UEFA European Championship

FT Sunday, June 16, 2024
England DLDWL 1
–
Serbia DLWLW 0
1st2ndT
ENG101
SRB000
VELTINS-Arena · 48,953 att. · FOX

Match Report

Getty Images

Bellingham's header gives England Euro win over Serbia

An early header by Jude Bellingham was enough for England to beat Serbia 1-0 in their Group C opener at the European Championship on Sunday as they ground out a victory from a contest they initially dominated.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

8
Fouls
19
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
53.2
Possession
46.8
5
SHOTS
6
3
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
527
Accurate Passes
438
588
Passes
504
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
44
30
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
10
9
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
5
22
Effective Clearances
17
22
Clearances
17

Highlights

01:47 Burley slams 'wholly uninspiring' England despite opening win Watch on ESPN

Lineups

SRB · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Predrag RajkovicG
  2. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD
  3. 2Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  4. 13Milos VeljkovicCD-R
  5. 6Nemanja GudeljCM-L
  6. 22Sasa LukicCM-R
  7. 11Filip KosticLM
  8. 14Andrija ZivkovicRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 20Sergej Milinkovic-SavicCF-L
  11. 7Dusan VlahovicCF-R

ENG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 6Marc GuéhiCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 12Kieran TrippierLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 10Jude BellinghamAM
  7. 4Declan RiceLM
  8. 8Trent Alexander-ArnoldRM
  9. 9Harry KaneF
  10. 11Phil FodenAM-L
  11. 7Bukayo SakaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Serbia 0, England 1. Jude Bellingham (England) header from very close range to the top left corner.
  2. 39' Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 43' Substitution, Serbia. Filip Mladenovic replaces Filip Kostic because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Serbia. Ivan Ilic replaces Nemanja Gudelj.
  5. 61' Substitution, Serbia. Dusan Tadic replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  6. 61' Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Sasa Lukic.
  7. 69' Substitution, England. Conor Gallagher replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  8. 74' Substitution, Serbia. Veljko Birmancevic replaces Andrija Zivkovic.
  9. 75' Dusan Tadic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 76' Substitution, England. Jarrod Bowen replaces Bukayo Saka.
  11. 86' Substitution, England. Kobbie Mainoo replaces Jude Bellingham.

EURO News

All news
ESPN Jamie Barton Nations League explained: What is the format? How can teams qualify for Euro 2028? The Nations League offers some teams a shot at glory, and others a spot at Euro 2028. But how does it work? ESPN Tom Hamilton Dominic Calvert-Lewin? Max Dowman? England hopefuls ahead of Tuchel squad announcement On Friday morning, Thomas Tuchel will name his first England squad since the World Cup. ESPN's Tom Hamilton looks at which players who missed North America could be included. News Associated Press Police conduct raids in Germany in Euro 2024 corruption probe Police in Germany conducted raids in relation to suspected corruption at the 2024 European Championship on Wednesday. News Associated Press Euro 2028: FA won't use dynamic ticket pricing Dynamic ticket pricing will not be used for the 2028 European Championship, organisers say.