UEFA Nations League

FT Sunday, September 27, 2026
Netherlands DWWLD 2
–
Serbia LWLLL 1
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NED112
SRB011
Rajko Mitic Stadium · 15,212 att.

Match Report

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Xavi gets 1st Netherlands win with Meerdink brace in Serbia

Mexx Meerdink scored twice as the Netherlands beat Serbia 2-1 away in the Nations League on Sunday, giving new coach Xavi Hernándeez his first win in charge.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
6
67.2
Possession
32.8
25
SHOTS
11
8
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
572
Accurate Passes
233
636
Passes
303
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
11
0.4
Cross %
0.4
34
Long Balls
40
17
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
10
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
9
29
Effective Clearances
20
29
Clearances
20

Lineups

SRB · 5-4-1

  1. 23Vanja Milinkovic-SavicG
  2. 15Srjdan BabicCD
  3. 3Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  4. 6Nemanja GudeljCD-R
  5. 17Aleksa TerzicLB
  6. 2Kosta NedeljkovicRB
  7. 22Sasa LukicCM-L
  8. 7Aleksandar StankovicCM-R
  9. 20Sergej Milinkovic-SavicLM
  10. 14Andrija ZivkovicRM
  11. 9Dejan JoveljicF

Substitutes

  1. 18Mihajlo CvetkovicSUB
  2. 8Luka JovicSUB
  3. 5Nemanja MaksimovicSUB
  4. 1Djordje PetrovicSUB
  5. 10Dusan TadicSUB
  6. 19Stefan DzodicSUB
  7. 13Nikola SimicSUB
  8. 21Lazar SamardzicSUB
  9. 4Vanja DragojevicSUB
  10. 12Filip StankovicSUB
  11. 11Filip KosticSUB
  12. 16Strahinja ErakovicSUB

NED · 4-3-3

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 15Micky van de VenLB
  5. 22Denzel DumfriesRB
  6. 18Joey VeermanCM
  7. 14Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 8Ryan GravenberchRM
  9. 17Mexx MeerdinkF
  10. 11Cody GakpoLF
  11. 7Crysencio SummervilleRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Mark FlekkenSUB
  2. 3Jorrel HatoSUB
  3. 19Quinten TimberSUB
  4. 12Kenneth TaylorSUB
  5. 9Joshua ZirkzeeSUB
  6. 16Guus TilSUB
  7. 13Robin RoefsSUB
  8. 2Jurriën TimberSUB
  9. 21Ruben Van BommelSUB
  10. 20Teun KoopmeinersSUB
  11. 10Noa LangSUB
  12. 5Nathan AkéSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Sasa Lukic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Substitution, Netherlands. Ruben van Bommel replaces Cody Gakpo because of an injury.
  3. 30' Goal! Serbia 0, Netherlands 1. Mexx Meerdink (Netherlands) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Serbia. Dusan Tadic replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  5. 45' Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Dejan Joveljic.
  6. 46' Goal! Serbia 1, Netherlands 1. Luka Jovic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sasa Lukic.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  7. 46'
  8. 48'
  9. 59' Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Maksimovic replaces Aleksandar Stankovic.
  10. 59' Substitution, Serbia. Strahinja Erakovic replaces Kosta Nedeljkovic.
  11. 67' Substitution, Netherlands. Kenneth Taylor replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  12. 67' Substitution, Netherlands. Guus Til replaces Ryan Gravenberch.
  13. 69' Goal! Serbia 1, Netherlands 2. Mexx Meerdink (Netherlands) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Guus Til.
  14. 71' Substitution, Serbia. Filip Kostic replaces Strahinja Pavlovic.
  15. 80' Substitution, Netherlands. Quinten Timber replaces Mexx Meerdink.
  16. 80' Substitution, Netherlands. Jurriën Timber replaces Denzel Dumfries.
  17. 85' Jurriën Timber (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card.

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