Scotland 0-1 Netherlands: George Burley's men, buoyed by the win against Macedonia, must win against the already-qualified Dutch to have any chance of making the World Cup play-offs
The visitors' short, quick passing dominates the opening, with Dirk Kuyt hitting the post, before the half settles in to a series of good chances for both sides, including Kenny Miller striking the Dutch crossbar
Heartbreak for the Tartan Army as David Weir's mistake from a high ball allows in Eljero Elia to dance around David Marshall and score for the Dutch
The late goal sees Scotland out of the World Cup, with Norway's win in Macedonia meaning the Scandinavians bag the potential second-place play-off berth in the group
Northern Ireland 0-2 Slovakia: While their visitors can qualify tonight with a win, other results pending, Nigel Worthington's men are the surprise package of Group Three and in good shape for a top-two finish
Slovakia, having drawn on Saturday against their rivals the Czech Republic, who are themselves not out of the running for qualification, take the game to their hosts in Windsor Park
The team in blue have the better of the first-half, Stanislav Sestak capping their superiority with a goal set up by Vladimir Weiss' run down the right wing
Worthington's half-time words appear to have an effect as the home team fight back against Slovakia in the second half, hustling for every ball and creating better chances
It's not to be for Northern Ireland as Sestak's second goal puts Slovakia in touching distance of South Africa while Worthington's side must win in the Czech Republic to have a chance of a play-off place
Wales 1-3 Russia: John Toshack's side are all but out of qualification for South Africa 2010 in a group dominated by their visitors and Germany but make a bright start to the game
The Welsh efforts bring no benefit as Andrey Arshavin of Arsenal turns well, cuts inside and feeds Igor Semshov to open the scoring for the visitors
Catching the visitors half asleep, and much against the run of play, James Collins equalises for Wales from Craig Bellamy's corner early in the second half
Two more goals from Russia, including Sergey Ignashevich's free-kick, mean that Wales will not be at the World Cup though their group is far from decided, given Germany's win over Azerbaijan
England 5-1 Croatia: The hosts know they can assure a World Cup place should they maintain their 100% record and avenge the Wembley loss to Croatia that saw them miss out on Euro 2008
With the Croatia defence missing Verdan Corluka and Darijo Srna out of position, England start at a fast pace and earn an early penalty through Aaron Lennon which Frank Lampard slams in
Wayne Rooney, running the game, finds Lennon wide on the right and his far-post cross is happily nodded in by Steven Gerrard on 18 minutes; England are in control
Emile Heskey, the fulcrum of the England attack throughout the first half, gets two great chances in 90 seconds but the selfless Aston Villa forward can't take either
Croatia have more of a go at England in the second half but Gerrard picks out Glen Johnson who performs a neat step-over before laying the ball on for Lampard to score his second, England's third
England are as good as at the World Cup and Croatia are as good as already on their way home when Gerrard gets his second of the game with a crafty header from Rooney's right-wing chipped cross
Eduardo da Silva pulls a goal back for Croatia before Rooney scores a tap-in fifth to seal both England's win and qualification for South Africa 2010 - eight wins out of eight
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