The Nations League has reached its fifth round of matches and there are a handful of sides who can seal qualification and promotion with positive results in their next games.
Among those are World champions France, while there are also a number of lower-ranked nations who are impressing in the new competition.
Here, Press Association Sport details five things to look out for in the Nations League this weekend.
Qualification
Spain visit Croatia, a team they beat 6-0 at home, while Portugal travel to Italy. France could qualify if they beat the Netherlands in Rotterdam but the World Cup winners will be without big-name players such as Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba and Alexandre Lacazette after their withdrawals from the squad.
Kosovo in with a chance
Tonight will be a proud moment for Kosovo ?
Their #NationsLeague fixture vs Faroe Islands is the first official international match at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Prishtina ??
The stadium was built with the help of UEFA’s HatTrick programme ?️✅https://t.co/7ROrApNAtx
— UEFA (@UEFA) September 10, 2018
Having only joined UEFA in 2016, Kosovo could be promoted from Group 3 of the Nations League’s League D.
Kosovo would need to beat Malta away and hope Azerbaijan fail to beat the Faroe Islands to secure their promotion.
Luxembourg surprises
A win at home against Belarus would also secure an unlikely promotion for Luxembourg in a group that also contains Moldova and San Marino.
Gibraltar in with a chance
More on the news of Ribas 27-man squad for this month’s crunch #NationsLeague double-header #Gibraltarhttps://t.co/IEFWNGSrTv
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— Football Gibraltar ⚽️ (@FootballGib) November 5, 2018
One of the competition’s newest nations, having only been accepted in 2016, Gibraltar remain in the mix for possible qualification from League D.
Gibraltar have beaten Liechtenstein and Armenia in their campaign so far and will be hoping for a similar result when they host the latter on Friday.
Welsh hopes
Chris Mepham and Ethan Ampadu also return to boost Wales while Ireland will be looking for wins to move them off bottom spot in the group.
