kept the Belgian Red Devils second in the group.
Group G
Darko Lazovic struck late in injury-time as Serbia snatched a 1-1 draw away to Bulgaria, after the hosts led through Kiril Despodov’s 47th minute goal.
Goals from Barnabás Varga and Roland Sallai saw Hungary beat Lithuania 2-0 in Budapest, which proved enough to send them top of Group G on goal difference after Serbia’s slip-up.
Group H
Daniel Hakans’ hat-trick fired Finland to the summit of Group H with a 6-0 home win over rock-bottom San Marino, with Glen Kamara, Benjamin Kallman and Teemu Pukki also on the scoresheet.
Abat Aymbetov’s 88th minute winner saw Kazakhstan go second on goal difference following a narrow win away to Northern Ireland.
Rasmus Højlund cancelled out Andraz Sporar’s opening goal as Denmark fought back to draw 1-1 away to Slovenia.
Group I
Valentin Mihāilā’s late brace saw second-placed Romania fight back to cancel out Zeki Amdouni’s brace in a dramatic 2-2 draw against Group I leaders, Switzerland in Lucerne.
Manor Solomon’s winner saw Israel stay third with a 2-1 win at home to Andorra after the visitors’ Albert Rosas had cancelled out Raz Shlomo’s opening goal.
Vedat Muriqi’s 87th minute penalty couldn’t prevent Kosovo losing 2-1 away to Belarus, in which quick-fire goals from Vladislav Morozov and Max Ebong lifted the hosts into fourth place.
Group J
Cristiano Ronaldo’s 89th minute winner saw Portugal scrape past Iceland away in Reykjavik to stay top of Group J.
Denis Vavro’s strike in the first minute of first-half injury-time proved enough for second-placed Slovakia to snatch a 1-0 away win against rock-bottom Liechtenstein.
Yvandro Borges Sanches and Daniel Sinani both found the net as Luxembourg comfortably dispatched Bosnia & Herzegovina 2-0 away in Zenica.
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