Serbia vs Spain 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

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Spain held by Serbia in drab goalless draw

Euro 2024 champions Spain were held to a dour goalless away draw with Serbia in Nations League Group Four on Thursday, ending a nine-game winning streak and dropping their first points since March.

Match Commentary

5': Strahinja Erakovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
21': Ayoze Pérez (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
27': Dani Carvajal (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
41': Lamine Yamal (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Serbia. Jan-Carlo Simic replaces Strahinja Erakovic.
45': Second Half begins Serbia 0, Spain 0.
56': Substitution, Spain. Álex Grimaldo replaces Marc Cucurella.
57': Substitution, Spain. Mikel Oyarzabal replaces Ayoze Pérez.
59': Robin Le Normand (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
62': Substitution, Serbia. Kristijan Belic replaces Andrija Zivkovic.
67': Dani Olmo (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Kristijan Belic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74': Substitution, Serbia. Marko Grujic replaces Luka Jovic.
74': Substitution, Serbia. Petar Ratkov replaces Lazar Samardzic.
76': Substitution, Spain. Pedri replaces Fabián Ruiz.
82': Substitution, Spain. Ferran Torres replaces Nico Williams.
82': Substitution, Spain. Joselu replaces Dani Olmo.
85': Substitution, Serbia. Stefan Mitrovic replaces Ivan Ilic.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Rajko Mitic Stadium
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: 29,981

UEFA Nations League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+9	Spain	6	16	0
+2	Denmark	6	8	2
-3	Serbia	6	6	2
-8	Switzerland	6	2	4

Full Table

Statistics

ESP		SRB
12	Fouls	11
5	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
9	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	5
73.7	Possession	26.3
21	SHOTS	9
5	ON GOAL	1
0.2	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
556	Accurate Passes	165
611	Passes	227
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.7
9	Accurate Crosses	1
45	Crosses	7
0.2	Cross %	0.1
22	Long Balls	44
18	Accurate Long Balls	17
0.8	Long Balls %	0.4
4	Blocked Shots	2
6	Effective Tackles	10
10	Tackles	17
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
3	Interceptions	13
6	Effective Clearances	43
6	Clearances	43

Line-Ups

Serbia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Predrag Rajkovic (GK)
4	Nikola Milenkovic
3	Strahinja Pavlovic
16	Strahinja Erakovic
10	Sasa Lukic
17	Ivan Ilic
7	Veljko Birmancevic
2	Kosta Nedeljkovic
8	Luka Jovic
14	Andrija Zivkovic
11	Lazar Samardzic

Substitutes:

Aleksa Terzic, Srjdan Babic, Kristijan Belic, Milan Aleksic, Marko Ilic, Jan-Carlo Simic, Stefan Mitrovic, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Petar Ratkov, Djordje Jovanovic, Marko Grujic.

Spain (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	David Raya (GK)
14	Aymeric Laporte
3	Robin Le Normand
22	Marc Cucurella
2	Dani Carvajal
10	Dani Olmo
8	Fabián Ruiz
6	Martín Zubimendi
15	Ayoze Pérez
17	Nico Williams
19	Lamine Yamal

Substitutes:

Pepelu, Robert Sánchez, Álex Remiro, Pau Torres, Óscar Mingueza, Aleix García, Mikel Oyarzabal, Joselu, Yeremy Pino, Pedri, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ferran Torres.