Sweden's faint hopes of qualifying for the World Cup have been all-but extinguished because the 2018 quarter-finalists misplaced 1-0 in opposition to Kosovo in Stockholm. Fisnik Asllani fired a first-half effort that allowed the Kosovans to finish a outstanding double over their opponents and enhance their very own hopes of reserving not less than a playoff place.
Sweden – who featured £125m man Alexander Isak up entrance alongside Viktor Gyökeres – stay rooted to the underside of Group B on one level. Isak, who performed one other 90 minutes after doing the identical within the 2-0 defeat to Switzerland on Friday, failed to seek out the goal as he continues to work his manner again to health following his summer time transfer from Newcastle to Liverpool. Leaders Switzerland dropped their first factors of the marketing campaign as they have been held to a goalless draw by Slovenia in Ljubljana.
Group D leaders France dropped their first factors of the marketing campaign as they drew 2-2 with Iceland in Reykjavik. Didier Deschamps took his aspect into the sport figuring out they may seal their ticket to the finals in the event that they gained and second-placed Ukraine did not beat Azerbaijan within the different match.
However the evening didn't go to plan as Victor Palsson gave the hosts a Thirty ninth-minute lead, and regardless of two objectives in 5 second-half minutes from Christopher Nkunku and Jean-Philippe Mateta placing France forward, Kristian Hlynsson's Seventieth-minute effort gave Iceland a degree.
A win wouldn't have been sufficient anyway for Deschamps' males as Ukraine nudged to a 2-1 win over Azerbaijan in Krakow.
Slovakia keep degree on factors with Germany on the high of the group after second-half objectives from Adam Obert and Ivan Schranz accomplished an unconvincing 2-0 win over Luxembourg in Trnava.
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In Wales's group, North Macedonia have been held to a 1-1 draw by Kazakhstan in Skopje.
