Matchday 5 - Tables

Group A

1. Northern Ireland 1/6 (+2) 3

2. Slovakia 1/6 (+2) 3

3. Luxembourg 1/6 (-2) 0

4. Germany 1/6 (-2) 0

Group B

1. Switzerland 1/6 (+4) 3

2. Sweden 1/6 (0) 1

3. Slovenia 1/6 (0) 1

4. Kosovo 1/6 (-4) 0

Group C

1. Greece 1/6 (+4) 3

2. Denmark 1/6 (0) 1

3. Scotland 1/6 (0) 1

4. Belarus 1/6 (-4) 0

Group D

1. Iceland 1/6 (+5) 3

2. France 1/6 (+2) 3

3. Ukraine 1/6 (-2) 0

4. Azerbaijan 1/6 (-5) 0

Group E

1. Spain 1/6 (+3) 3

2. Turkey 1/6 (+1) 3

3. Georgia 1/6 (-1) 0

4. Bulgaria 1/6 (-3) 0

Group F

1. Portugal 1/6 (+5) 3

2. Republic of Ireland 1/6 (0) 1

3. Hungary 1/6 (0) 1

4. Armenia 1/6 (-5) 0

Group G

1. Netherlands 3/8 (+10) 7

2. Poland 4/8 (+2) 7

3. Finland 4/8 (0) 7

4. Lithuania 4/8 (-1) 3

5. Malta 5/8 (-11) 2

Group H

1. Bosnia & Herzegovina 4/8 (+9) 12

2. Austria 3/8 (+6) 9

3. Romania 4/8 (+4) 6

4. Cyprus 4/8 (-2) 3

5. San Marino 5/8 (-17) 0

Group I

1. Norway 4/8 (+11) 12

2. Israel 4/4 (+5) 9

3. Italy 3/8 (+4) 6

4. Estonia 5/8 (-8) 3

5. Moldova 4/8 (-12) 0

Group J

1. Wales 5/8 (+5) 10

2. North Macedonia 4/8 (+4) 8

3. Belgium 3/8 (+7) 7

4. Kazakhstan 4/8 (-2) 3

5. Liechtenstein 4/8 (-14) 0

Group K

1. England 4/8 (+8) 12

2. Serbia 4/8 (+4) 7

3. Albania 4/8 (+1) 5

4. Latvia 4/8 (-3) 4

5. Andorra 5/8 (-10) 0

Group L

1. Czech Republic 5/8 (+5) 12

2. Croatia 3/8 (+12) 9

3. Montenegro 4/8 (-1) 6

4. Faroe Islands 4/8 (-2) 3

5. Gibraltar 4/8 (-14) 0

After Matchday 5

Qualification:

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Czech Republic

England

Greece

Iceland

Netherlands

Northern Ireland

Norway

Portugal

Spain

Switzerland

Wales

Play-Offs (12 runners-up and 4 Nations League qualifiers):

Austria

Croatia

Denmark

France

Germany

Israel

Moldova

North Macedonia

Poland

Republic of Ireland

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Sweden

Turkey

We're at the halfway stage of European qualifying, even though most teams have only played once. Surprise names like Northern Ireland, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iceland sit in automatic qualifying positions while the play-offs are set to include Germany, Italy, France, Denmark and,... San Marino!

Enjoyed that second half in Dublin at least tonight.

Kelleher unreal in nets as ever!

Edited Saturday at 23:182 days by Steve201

Matchday 6 - Sunday

Group A

Germany 3-1 Northern Ireland

Luxembourg 0-1 Slovakia

Group E

Georgia 3-0 Bulgaria

Turkey 0-6 Spain

Group G

Lithuania 2-3 Netherlands

Poland 3-1 Finland

Group J

North Macedonia 5-0 Liechtenstein

Belgium 6-0 Kazakhstan

Spain 😳

I was way off on Turkey, that plus Spain is just on a different planet right now.

Matchday 6 - Monday

Group B

Kosovo 2-0 Sweden

Switzerland 3-0 Slovenia

Group C

Belarus 0-2 Scotland

Greece 0-3 Denmark

Group I

Israel 4-5 Italy

Group L

Croatia 4-0 Montenegro

Gibraltar 0-1 Faroe Islands

Some result for Kosovo that!

The Kosovo result was a bit surprising, though personally I have the two nations ranked pretty closely just Sweden has the pedigree.

The Israel/Italy was wild, with the lead changing multiple times, Italy having two own goals, Israel tying it in the 89th and Italy winning it in stoppage time. I will say Moise Kean looks like the new Balotelli for Italy. I won't be surprised if you all see his name come up for the next big transfer window from Fiorentina.

If Italy hadn't got a result yesterday they'd have probably screwed up qualifying yet again.

True, but they've already lost to Norway once 3-0, so they're already behind the 8-ball as it is.