Croatia have raced into an emphatic 4-0 lead against Azerbaijan in their Euro 2016 Group H qualifier this evening in Osijek.

The home side was dominant from the off, Ivan Rakitic troubling the Azeri defence in the eighth minute.

It didn't take long for the breakthrough to come, however, as a Darijo Srna cross in the 11th minute was met by Andrej Kramaric, who smashed the ball home from close range to put Croatia a goal up.

Things would get even better for Nico Kovac's charges, who doubled their lead in the 34th minute when Ivan Perisic headed an Ivan Rakitic free kick past Kamran Agayev.

Azerbaijan then truly crumbled in first-half injury time, as Perisic struck another header into the net in the 45th minute.

Moments after the beleaguered visitors kicked off again, Luka Modric sliced open the visitors' defence to set up Marcelo Brozovic, who added a fourth for Croatia.