Croatia 1-4 England: Fabio Capello picks pace over experience at the Maksimir Stadium, prefering Theo Walcott ahead of David Beckham

And the choice looks to have paid off as the teenage Arsenal winger pounces on a defensive error to give England an unexpected lead

Joe Cole is left with a bloody head wound after being caught by Robert Kovac, for which the Croatia defender is sent off

England make the most of the extra man by carving through the Croatian defence for Walcott to finish

And Wayne Rooney, pushing Walcott for man of the match, gets his goal, set up by Jermaine Jenas

Though Croatia bag a consolation, the night is Walcott's, set free by Rooney for his hat-trick to seal the win in style

Iceland 1-2 Scotland: Birkir Mar Saevarsson and Barry Robson tussle in a first 15 minutes with few chances in Rejkyavik

And Rangers' defender Kirk Broadfoot breaks the deadlock with a close-quarters header from Robson's corner

George Burley's team end the first half on top though Robson, involved in everything, earns Scotland's second booking

And with the Scottish having the better of the second half, Robson gets his goal, following up after James McFadden misses a penalty

Stephen McManus is sent off late on for a clear handball and Iceland score with minutes left but Scotland hang on for a solid away win

Russia 2-1 Wales: John Toshack's depleted side have a tough opening 15 minutes in Moscow against the Euro 2008 semi-finalists

Wales hit Russia on the break, earning a penalty, but Gareth Bale's spot-kick is well-saved by Igor Akinfeev

Five minutes later, the hosts win a penalty themselves and Roman Pavlyuchenko finds the net despite Wayne Hennessey's best efforts

Wales have more possession in the second half and equalise through Joe Ledley, following great work by Gareth Bale down the right

Yet Russia come back again as Pavel Pogrebniak lashes home the winner from short range following a fine save from Hennessey

Northern Ireland 0-0 Czech Republic; Keith Gillespie races for the ball in the Group Three game at Windsor Park, Belfast

Petr Cech saves Warren Feeney's shot, the best chance of the match, after the visitors have a Milan Baros effort ruled out

Monetnegro 0-0 Republic of Ireland: Reading's Stephen Hunt works hard but neither team can make a chance in Podgorica

Robbie Keane of Liverpool looks to get the ball moving for Ireland in a tight and hard-fought game that ends goalless