Summary

  • First round of European World Cup qualifiers

  • Serbia v Republic of Ireland & Portugal v Azerbaijan in Group A

  • Browne header gives Irish lead; Vlahovic levels & Mitrovic double for turnaround; Collins pulls one back

  • Irish yet to win a game under Kenny, one goal in eight games

  • Plus France v Ukraine, Gibraltar v Norway & Slovenia v Croatia

Live Reporting

Emlyn Begley

  1. Norway have taken a 1-0 lead against Gibraltar thanks to a header from Alexander Sorloth.

  2. Serbia 1-1 Republic of Ireland

    Dusan Tadic tries to score from the resulting corner but his shot hits the side-netting. Mark Travers ran into the post trying to stop it.

  3. Serbia 1-1 Republic of Ireland

    The Irish just need to get through to half-time now.

    Filip Duricic gets in behind the away defence and forces a first save from Mark Travers.

  4. Serbia 1-1 Republic of Ireland

    And now it's all Serbia. Filip Duricic almost puts the hosts ahead but his shot is blocked by a good Irish diving tackle.

  5. goal

    GOAL - Serbia 1-1 Republic of Ireland

    Dusan Vlahovic (40 mins)

    And just like that Serbia are level. Stefan Mitrovic plays a ball forward and Dusan Tadic beats an Irish defender in the air to head it into the path of Dusan Vlahovic, who beats Dara O'Shea, before slotting home into the far corner.

  6. goal

    GOAL - Portugal 1-0 Azerbaijan

    Maksim Medvedev OG (37 mins)

    Tremendously unfortunate for Azerbaijan as they concede through an own goal.

    They had been defending well against wave after wave of Portugal attacks but Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev compounds to punch Bernardo Silva's free kick onto Maksim Medvedev and the ball deflects into the back of the net.

  7. Serbia 0-1 Republic of Ireland

    Chance for Serbia as Fiorentina youngster Dusan Vlahovic flashes a header just wide of the far post.

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  9. France 1-0 Ukraine

    Couple of decent chances for the world champions aside from Antoine Griezmann's stunning strike.

    And both have fallen to Olivier Giroud. The Chelsea forward should probably have helped himself to a couple of goals by now. Instead he's misdirected both a header and left-foot effort over from close range.

  10. Get Involved

    #bbcfootball or 81111 on text

    So happy we have finally scored, Alan Browne a much underrated player and that will give him a lot of confidence now. It would be nice to see Jason Knight be given game time tonight he is the future and needs to start playing.

    Thomas Harrington Roundhay

  11. A few goals elsewhere, Slovenia lead Croatia 1-0 in a Balkan derby, Russia are 1-0 up against Malta and the Czech Republic lead 3-1 against Estonia. Tomas Soucek has bagged there.

  12. Serbia 0-1 Republic of Ireland

    Josh Cullen is down getting treatment. The Anderlecht midfielder has played well.

    Good news as he gets up and jogs away. He's fine.

  13. Wales trail against Belgium

    Wales took a surprise lead early doors but Kevin de Bruyne and Thorgan Hazard have now hit back for the hosts.

    Follow BBC Wales' live text commentary here.

  14. Serbia 0-1 Republic of Ireland

    Callum Robinson gets a couple of crosses into the box but Serbia clear.

    It's interesting to see an Irish team without mainstays of recent years like David McGoldrick (retired), Jeff Hendrick, Shane Duffy (both dropped) and Darren Randolph (injured).

  15. Serbia 0-1 Republic of Ireland

    Some 677 minutes after the last Irish goal, here is a picture of Alan Browne's header.

    Alan Browne scores the opening goalInpho

  16. Serbia 0-1 Republic of Ireland

    The Irish are defending with a bank of five and another of four when Serbia are attacking. They do well to pressure the ball all the way back to Serbia's keeper.

    Then it's great play by Matt Doherty to cut out a potentially dangerous through ball.

  17. Serbia 0-1 Republic of Ireland

    This has been a very good Irish performance so far, defending well and SCORING A GOAL.

    Matt Doherty with Filip MladenovićBBC Sport

    Matt Doherty with Filip Mladenović

  18. goal

    GOAL - France 1-0 Ukraine

    Antoine Griezmann

    Superb curling finish into the top left corner from 18 yards.

    What a way for Antoine Griezmann to bring up his 34th international goal.

    That takes the Barcelona forward level with David Trezeguet on Les Bleus' all-time top scorers list. He's still behind Thierry Henry (51), Olivier Giroud (44) and Michel Platini (41).

  19. Serbia 0-1 Republic of Ireland

    Serbia have another corner, it's another good cross from Dusan Tadic, but headed away.

  20. Serbia 0-1 Republic of Ireland

    Both of the Republic of Ireland's goals under Stephen Kenny have been headers - for all the talk of the new Irish style of playing proper football.

    Shane Duffy headed in a last-minute equaliser against Bulgaria in Kenny's first game, then seven games without a goal, and now Alan Browne nodding in.