2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying: Mitrovic double against Republic of Ireland, plus Portugal & France

1. First round of European World Cup qualifiers
2. Serbia v Republic of Ireland & Portugal v Azerbaijan in Group A
3. Browne header gives Irish lead; Vlahovic levels & Mitrovic double for turnaround; Collins pulls one back
4. Irish yet to win a game under Kenny, one goal in eight games
5. Plus France v Ukraine, Gibraltar v Norway & Slovenia v Croatia

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BBC Wales are covering reaction of their defeat by Belgium if you want to look at that.

Scotland, England and Northern Ireland are in action tomorrow.

Elsewhere...

Teemu Pukki scored twice as Finland drew 2-2 with Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Wales lost 3-1 to Belgium, while Tomas Soucek's hat-trick helped the Czech Republic whack Estonia 6-2.

Norway - who wore T-shirts protesting Qatar's human rights - beat Gibraltar 3-0. Montenegro beat Latvia 2-0, Slovenia saw off Croatia 1-0 and Russia won 3-1 against Malta.

Cyprus and Slovakia was 0-0.

Turkey beat the Netherlands 4-2 earlier on.

FULL-TIME

Not sure I saw that coming at the break. A great point for Ukraine.

Ireland started well in Belgrade but I'm not sure they really deserved anything based on the 90 minutes. They did at least treble the goal tally of Stephen Kenny's reign.

A winning start then for Serbia boss Dragan Stojkovic thanks to Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic and ex-Southampton midfielder Dusan Tadic.

BBC Sport

Result: Serbia 3-2 Republic of Ireland

FULL-TIME

All over and the reigning European champions kick off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a win. An own goal settled it but goalkeeper Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev produced a string of fine saves to deny Portugal adding further goals.

FULL-TIME

It's all over. Nine games without a victory for Stephen Kenny.

Serbia counter quickly but can't take advantage of Mark Travers being out of his box.

Robbie Brady's corner is cleared.

Mark Travers is up!

Corner to Ireland now! Fifty seconds left.

James McClean has a cross blocked. He claims for handball but gets a throw-in.

Serbia try to keep it in the corner but concede a throw-in.

Serbia get a free-kick, well won by Aleksandar Mitrovic. Three minutes to go.

INJURY TIME

Shane Long finds James Collins again. This time he plays it to James McClean, whose cross is cleared.

Four minutes added on.

Jeff Hendrick has a deflected shot from the edge of the box which is rolling wide before the keeper picks it up.

I did not see that coming. Can Ireland produce a dramatic comeback here?

GOAL - Serbia 3-2 Republic of Ireland

WELL HELLO!!!

It's a horrible mix-up and Ireland are back in this. Shane Long takes advantage of a poor header back and finds James Collins. His shot takes it past a defender and may or may not be crossing the line before he slides it in to make sure.

Dara O'Shea's header is wide from the corner. It's only Ireland's fourth effort. Most of them have been headers.

James McClean - who Stoke said wasn't fit enough to play - wins a corner.