Slovakia 1 - Bosnia and Herzegovina 0; Latvia 2 - Lithuania 1; Greece 1 - Liechtenstein 0

Latvia hosted Lithuania for a Baltic derby in Riga.  Off a corner taken by Juris Laizans, Latvia had their opening goal.  Nauris Bulvitis boxed off Lithuania goalkeeper Zhidrunas Karchemarskas, and then rose for a header two yards out for his first international goal.  With less than five minutes to go, Marius Stankevicius was dispossessed inside the Lithuania penalty area and the ball was picked up by Valerijs Sabala.  Sabala pushed back to an open Arturs Zjuzins, whose finish made it 2-0.  Two minutes later, Latvia goalkeeper Andris Vanins spilled an easy catch on his goal line during a corner kick, and Deivydas Matulevicius was able to knee the ball over the line for Lithuania's first goal.  Latvia were ahead 2-1 at the break.

In the second half, the defenses cleaned up their mistakes, and the lack of true dangerous attacks continued during the second half.  All three goals had come from defensive errors rather than offensive force, so with the errors cleaned up no goals were anywhere to be found in the second period.  Latvia win 2-1.

Bosnia and Herzegovina were facing Slovakia at home in Zenica, the first of two meetings over a five-day span between the sides.  Slovakia were the more desperate side given their position in the table, and their emphasis on attack reflected this fate.  Juraj Kucka came closest for Slovakia in the first half, but Amer Begovic dropped quickly enough to save at his near post.  Bosnia were looking more lively by the end of the half, but the teams went into their locker rooms even at zero goals apiece.

Vladimir Weiss was put through via a through ball that left him in a foot race ahead of two Bosnia defenders.  With Begovic coming out to meet him, Weiss had the goal at his mercy from eighteen yards, but he steered just wide.  Viktor Pecovsky was next to try Begovic, but again Begovic came up
trumps.  With barely a dozen minutes left, Pecovsky found the breakthrough.  His shot from the half circle was a slow roller, but a deflection off Bosnian captain Emri Spahic helped it past Begovic, and Slovakia were ahead 1-0.  Slovakia held on through the finish and win 1-0 behind Pecovsky's first international goal.

Vaduz and cellar dwellers Liechtenstein welcomed Greece to town.  Ultra-defensive Liechtenstein were holding out easily against a typically unimaginative Greek side, and the first half was quite forgettable.  0-0 was its score.

The home side had a massive advantage with which to pull the upset when Jose Holebas was sent off for a second yellow in minute 59.  However, Liechtenstein gave a man right back in minute 66 with David Hasler pick up his own second yellow card.  Perhaps the extra space would convince the teams to go for goal.  A long switch from Konstantinos Katsouranis to Vasileios Torosidis opened the Liechtenstein defense enough for Torosidis to slot a ball across to Konstantinos Mitrouglou for a tap-in finish.  Greece win 1-0 behind the solitary goal and move level with Bosnia atop the group table.  The result eliminates not only Liechtenstein but also Lithuania from the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Bosnia 16 pts +19
Greece 16 pts +4
Slovakia 12 pts +3
Latvia 7 pts -7
Lithuania OUT
Liechtenstein OUT

Goals
Latvia
Nauris Bulvitis 20
Arturs Zjuzins 42

Lithuania
Deivydas Matulevicius 44

Slovakia
Viktor Pecovsky 77

Greece
Konstantinos Mitroglou 72

Match Reports:
http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/matches/round=2000294/match=2008707/postmatch/report/index.html
http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/matches/round=2000294/match=2008698/postmatch/report/index.html
http://www.sbnation.com/world-cup-2014-qualifying/2013/9/8/4703458/liechtenstein-vs-greece-final-score-0-1

Highlights:
http://espnfc.com/video/espnfc/video?id=1546058&cc=5901 (Latvia v. Lithuania)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9pkQpij4a0 (Slovakia v. Bosnia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM4dkSm347E (Greece v. Liechtenstein)