Germany beat Serbia 3-1 in Belgrade and the Netherlands thrashed Greece 7-0 in Amsterdam on Friday night, 13 November 2026, which turns Monday’s meeting between Germany and the Netherlands in Berlin into the decider in UEFA Nations League Group A2.
Klopp’s Germany do it early in Belgrade
Jürgen Klopp changed seven of his starting line-up, and Germany were ahead in the third minute. Kai Havertz, the Arsenal forward, headed a corner towards goal and Serbia defender Srđan Babić turned it into his own net.
The second came in the 14th minute. Aleksandar Pavlović slipped Havertz through, Vanja Milinković-Savić saved the first shot, and Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz was there to finish the rebound.
Brajan Gruda, the RB Leipzig winger, then gave the night its best moment. On his Germany debut, he picked the ball up in his own half five minutes after the restart, ran clear of the Serbian defence and drilled a low shot in from 18 metres for 3-0.
Babić, the man who had put through his own goal at the start, pulled one back at the right end in the 56th minute, tapping in from close range after a free kick. That was as close as Serbia came. Derry Scherhant hit the post, Niclas Füllkrug came on for his Germany comeback, and Serbia finished with nine men: substitute Vanja Dragojević was sent off after a VAR review, and Andrija Živković was shown a second yellow card in the 89th minute.
Reijnders hat-trick sinks Greece
In Amsterdam, Greece arrived unbeaten and left on the wrong end of a rout. Crysencio Summerville opened the scoring after six minutes, and Tijjani Reijnders scored three times between the 12th and 33rd minutes, the first from Joey Veerman’s pass, the second from Donyell Malen’s ball and the third from a Denzel Dumfries header.
Arsenal defender Jurriën Timber added the fifth before half-time from another Malen pass and struck again just before the hour. Malen finished the scoring himself for 7-0. For Premier League followers, Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo and Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven started for the Dutch, while Liverpool’s Kostas Tsimikas was in the Greece side that took the beating.
What Berlin decides
Xavi Hernández’s Netherlands top the group on 11 points from five games. Greece and Germany both have eight. Germany’s goal difference of plus three is far better than Greece’s minus five, but Greece sit second because head-to-head record comes first in the Nations League: they won 1-0 in Augsburg and drew 0-0 in Thessaloniki. Serbia are bottom without a point and cannot climb off the foot of the table.
The top two in each group reach the quarter-finals. A draw at the Olympiastadion would make the Dutch group winners, because neither Greece nor Germany can get past 11 points. Germany’s only sure route is a win, which would guarantee them a top-two place whatever happens when Greece host Serbia in Volos at the same time. A draw would only be enough for Klopp’s side if Serbia beat Greece.
Germany v Netherlands kicks off at 8.45pm in Berlin on Monday, 16 November, which is 3.45am on Tuesday, 17 November, in Singapore. The first meeting, in Amsterdam on 24 September, finished 1-1.
