Former World and European Champion Spain thrashed Georgia 4-0 at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, in Tbilisi on Saturday.
The 2010 world champions, who are three points clear with one match remaining in Group E, only needed 11 minutes before breaking the deadlock in Tbilisi, with Mikel Oyarzabal’s penalty following a handball from Giorgi Gocholeishvili.
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Arsenal midfielder Martin Zubimendi doubled Spain’s lead 11 minutes later, beating Liverpool goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, with former Manchester City striker Ferran Torres adding a third before half-time from Oyarzabal’s pass.
Torres then provided a curling cross in the 63rd minute, which was headed in by Oyarzabal for his second goal and Spain’s fourth.
Spain, top of FIFA’s world rankings, have won all five of their qualifiers, scoring 19 goals without conceding in the process.
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The Luis de la Fuente’s side would have secured automatic qualification if Turkey had dropped points against Bulgaria, but Hakan Calhanoglu’s penalty and Atanas Chernev’s own goal gave Turkey a 2-0 win.
But, with a goal difference 14 worse than Spain’s, Turkey need to win by a seven-goal margin in Sevilla on Tuesday to deny the Spanish automatic qualification for next summer’s tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
