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Serbia vs Netherlands: match report

Serbia hosted Netherlands at Rajko Mitic Stadium on Sunday 27 September 2026, in the Nations League (round 2). Szymon Marciniak is the referee, averaging 3.6 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.

Result and scorers

Serbia 1-2 Netherlands. Goals: Mexx Meerdink 30' (pen) for Netherlands; Luka Jovic 46' for Serbia; Mexx Meerdink 69' for Netherlands. Attendance: 15,212.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 12' Yellow card: Sasa Lukic (Serbia)
  • 30' Penalty: Mexx Meerdink (Netherlands) 0-1
  • 46' Goal: Luka Jovic (Serbia) 1-1
  • 69' Goal: Mexx Meerdink (Netherlands) 1-2
  • 85' Yellow card: Jurriën Timber (Netherlands)
Match stats (contains the result)
32.8%Possession67.2%
11Shots25
6Shots on target8
3Corners4
7Fouls10
4Offsides2
6Saves5
1Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Serbia 5-4-1

Coach: Veljko Paunović

  1. 23 Vanja Milinković-Savić GK
  2. 6 Nemanja Gudelj DEF
  3. 15 Srdjan Babić DEF
  4. 3 Strahinja Pavlović DEF
  5. 2 Kosta Nedeljković DEF
  6. 17 Aleksa Terzić DEF
  7. 14 Andrija Živković FWD
  8. 7 Aleksandar Stanković MID
  9. 22 Saša Lukić MID
  10. 20 Sergej Milinković-Savić MID
  11. 9 Dejan Joveljić FWD

Bench

  • 10 Dušan Tadić MID
  • 8 Luka Jović FWD
  • 16 Strahinja Eraković DEF
  • 5 Nemanja Maksimović MID
  • 11 Filip Kostić MID
  • 1 Djordje Petrović GK
  • 12 Filip Stanković GK
  • 13 Nikola Simić DEF
  • 21 Lazar Samardžić MID
  • 19 Stefan Džodić MID
  • 4 Vanja Dragojević MID
  • 18 Mihajlo Cvetković FWD

Netherlands 4-3-3

Coach: Xavi Hernández

  1. 1 Bart Verbruggen GK
  2. 22 Denzel Dumfries DEF
  3. 6 Jan Paul van Hecke DEF
  4. 4 Virgil van Dijk DEF
  5. 15 Micky van de Ven DEF
  6. 8 Ryan Gravenberch MID
  7. 18 Joey Veerman MID
  8. 14 Tijjani Reijnders MID
  9. 7 Crysencio Summerville FWD
  10. 17 Mexx Meerdink FWD
  11. 11 Cody Gakpo FWD

Bench

  • 21 Ruben van Bommel FWD
  • 12 Kenneth Taylor MID
  • 16 Guus Til FWD
  • 2 Jurriën Timber DEF
  • 19 Quinten Timber MID
  • 23 Mark Flekken GK
  • 13 Robin Roefs GK
  • 3 Jorrel Hato DEF
  • 5 Nathan Aké DEF
  • 20 Teun Koopmeiners MID
  • 9 Joshua Zirkzee FWD
  • 10 Noa Lang FWD