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

Spain

5': Aymeric Laporte
65': Álvaro Morata
77': Álex Baena

FT
3 - 0

Serbia

76': Strahinja Pavlovic

Spain cruise past Serbia to reach Nations League quarters

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European champions Spain claimed a place in the Nations League quarter-finals with a 3-0 home win over Serbia on Tuesday thanks to goals by Aymeric Laporte, Alvaro Morata and Alex Baena.

Match Commentary

5': Goal! Spain 1, Serbia 0. Aymeric Laporte (Spain) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedro Porro with a cross following a corner.
7': Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
38': Strahinja Erakovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Serbia. Marko Grujic replaces Lazar Samardzic.
45': Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Dejan Joveljic.
53': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
54': Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
54': Penalty missed. Álvaro Morata (Spain) right footed shot is too high.
64': Substitution, Serbia. Nikola Cumic replaces Kosta Nedeljkovic.
64': Substitution, Serbia. Andrija Maksimovic replaces Sasa Zdjelar.
65': Substitution, Spain. Pedri replaces Mikel Merino.
65': Goal! Spain 2, Serbia 0. Álvaro Morata (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
76': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) is shown the red card.
77': Goal! Spain 3, Serbia 0. Álex Baena (Spain) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
78': Substitution, Spain. Bryan Zaragoza replaces Álex Baena.
78': Substitution, Spain. Joselu replaces Álvaro Morata.
79': Substitution, Serbia. Jan-Carlo Simic replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
82': Substitution, Spain. Aleix García replaces Fabián Ruiz.
82': Substitution, Spain. Pau Cubarsí replaces Dani Vivian.
90'+1': Luka Jovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Spain 3, Serbia 0.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Nuevo Arcángel
Location: Córdoba, Spain

UEFA Nations League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+7	Spain	4	10	0
+3	Denmark	4	7	1
-3	Serbia	4	4	2
-7	Switzerland	4	1	3

Full Table

Statistics

SRB		ESP
12	Fouls	12
4	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
2	Corner Kicks	6
7	Saves	1
33.3	Possession	66.7
3	SHOTS	30
1	ON GOAL	10
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
244	Accurate Passes	566
317	Passes	636
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
0	Accurate Crosses	10
6	Crosses	21
0.0	Cross %	0.5
58	Long Balls	50
22	Accurate Long Balls	34
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
0	Blocked Shots	8
4	Effective Tackles	6
11	Tackles	10
0.4	Tackle %	0.6
1	Interceptions	2
20	Effective Clearances	6
20	Clearances	6

Line-Ups

Spain (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	David Raya (GK)
14	Aymeric Laporte
5	Dani Vivian
17	Marc Cucurella
2	Pedro Porro
6	Mikel Merino
8	Fabián Ruiz
18	Martín Zubimendi
7	Álvaro Morata
16	Álex Baena
21	Mikel Oyarzabal

Substitutes:

Sergio Gómez, Bryan Zaragoza, Pau Cubarsí, Joselu , Álex Remiro, Pedri , Rodrigo Riquelme, Pau Torres, Aleix García, Alejandro Grimaldo, Robert Sánchez, Óscar Mingueza.

Serbia (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Predrag Rajkovic (GK)
4	Nikola Milenkovic
3	Strahinja Pavlovic
16	Strahinja Erakovic
7	Veljko Birmancevic
2	Kosta Nedeljkovic
6	Nemanja Maksimovic
5	Sasa Zdjelar
11	Lazar Samardzic
19	Dejan Joveljic
9	Aleksandar Mitrovic

Substitutes:

Jan-Carlo Simic, Nikola Cumic, Marko Grujic, Veljko Ilic, Aleksandar Cirkovic, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Mihailo Ivanovic, Dejan Zukic, Luka Jovic, Andrija Maksimovic.