Nations League matchday 2, Sunday: Greece beat Germany with 24 per cent of the ball, Portugal win in Oslo, and Ireland score three in twelve minutes

Matchday 2 opened with eight matches and eighteen goals, and Greece are the story of the first two rounds. Three days after winning in Belgrade in stoppage time, they beat Germany 1–0 in Augsburg with 24 per cent of the ball, and lead League A, Group 2 with six points from six. Portugal won 2–1 in Oslo to go six from six in Group 4, João Félix scoring for the second match in a row; Netherlands won 2–1 in Serbia through two Mexx Meerdink goals; the Republic of Ireland scored three times inside the first 25 minutes against Israel. Four of the six winners were away from home.

The early kick-offs

Lithuania 1–1 Azerbaijan in Kaunas was level by the 14th minute. A. Kučys scored a penalty on 9; Mahir Emreli equalised on 14 from Tellur Mutallimov's pass. Both sides had nine shots; Lithuania took no corners. Lithuania lead League D, Group 2 on four points.

Serbia 1–2 Netherlands was the first meeting between the two on record, and the Dutch had 67 per cent of the ball and 25 shots to eleven. Meerdink scored from the penalty spot on 30; Luka Jović equalised a minute into the second half from Saša Lukić's pass; Meerdink scored the winner on 69 from Guus Til's pass. Serbia have lost both matches and are bottom of the group.

Denmark 2–0 Wales in Copenhagen was goalless at the break. Ben Davies put through his own net on 53 and Gustav Isaksen scored on 66. Denmark had 61 per cent possession and twenty shots to ten. It is Denmark's fourth win in four meetings with Wales since 2018, and Wales have lost both of their matches without scoring.

Austria 3–1 Kosovo in Vienna was 2–0 at the interval: David Affengruber on 23 from Romano Schmid's pass and Junior Adamu on 45+2 from Patrick Wimmer's. Carney Chukwuemeka scored the third on 61, and Edon Zhegrova's penalty on 83 was Kosovo's reply. Austria had eleven shots and six on target; Kosovo had six and one. Austria have six points from two matches in League B, Group 3.

Gibraltar 0–0 Andorra was Gibraltar's first match of the campaign and the third goalless draw of the competition. Andorra had 56 per cent of the ball and eleven shots to five.

The evening

Germany 0–1 Greece in Augsburg was a match Germany controlled and lost. They had 76 per cent of the ball, fifteen shots to eight and eight corners to two; Greece put one shot on target, and Dimitrios Kourbelis scored from it on 74. Greece had lost both previous meetings on record, a friendly in June 2024 and the Euro 2012 quarter-final. Germany have one point from two matches.

Norway 1–2 Portugal was the first meeting between the two on record. João Félix scored on 17 from Pedro Neto's pass; Erling Haaland equalised on 51 from Patrick Berg's, his third goal of the two rounds; Gonçalo Ramos scored the winner on 54. Norway had 62 per cent of the ball and 21 shots to twelve; Portugal collected six yellow cards holding on.

Israel 0–3 Republic of Ireland, played in Debrecen, was over by the 25th minute. Troy Parrott scored on 13 from James Abankwah's pass, Adam Idah on 16 from Jack Moylan's, and Moylan himself on 25. Israel had 64 per cent of the ball afterwards and eight shots; Ireland had nine. Austria lead League B, Group 3 on six points, Kosovo and Ireland have three each, Israel none.

Numbers to know

• Eighteen goals in eight matches, six winners and two draws. Two home wins, four away wins.
• Greece have six points from two matches with 24 per cent of the ball in Augsburg and 61 in Belgrade, and ten shots on target across the two.
• Germany had fifteen shots, eight corners and 76 per cent of the ball and lost to one shot on target.
• Three goals in twelve minutes for Ireland, on 13, 16 and 25, all in the first half; none of Sunday's other matches had a goal before the 9th minute.
• Six points from six: Greece, Portugal and Austria. Two defeats from two: Serbia, Wales, Israel.
• Haaland has three goals in two matches; João Félix and Meerdink have two each.

Next up

Monday has eight matches: Georgia v Ukraine, Armenia v Montenegro and Latvia v Cyprus at 16:00 UTC, then Belgium v France, Türkiye v Italy, Northern Ireland v Hungary, Sweden v Poland and Romania v Bosnia and Herzegovina at 18:45. Tuesday closes the round with Spain v Croatia and Czechia v England. All 26 matches are in the matchday 2 preview, and the full round is on the Nations League page.