Northern Ireland went on a goal spree in Lithuania to claim their first win of the campaign.
Sweden made it three wins out of three by beating Spain to leap to the top of Group B
Armenia drop their first points by drawing in North Macedonia.
Italy are held at home by Bulgaria but remain top of their group.
Here are the full-times from around Europe.
Group B
Georgia 0-1 Kosovo
Sweden 2-1 Spain
Group C
Italy 1-1 Bulgaria
Lithuania 1-4 Northern Ireland
Group E
Czech Republic 1-0 Belarus
Estonia 2-5 Belgium
Group I
Andorra 2-0 San Marino
Hungary 0-4 England
Poland 4-1 Albania
Group J
Iceland 0-2 Romania
Liechtenstein 0-2 Germany
North Macedonia 0-0 Armenia
GOAL! Poland 4-1 Albania. Karol Linetty, that’s who scored it.
GOAL! Hungary 0-4 England. Declan Rice beats the keeper far too easily from 20 yards.
GOAL! Iceland 0-2 Romania. Nicolae Stanciu doubles the visitors’ lead.
GOAL! Lithuania 1-4 Northern Ireland. Having been booked after the concession of the penalty that Peacock-Farrell saved, Paddy McNair has gone down the other end to smash one home for his own team. They’re on Easy Street now.
GOAL! Liechtenstein 0-2 Germany. Leroy Sané may have sent Germany to third in the Group J.
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GOAL! Hungary 0-3 England. After Sterling and Kane, Harry Maguire increases England’s lead. Details from Scott Murray here.
GOAL! Lithuania 1-3 Northern Ireland. Way to ram sicken Lithuania after Peacock-Farrell’s penalty save! Shane Lavery scores his first senior international goal from close range after clever work down the left by Jamal Lewis and Jordan Thompson.
GOAL! Estonia 1-4 Belgium. Axel Witsel on the mark.
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Lithuania 1-2 Northern Ireland. Penalty save! Peacock-Farrell plunges to his left and beats away a Novikovas’s penalty to preserve Northern Ireland’s lead! It was s contentiously awarded spotkick in the first place, and the goalkeeper made sure justice was served. But there’ll be no reprieve for Paddy McNair, who was booked in the aftermath of the award of the penalty and will miss the upcoming match against Switzerland.
GOAL! Sweden 2-1 Spain. Maybe Sweden are going to continue their 100% start to the campaign after all. Claesson blasts them in front.
GOAL! Hungary 0-1 England. Raheem Sterling - England’s best attacker at the Euros - fires his country into the lead.
GOAL! Lithuania 1-2 Northern Ireland. Rolandas Baravykas has pulled one back for the home side. This could be an uncomfortable close to the game for Northern Ireland.
GOAL! Estonia 1-3 Belgium. Romelu Lukaku can’t stop scoring. Someone should buy him.
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GOAL! Lithuania 0-2 Northern Ireland. Conor Washington is unperturbed by a long VAR delay ... and he rifles home a penalty to put Northern Ireland on the verge of their first victory of the qualifying campaign.
Asia update: Sorry to say, Vietnam couldn’t hold on in Saudi Arabia after taking a shock early lead. Bo Duy Manh was sent off just before the hour, and Salen Al Dawsari scored the ensuing penalty. Saudi Arabia ran out 3-1 winners. Other results
Group A
South Korea 0-0 Iraq
Iran 1-0 Syria
UAE 0-0 Lebanon
Group B
Saudi Arabia 3-1 Vietnam
Australia 3-0 China
Japan 0-1 Oman
Half-time scores
Group B
Georgia 0-1 Kosovo Full-time
Sweden 1-1 Spain
Group C
Italy 1-1 Bulgaria
Lithuania 0-1 Northern Ireland
Group E
Czech Republic 1-0 Belarus
Estonia 1-2 Belgium
Group I
Andorra 2-0 San Marino
Hungary 0-0 England
Poland 2-1 Albania
Group J
Iceland 0-0 Romania
Liechtenstein 0-1 Germany
North Macedonia 0-0 Armenia
GOAL! Italy 1-1 Bulgaria. Despodov crowns a flowing Bulgarian counter-attack with a one-touch finish from six yards, poking it past Donnarumma on the run.
GOAL! Liechtenstein 0-1 Germany. After 41 minutes Germany finally smash the Liechtensteiner resistance thanks to none other than Timo Werner. It was a lovely and, you have to say, uncharacteristic finish from the striker.
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GOAL! Poland 1-1 Albania. Sokol Cikalleshi cracks one into the net from the let-side of the box to pull Albania level.
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GOAL! Czech Republic 1-0 Belarus. Antonin Barak breaks the deadlock. Picture the most beautiful goal you can imagine. It might have been like that, I’m in no position to say otherwise.
GOAL! Estonia 1-2 Belgium. Looks like Estonia have had their chips. Romelu Lukaku has blasted Belgium into the lead, swivelling sharply to fire below the keeper from 12 yards.
Breaking branding update: Manchester United have confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will wear the No7 shirt made famous at the club by Alexis Sanchez and Memphis Depay.
GOAL! Italy 1-0 Bulgaria. A snappy one-two with Immobile, followed by a sharp finish - that’s how Chiesa has put his country in front.
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GOAL! Estonia 1-1 Belgium. The world’s No1 side, according to the rankings, have pulled level in Estonia. Eden Hazard made it, and Hans Vanaken finished from close-range with a header.
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GOAL! Lithuania 0-1 Northern Ireland. It’s a deserved lead for Ian Baraclough’s side. They’d been banging on the door for several minutes before Daniel Ballard made the breakthrough, sticking a low cross by Conor Washington into the net!
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Sweden 1-1 Spain: The pattern of this match is clear. Spain are dominating possession and causing plenty of problems, but Sweden are very dangerous on the counter thanks, in particular, to the speed and skill of Forsberg and Isak. The former has just forced a decent save from Simon from close range.
GOAL! Poland 1-0 Albania. Guess who? Yes, Robert Lewandowski opens the scoring for his country. That’s his 70th goal on his 123rd cap. Just another 41 to go to catch Ronaldo.
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Sweden 1-1 Spain. A typically intricate move from Spain opens up an opportunity for Morata, who booms his shot high and wide from an awkward angle. One minute later Azplicueta hurtles down the right and lays a low cross into the path of Moreno, who has a wonderful chance to finish from 10 yards .... but he slips and falls over just as he’s winding up a shot!
GOAL! Sweden 1-1 Spain. What a reaction by Sweden. It only took them two minutes to equalise, Alexander Isak nicking the ball off Soler, racing past Laporte and lashing into the net!
GOAL! Sweden 0-1 Spain. Sweden’s 100% record is in serious danger after Soler creeps in unnoticed at the back post to stab home a cross and give Spain a fourth-minute lead.
GOAL! Estonia 1-0 Belgium. Well, well, well. Mattias Kait never made much of an impression at Fulham but he’ll the front page news in Estonia is his third-minute goal turns out to the winner against Belgium, no less. Just the 88 minutes to go ...
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GOALS! Two in four minutes have given Australia a 2-0 lead over China.
GOAL! Group B in Asia has got off to an incredible start: after Oman won in Japan earlier today, Vietnam have only gone and taken the lead in Saudi Arabia. Nguyen Quang Hai opened the scoring after three minutes. Still more than an hour for Vietnam to hang on for an outstanding result ...
Liechtenstein: Büchel; Wolfinger, Malin, Kaufmann, Hofer, Göppel; N Frick, Frommelt, Hasler; Sele, Y Frick
Germany: Leno; Baku, Süle, Kehrer, Gosens; Gundogan, Kimmich; Musiala, Havertz, Sané; Werner
If you’ve stumbled in here looking for smart coverage of Hungary v England, then you’ve come to the wrong place. Scott Murray’s on top of all that, and you can find him and that here.
Italy: Donnarumma; Fiorenzi, Bonucci, Acerbi, Emerson; Barella, Jorginho, Verratti; Chiesa, Immobile, Insigne
Bulgaria: Georgiev; P Hristov, Antov, P hristov, Nedyalkov; KOstadinov, Vitanov, Yankov; Despodov, Iliev, Yomov
Sweden: Olsson; Krafth, Helander, Lindelof, Augustinsson; Claesson, Olsson, Forsberg; Kulusevski, Isak
Spain: Simon; Azpilicueta, Laporte, Garcia, Alba; Koke, Busquets, Soler; Torres, Morata, Moreno
Despite all the injuries that have befallen his squad, Ian Baraclough has been able to field an XI. Here’s who he’s sending into action in Lithuania:
Northern Ireland: Peacock-Farrell; Smith, Cathcart, Ballard, Lewis; McNair, Davis, McCann, Thompson; Lavery, Washington
Preamble, part II
So to Europe. Something’s got to give in Group B, where second-place Sweden - who’ve won both their qualifiers so far - host leader Spain. Elsewhere, Euro champs Italy will be aiming to extend their perfect start - and their epic unbeaten run - by downing Bulgaria. Northern Ireland will hoping to get up and running in the same group by claiming their first win of the campaign against the bottom-dwellers of Lithuania, who’ve yet to manage a point.
Group J sees a face-off between the top two teams, as North Macedonia take on Armenia, who’ve won three out of three so far. And in Group I, there’s no doubt that the most intriguing match is the featherweight clash between Andorra against San Marino.
Group B
Georgia 0-1 Kosovo
Sweden v Spain
Group C
Italy v Bulgaria
Lithuania v Northern Ireland
Group E
Czech Republic v Belarus
Estonia v Belgium
Group I
Andorra v San Marino
Hungary v England
Poland v Albania
Group J
Iceland v Romania
Liechtenstein v Germany
North Macedonia v Armenia
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Preamble
It’s another big day of World Cup qualifying action in Europe ... but before we get into that, let’s have a gander at some interesting results from elsewhere in the world today. For starters, get a load of this:
Japan 0-1 Oman
That’s a sensational result for Oman, who secured their first ever win over Japan thanks to an 88th-minute winner by substitute Issam Al Sabhi. And it was no fluke, as Oman were the better side throughout the game, leaving Japan with plenty of work to do if they are to reach a seventh consecutive World Cup. “It wasn’t good at all,” admitted the Japan captain, Maya Yoshida. Their next match promises to be a belter: against China next Tuesday. Saudi Arabia, Australia and Vietnam are also in the same group with top two teams after a six-team round-robin earning automatic qualifications for the World Cup in Qatar.
Meanwhile, today’s biggest exploits from the early kickoffs in Africa belonged to the mighty squirrels of Benin, who won in Madagascar thanks to another goal by Steve Mounié. Meanwhile, DR Congo were held at home by Tanzania.
Group J
Madagascar 0-1 Benin
DR Congo 1-1 Tanzania
Group E
Kenya 0-0 Uganda
Group H
Namibia 1-1 Congo
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