The Group C qualifier had already been delayed for 35 minutes as Serbian fans threw flares and lit fireworks in protest at the poor start their team has made to qualifying.

Friday's 3-1 loss to Estonia was Vladimir Petrovic's first in charge, but his second barely began before being abandoned.

The aborted match allowed Slovenia to draw level with Italy at the top of Group C on seven points as an own goal from Estonia'sAndrei Sidorenkov was enough for them to win 1-0 in Tallinn.

The Faroe Islands enjoyed a 1-1 draw against Northern Ireland, having taken the lead through Christian Holst before Kyle Lafferty's equaliser.

World Cup winners Spain survived a scare before they beat Scotland 3-2 in Glasgow.

The visitors had looked on course for a comfortable evening when a David Villa penalty and Andreas Iniesta's strike shortly after half-time put them 2-0 ahead.

But the Scots roared back with Steven Naismith's strike and a Gerard Pique own goal levelling matters, before substitute Fernando Llorente decided the contest 11 minutes from the end.

It meant Spain maintained their perfect record from three games in Group I, with the Czech Republic three points adrift after they won 2-0 in Liechtenstein.

Tomas Necid and Vaclav Kadlec scored the goals inside the opening half-hour.

Holland made it four wins from as many games as they thumped Sweden 4-1.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Ibrahim Afellay both scored doubles with Andreas Granqvist scoring a late consolation for the visitors, who slipped behind Hungary in Group E.

The Hungarians claimed their third win of the campaign thanks to a last-minute Balazs Dzsudzsak strike as they overcame Finland 2-1.

Adam Szalai's second-half opener had earlier been cancelled out by Finland'sMikael Forssell.

Moldova won their battle with fellow minnows San Marino 2-0 thanks to goals from Nicolae Josan and Anatolie Doros.

Switzerland claimed their first points as they trounced Group G rivals Wales 4-1.

Valentin Stocker's opener was cancelled out by Gareth Bale, but Marco Strellar put the Swiss back in front with 21 minutes played.

Gokhan Inler sealed the result with an 82nd-minute penalty before Stocker got his second.

Montenegro stayed top of the group as they held England to a 0-0 draw at Wembley.

New Portugal boss Paulo Bento claimed his second win in as many games as Portugal hauled themselves back into contention in Group H with a 3-1 win in Iceland.

Cristiano Ronaldo's third-minute free-kick fired them ahead before Helgi Danielsson levelled.

Raul Meireles struck to put Portugal back in front just before the half-hour mark and substitute Helder Postiga sealed the win in the second half.

The win moved Portugal to seven points, two behind Norway who were not in qualification action tonight.

Denmark are a point behind the Portuguese after they beat Cyprus 2-0. Morten Skoubo and Kasper Lorentzen scored both goals after half-time.

Greece lead the way in Group F after they beat Israel 2-1.

Dimitris Salpingidis opened the scoring in the 22nd minute but Israel pulled level just after half-time when Greek defender Nikolaos Spyropoulos turned Roberto Coluatti's cross past his own goalkeeper.

Georgia extended their unbeaten run but were denied all three points as Aleksandrs Cauna's wonderful last-gasp equaliser earned Latvia a 1-1 draw in Riga.

David Siradze had put the visitors ahead with just 16 minutes remaining.

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In Group A, Belgium and Austria shared eight goals in a thrilling 4-4 draw at the Koning Boudewijn Stadion.

Austria, who had Paul Scharner sent off, were 3-2 ahead with 87 minutes gone after goals from Franz Schiemer (two) and Marko Arnautovic had cancelled out efforts from Belgian duo Jelle Vossen and Marouane Fellaini.

Then, with just three minutes plus injury-time left, Marwin Ogunjimi and Nicolas Lombaerts put Belgium in front before Martin Harnik levelled deep in added time.

Germany scored three times in the second half against a stubborn Kazakhstan to go top of the group with four wins from four.

Miroslav Klose, Mario Gomez and Lukas Podolski were on target.

Elsewhere, Azerbaijan registered their first points of the campaign with a shock 1-0 defeat of Turkey courtesy of Rashad Sadygov's 39th-minute effort.

Russia went top of Group B with nine points following a fortunate 1-0 win over FYR Macedonia.

Alexander Kerzhakov scored in the eighth minute and the visitors held out despite a second-half rally from the hosts, who saw Ilco Naumoski miss a penalty.

The Republic of Ireland missed the chance to go into the top two with a 1-1 draw in Slovakia. Sean St Ledger put Giovanni Trapattoni's side one up in the 16th minute only for Jan Durica to respond 20 minutes later.

Armenia finished the day in second place courtesy of a 4-0 victory over Andorra, with Gevorg Ghazarian, Henrik Mkhitaryan, Yura Movsisyan and Marcos Pizelli netting.

France remained top of Group D despite an uninspiring 2-0 win over visiting Luxembourg.

The French fans may have expected a glut of goals but instead had to make do with one in each half from Karim Benzema and Yoann Gourcuff.

Belarus replaced opponents Albania in second spot after a 2-0 home win - Vitaly Rodionov and substitute Sergey Krivets with the goals.