UEFA Nations League

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

· UEFA Nations League
Serbia
  • 45'+1': Nico Elvedi (OG)
  • 61': Aleksandar Mitrovic
FT
2 - 0
Switzerland

    Serbia ease to 2-0 Nations League win over Switzerland

    Serbia beat Switzerland 2-0 to earn their first victory in Nations League A Group Four on Saturday, while the visitors missed a penalty and fell to their third successive defeat of the competition.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 5': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Marko Grujic.
    • 9': Foul by Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia).
    • 9': Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 17': Attempt saved. Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
    • 18': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Strahinja Erakovic.
    • 21': Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Strahinja Erakovic (Serbia).
    • 22': Hand ball by Lazar Samardzic (Serbia).
    • 23': Foul by Silvan Widmer (Switzerland).
    • 23': Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 23': Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 29': Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
    • 30': Offside, Switzerland. Dan Ndoye is caught offside.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Silvan Widmer.
    • 33': Foul by Breel Embolo (Switzerland).
    • 33': Marko Grujic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 34': Delay in match because of an injury Marko Grujic (Serbia).
    • 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 36': Offside, Switzerland. Breel Embolo is caught offside.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marko Grujic.
    • 37': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Nico Elvedi.
    • 38': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Silvan Widmer.
    • 39': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Remo Freuler.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Veljko Birmancevic with a cross following a corner.
    • 40': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 40': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
    • 44': Foul by Nico Elvedi (Switzerland).
    • 44': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 44': Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45': Foul by Michel Aebischer (Switzerland).
    • 45': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Own Goal by Nico Elvedi, Switzerland. Serbia 1, Switzerland 0.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Serbia 1, Switzerland 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Serbia 1, Switzerland 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Marko Grujic.
    • 45': Substitution, Switzerland. Fabian Rieder replaces Silvan Widmer.
    • 47': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Nico Elvedi (Switzerland).
    • 47': Foul by Dan Ndoye (Switzerland).
    • 47': Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Luka Jovic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
    • 48': Foul by Breel Embolo (Switzerland).
    • 48': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Delay in match because of an injury Sasa Lukic (Serbia).
    • 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Zeki Amdouni (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
    • 52': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
    • 53': Delay in match because of an injury Sasa Lukic (Serbia).
    • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 53': Substitution, Serbia. Sasa Zdjelar replaces Sasa Lukic because of an injury.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Fabian Rieder with a cross.
    • 54': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabian Rieder.
    • 54': Offside, Switzerland. Dan Ndoye is caught offside.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nemanja Maksimovic.
    • 61': Foul by Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia).
    • 61': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Goal! Serbia 2, Switzerland 0. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sasa Zdjelar.
    • 63': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 63': Foul by Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia).
    • 64': Foul by Breel Embolo (Switzerland).
    • 64': Sasa Zdjelar (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Attempt saved. Luka Jovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Strahinja Erakovic with a cross.
    • 70': Substitution, Switzerland. Andi Zeqiri replaces Zeki Amdouni.
    • 70': Substitution, Switzerland. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Michel Aebischer.
    • 70': Substitution, Switzerland. Ulisses Garcia replaces Ricardo Rodríguez.
    • 71': Penalty Switzerland. Dan Ndoye draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 71': Penalty conceded by Kosta Nedeljkovic (Serbia) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 71': Kosta Nedeljkovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 72': Penalty saved. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 73': Substitution, Serbia. Jan-Carlo Simic replaces Kosta Nedeljkovic.
    • 74': Substitution, Serbia. Andrija Maksimovic replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
    • 74': Foul by Andi Zeqiri (Switzerland).
    • 74': Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Veljko Birmancevic.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Andi Zeqiri (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabian Rieder with a cross.
    • 77': Andrija Maksimovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 77': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
    • 79': Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Edimilson Fernandes.
    • 79': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Predrag Rajkovic.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Fabian Rieder with a cross following a corner.
    • 81': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 81': Foul by Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia).
    • 81': Offside, Switzerland. Dan Ndoye is caught offside.
    • 83': Andrija Maksimovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Foul by Nico Elvedi (Switzerland).
    • 84': Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 84': Foul by Jan-Carlo Simic (Serbia).
    • 84': Jan-Carlo Simic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 86': Substitution, Switzerland. Joël Monteiro replaces Breel Embolo.
    • 88': Substitution, Serbia. Nikola Cumic replaces Veljko Birmancevic.
    • 90': Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90': Foul by Sasa Zdjelar (Serbia).
    • 90': Attempt saved. Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Remo Freuler.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+3': Andi Zeqiri (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Lazar Samardzic (Serbia).
    • 90'+3': Lazar Samardzic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Jan-Carlo Simic.
    • 90'+5': Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) hits the bar with a header from the right side of the box. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Serbia 2, Switzerland 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Serbia 2, Switzerland 0.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 12
    2 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 0
    7 Corner Kicks 3
    3 Saves 4
    67.4 Possession 32.6
    11 SHOTS 7
    4 ON GOAL 4
    0.4 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    522 Accurate Passes 227
    601 Passes 292
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    5 Accurate Crosses 2
    23 Crosses 15
    0.2 Cross % 0.1
    50 Long Balls 57
    26 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    4 Blocked Shots 1
    7 Effective Tackles 4
    10 Tackles 13
    0.7 Tackle % 0.3
    5 Interceptions 11
    15 Effective Clearances 34
    15 Clearances 34

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Nations League

    Venue: Gradski stadion Dubocica
    Location: Leskovac, Serbia
    Attendance: 6,383

    UEFA Nations League Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Spain 6 +9 16
    2 Denmark 6 +2 8
    3 Serbia 6 -3 6
    4 Switzerland 6 -8 2
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SRB Serbia (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Predrag Rajkovic (GK)
    4 Nikola Milenkovic
    3 Strahinja Pavlovic
    16 Strahinja Erakovic
    20 Marko Grujic
    6 Nemanja Maksimovic
    7 Veljko Birmancevic
    2 Kosta Nedeljkovic Yellow Card
    9 Aleksandar Mitrovic
    10 Sasa Lukic
    11 Lazar Samardzic Yellow Card
    Serbia Substitutes:
    Sasa Zdjelar, Dejan Zukic, Jan-Carlo Simic, Veljko Ilic, Mihailo Ivanovic, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Andrija Maksimovic, Nikola Cumic, Luka Jovic, Aleksandar Cirkovic, Dejan Joveljic.

    SUI Switzerland (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    1 Gregor Kobel (GK)
    5 Manuel Akanji
    13 Ricardo Rodríguez
    4 Nico Elvedi Yellow Card
    10 Granit Xhaka
    8 Remo Freuler
    20 Michel Aebischer
    3 Silvan Widmer Yellow Card
    7 Breel Embolo
    19 Dan Ndoye
    23 Zeki Amdouni
    Switzerland Substitutes:
    Joel Monteiro, Andi Zeqiri, Filip Ugrinic, Philipp Köhn, Cédric Zesiger, Ulisses Garcia, Edimilson Fernandes, Fabian Rieder, Eray Cömert, Yvon Mvogo, Christian Witzig, Vincent Sierro.

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