Viktor Gyokeres scores four as Sweden crush Azerbaijan in Nations League

Viktor Gyokeres celebrates a goal — Image caption,
Viktor Gyokeres has scored 12 goals in five games for club and country this month

Michael Emons

BBC Sport journalist

Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres scored four goals, Tottenham forward Dejan Kulusevski got two and Newcastle's Alexander Isak missed a penalty as Sweden crushed Azerbaijan.

Sweden had already won Nations League Group C1 with a game to spare and only needed 10 minutes before scoring through Kulusevski's first of the night.

The Spurs man then set up Gyokeres, with him scoring again in the 37th minute.

Isak thought he had made it 4-0 at the end of the first half, only for a video assistant referee (VAR) decision to rule him offside.

The Newcastle striker then had a penalty saved by Azerbaijan goalkeeper Rza Cafarov, although Kulusevski then scored Sweden's fourth goal nine minutes later.

Azerbaijan, already guaranteed to finish bottom of the group and be relegated, instantly lost possession from the restart and that allowed Gyokeres to complete his hat-trick before he grabbed his fourth in the 70th minute.

Gyokeres, who played in the English Championship with Swansea City and Coventry City before moving to Portugal, has scored 23 club goals for Sporting this season and nine goals for Sweden in 2024-25.

He netted a hat-trick in Sporting's 4-1 win over Manchester City in the Champions League this month in Ruben Amorim's penultimate match in charge before ing Manchester United.

Gyokeres, 26, has been linked with a move following Amorim to Old Trafford in the summer and has an £83m release clause in his contract.

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Portugal	6	4	2	0	13	5	8	14	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
2 Croatia	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
3 Scotland	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1	7	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
4 Poland	6	1	1	4	9	16	-7	4	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	6	4	1	1	12	6	6	13	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
2 Italy	6	4	1	1	13	8	5	13	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss
3 Belgium	6	1	1	4	6	9	-3	4	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
4 Israel	6	1	1	4	5	13	-8	4	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	6	4	2	0	18	4	14	14	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
2 Netherlands	6	2	3	1	13	7	6	9	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
3 Hungary	6	1	3	2	4	11	-7	6	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
4 Bosnia-Herzegovina	6	0	2	4	4	17	-13	2	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Spain	6	5	1	0	13	4	9	16	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Denmark	6	2	2	2	7	5	2	8	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
3 Serbia	6	1	3	2	3	6	-3	6	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
4 Switzerland	6	0	2	4	6	14	-8	2	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Czech Republic	6	3	2	1	9	8	1	11	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
2 Ukraine	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
3 Georgia	6	2	1	3	7	6	1	7	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
4 Albania	6	2	1	3	4	6	-2	7	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 England	6	5	1	16	3	13	15	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Greece	6	5	1	11	4	7	15	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
3 Republic of Ireland	6	2	4	3	12	-9	6	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
4 Finland	6	0	6	2	13	-11	0	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Norway	6	4	1	1	15	7	8	13	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win
2 Austria	6	3	2	1	14	5	9	11	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
3 Slovenia	6	2	2	2	7	9	-2	8	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
4 Kazakhstan	6	0	1	5	0	15	-15	1	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Wales	6	3	3	0	9	4	5	12	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win
2 Turkey	6	3	2	1	9	6	3	11	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
3 Iceland	6	2	1	3	10	13	-3	7	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
4 Montenegro	6	1	0	5	4	9	-5	3	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Sweden	6	5	1	0	19	4	15	16	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Slovakia	6	4	1	1	10	5	5	13	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win
3 Estonia	6	1	1	4	3	9	-6	4	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
4 Azerbaijan	6	0	1	5	3	17	-14	1	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Romania	5	5	0	15	3	12	15	No Result Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Kosovo	5	4	1	10	4	6	12	No Result Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
3 Cyprus	6	2	4	4	15	-11	6	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
4 Lithuania	6	0	6	4	11	-7	0	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Northern Ireland	6	3	2	1	11	3	8	11	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
2 Bulgaria	6	2	3	1	3	6	-3	9	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
3 Belarus	6	1	4	1	3	4	-1	7	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
4 Luxembourg	6	0	3	3	3	7	-4	3	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 North Macedonia	6	5	1	0	10	1	9	16	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Armenia	6	2	1	3	8	9	-1	7	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
3 Faroe Islands	6	1	3	2	5	6	-1	6	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
4 Latvia	6	1	1	4	4	11	-7	4	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 San Marino	4	2	1	1	5	3	2	7	No Result No Result Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
2 Gibraltar	4	1	3	0	4	3	1	6	No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
3 Liechtenstein	4	0	2	2	3	6	-3	2	No Result No Result Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Moldova	4	3	0	1	5	1	4	9	No Result No Result Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
2 Malta	4	2	1	1	2	2	0	7	No Result No Result Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw
3 Andorra	4	0	1	3	0	4	-4	1	No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw

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