Zinédine Zidane and Mark van Bommel both won their first games in charge of France and Belgium. Kylian Mbappé scored the only goal in Kocaeli. Belgium beat Italy 2-0 in Rome through Mika Godts and Dodi Lukebakio.
Northern Ireland stole a late winner in Tbilisi. Ukraine won in Budapest. Sweden saw off Romania with goals from Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyökeres. Armenia and Montenegro also took three points. Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina shared a blank in Warsaw.
Friday results
- Türkiye 0-1 France — Mbappé 53’ (Yıldız Entegre Kocaeli Stadyumu). Goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır was sent off late.
- Italy 0-2 Belgium — Godts 20’, Lukebakio 69’ (Stadio Olimpico, Rome).
- Hungary 0-1 Ukraine — Danylo Sikan 42’ (Puskás Aréna, Budapest).
- Georgia 0-1 Northern Ireland — Shea Charles 90+9’ (Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi).
- Sweden 2-1 Romania — Isak 20’, Gyökeres 43’; Dennis Man 29’ (Friends Arena, Stockholm).
- Montenegro 2-1 Cyprus — Marcus Edwards 55’; Nikola Krstović 66’ pen, Milutin Osmajić 86’ (Podgorica City Stadium).
- Armenia 2-0 Latvia — G. Harutyunyan 31’, A. Gharibyan 75’ (Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan).
- Poland 0-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (PGE Narodowy, Warsaw).
France and Belgium sit on three points in their League A group, above Türkiye and Italy. Mbappé’s winner was his 67th international goal, though he picked up an injury in the process of scoring from Michael Olise’s assist.
Saturday’s programme includes England v Spain and Czechia v Croatia in League A, plus Slovenia v Scotland and several League C ties. The league phase runs until mid-November.