UEFA Nations League | League A Matchday 2 | 2026-09-28 01:00 JST
Match summary
Serbia and Netherlands met in the UEFA Nations League League A Matchday 2 on September 28. Netherlands held on to beat Serbia 2-1. Netherlands led 1-0 at half-time. In the second half, Netherlands scored 1 and Serbia scored 1.
Scorers: Serbia – L. Jović; Netherlands – M. Meerdink (2 goals). Assists: Serbia – S. Lukić; Netherlands – G. Til.
Netherlands controlled the game with 67% possession and 25 shots (11 for their opponents). Netherlands scored 2 from 8 shots on target.
Team stats
5-4-1
4-3-3
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| Serbia | Stat | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 5-4-1 | Formation | 4-3-3 |
| 33% | Possession | 67% |
| 11 | Shots | 25 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 8 |
| 4 | Shots off target | 7 |
| 1 | Blocked shots | 10 |
| 10 | Shots inside the box | 15 |
| 1 | Shots outside the box | 10 |
| 3 | Corner kicks | 4 |
| 4 | Offsides | 2 |
| 7 | Fouls | 10 |
| 303 | Passes | 634 |
| 234 | Accurate passes | 572 |
| 6 | Goalkeeper saves | 5 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Referee: Szymon Marciniak, Poland
Player stats
Serbia
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | V. Milinković-Savić | 0 | 20(51%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 90 | ||||||||||
| DF | Kosta Nedeljković | 0 | 6(75%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 59 | 1 | 3(None) | |||||||
| DF | N. Gudelj | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 | 90 | 5(2) | ||||||
| DF | Srđan Babić | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 90 | 6(3) | ||||||
| DF | S. Pavlović | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19(73%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.5 | 71 | 1 | 11(3) | ||||
| DF | A. Terzić | 0 | 2 | 25(81%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.7 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 8(2) | |||||
| MF | Andrija Živković | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19(73%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | 90 | 2 | 3(1) | |||||
| MF | A. Stanković | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15(94%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 59 | 1 | 5(3) | ||||||
| MF | S. Lukić | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22(92%) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.9 | 90 | 1 | 3 | 7(5) | |||
| MF | Sergej Milinković-Savić | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12(75%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.6 | 45 | 8(4) | |||||
| FW | Dejan Joveljić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6(55%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | 45 | 4(2) | |||||
| FW | L. Jović | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7(58%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 | 45 | 12(6) | |||||
| FW | D. Tadić | 0 | 1 | 6(60%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 4 | 5(2) | |||||
| DF | Strahinja Eraković | 0 | 1(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 31 | 1 | 1(None) | ||||||||
| MF | Nemanja Maksimović | 0 | 5(71%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 31 | 2 | 4(1) | ||||||||
| MF | F. Kostić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 | 19 | 2(2) | |||||
| GK | Đ. Petrović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| GK | F. Stanković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Nikola Simić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | Vanja Dragojević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | S. Džodić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | L. Samardžić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FW | M. CvetkoviÄ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Netherlands
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | B. Verbruggen | 0 | 19(86%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 90 | ||||||||||
| DF | D. Dumfries | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46(96%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 | 80 | 3 | 2(2) | ||||
| DF | J. van Hecke | 1 | 0 | 109(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 90 | 2 | 8(7) | |||||||
| DF | V. van Dijk | 0 | 71(99%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.3 | 90 | 8(5) | ||||||||
| DF | M. van de Ven | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 90 | 6(3) | ||||||
| MF | R. Gravenberch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1(50%) | 35(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.7 | 67 | 1 | 7(4) | |||
| MF | J. Veerman | 0 | 4 | 105(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.2 | 90 | 5 | 3 | 9(6) | ||||
| MF | Tijjani Reijnders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1(33%) | 23(92%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 67 | 4 | 4(2) | |||||
| FW | Crysencio Summerville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3(60%) | 3 | 42(88%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.7 | 90 | 13(7) | |||
| FW | M. Meerdink | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1(50%) | 14(74%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.5 | 80 | 3 | 11(3) | ||||
| FW | C. Gakpo | 0 | 1 | 6(67%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 3(2) | ||||||
| FW | R. van Bommel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3(100%) | 33(89%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 73 | 3 | 5(4) | |||||
| MF | K. Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6(55%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | 23 | 4(1) | ||||||
| MF | G. Til | 0 | 1 | 9(100%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 23 | 2 | 3(2) | |||||||
| DF | J. Timber | 0 | 2(67%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1(None) | |||||||
| MF | Q. Timber | 0 | 9(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 10 | ||||||||||
| GK | R. Roefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| GK | M. Flekken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | J. Hato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | N. Aké | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | T. Koopmeiners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FW | J. Zirkzee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FW | N. Lang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lineups
Serbia
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 23 | V. Milinković-Savić |
| Starter | DF | 2 | K. Nedeljkovic |
| Starter | DF | 6 | N. Gudelj |
| Starter | DF | 15 | S. Babic |
| Starter | DF | 3 | S. Pavlović |
| Starter | DF | 17 | A. Terzić |
| Starter | MF | 14 | A. Zivkovic |
| Starter | MF | 7 | A. Stanković |
| Starter | MF | 22 | S. Lukić |
| Starter | MF | 20 | S. Milinkovic-Savic |
| Starter | FW | 9 | D. Joveljic |
| Bench | DF | 16 | S. Erakovic |
| Bench | FW | 10 | D. Tadić |
| Bench | MF | 5 | N. Maksimovic |
| Bench | MF | 11 | F. Kostić |
| Bench | FW | 8 | L. Jović |
Show unused substitutes (7)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 1 | Đ. Petrović |
| Bench | GK | 12 | F. Stanković |
| Bench | DF | 13 | N. Simic |
| Bench | MF | 19 | S. Džodić |
| Bench | MF | 4 | V. Dragojevic |
| Bench | MF | 21 | L. Samardžić |
| Bench | FW | 18 | M. CvetkoviÄ |
Netherlands
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 1 | B. Verbruggen |
| Starter | DF | 22 | D. Dumfries |
| Starter | DF | 6 | J. van Hecke |
| Starter | DF | 4 | V. van Dijk |
| Starter | DF | 15 | M. van de Ven |
| Starter | MF | 8 | R. Gravenberch |
| Starter | MF | 18 | J. Veerman |
| Starter | MF | 14 | T. Reijnders |
| Starter | FW | 7 | C. Summerville |
| Starter | FW | 17 | M. Meerdink |
| Starter | FW | 11 | C. Gakpo |
| Bench | DF | 2 | J. Timber |
| Bench | MF | 19 | Q. Timber |
| Bench | MF | 12 | K. Taylor |
| Bench | MF | 16 | G. Til |
| Bench | FW | 21 | R. van Bommel |
Show unused substitutes (7)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 23 | M. Flekken |
| Bench | GK | 13 | R. Roefs |
| Bench | DF | 5 | N. Aké |
| Bench | DF | 3 | J. Hato |
| Bench | MF | 20 | T. Koopmeiners |
| Bench | FW | 9 | J. Zirkzee |
| Bench | FW | 10 | N. Lang |
Match events
| Time | Team | Event | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1H 12' | Serbia | 🟨 Yellow card | S. Lukić | |
| 1H 17' | Netherlands | 🔄 Substitution | OUT C. Gakpo → IN R. van Bommel | |
| 1H 30' | Netherlands | ⚽ Goal | M. Meerdink | 0-1 |
| 2H 1' | Serbia | 🔄 Substitution | OUT S. Milinkovic-Savic → IN D. Tadić | |
| 2H 1' | Serbia | 🔄 Substitution | OUT D. Joveljic → IN L. Jović | |
| 2H 1' | Serbia | ⚽ Goal | L. Jović | 1-1 |
| 2H 14' | Serbia | 🔄 Substitution | OUT K. Nedeljkovic → IN S. Erakovic | |
| 2H 14' | Serbia | 🔄 Substitution | OUT A. Stanković → IN N. Maksimovic | |
| 2H 22' | Netherlands | 🔄 Substitution | OUT T. Reijnders → IN K. Taylor | |
| 2H 22' | Netherlands | 🔄 Substitution | OUT R. Gravenberch → IN G. Til | |
| 2H 24' | Netherlands | ⚽ Goal | M. Meerdink | 1-2 |
| 2H 26' | Serbia | 🔄 Substitution | OUT S. Pavlović → IN F. Kostić | |
| 2H 35' | Netherlands | 🔄 Substitution | OUT D. Dumfries → IN J. Timber | |
| 2H 35' | Netherlands | 🔄 Substitution | OUT M. Meerdink → IN Q. Timber | |
| 2H 40' | Netherlands | 🟨 Yellow card | J. Timber |
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