The European qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia have come to a temporary halt with Germany, Belgium, Greece and Switzerland winning all three of their opening group matches.

France remains joint second favourites to life the World Cup after beating their main Group A rivals Holland in the Amsterdam Arena by a goal to nil.

A long distance strike from the world’s most expensive player, Paul Pogba, settled one of the plum ties of the week in the 30th minute. Holland, who were without Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder through injury, also lost Quincy Promes after 16-minutes. Promes scored twice in Holland’s 4-1 win over Belarus on Friday. Liverpool star Georginio Wijnaldum also limped off with a hamstring injury and could miss his side’s tie with Manchester United on Monday.

In the other Group A ties, Sweden maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign with a 3-0 win over Bulgaria. Belarus and Luxembourg drew 1-1. France is -275 to win the group. The Netherlands is +250 and Sweden is +800.