Germany vs Serbia: first look, expected lineup, stats and where to watch G Trends

Summary of the match between Germany and Serbia

Germany hopes to make up for its first defeat under Jurgen Klopp when it hosts Serbia in the European Nations League on Thursday.

The Germans are still without a win under Klopp’s leadership after a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands and a surprise loss at home to Greece last Sunday.

Substitute Dimitrios Korbelis scored the only goal of the match to put Greece at the top of Group B in the first league, leaving Germany in a difficult position in third place with only one point to its name.

Klopp has selected a 44-man squad for an extended international break that includes four UEFA Nations League matches. This team was divided into two separate groups, with Augsburg goalkeeper Finn Dahmen being the only player selected to participate in both.

Florian Wirtz and Jonathan Burkhardt, in Group B, joined the team before the defeat to Greece following injuries to Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala.

Wirtz and Burkardt both came on as substitutes against Greece and could be in the starting line-up at the Allianz Arena.

Bayern Munich duo Tom Bischoff and Aleksandar Pavlovic will be hoping to make an impact on home soil after being included as part of Group B, which also includes the likes of Newcastle United defender Malik Thiao, Brentford’s Vitaly Jannelt, Cologne striker Said Elmala and on-loan Juventus striker Nick Voltimadi.

While the group of players will be vastly different, Klopp made it clear that Germany will learn from their narrow loss to Greece.

Klopp said: “We will change the lineup, change the team.” “The good thing is that the other team doesn’t necessarily know how we’re going to play, but now we don’t know how we’re going to play, because we have to get this group back together.

“We can get a lot out of this game, we will, and we will work on it.”

Serbia suffered its second defeat in a row at the beginning of its campaign in the European Nations League, losing 2-1 to the Netherlands the last time.

The Oranje took the lead through a controversial penalty kick in the first half by Mix Merdinc, before Luka Jovic equalized for Serbia, but Merdinc sealed the win for Xavi’s team with his second goal.

But coach Veljko Paunovic expressed his satisfaction with his team’s performance.

“I definitely think the impression left is different,” Paunovic said. “Defeats are never welcome, but if you have to lose, this is the way to do it.”

“We have shown a new side of ourselves – freshness, enthusiasm and even a sense of joy in our playing – and we want to improve even more in this regard.

“In the first half, we showed excellent organization and spent a lot of physical energy to meet all the tactical requirements we set for ourselves. We succeeded in doing so.

“The most important thing is that we saw that we were able to compete with them, score against them, and be a threat. You have to be organized and ready for physical duels. Physically, the Netherlands are a machine, but we rose to this challenge.”

With a previous history of pulling off a shock result against Germany, Serbia will be hoping to rise to another major challenge as they look to avoid slipping into another defeat that would leave them in an uphill battle to avoid relegation.

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Team news for the Germany vs. Serbia match

With a new squad of players arriving for the final two UEFA Nations League matches, Klopp has no injury concerns.

The absence of Aleksandar Mitrovic due to injury from the Serbian national team means that the two main attacking options are Jovic and Dejan Jovelic.

Jovelic started against the Netherlands, but Jovic could feature in the starting line-up after registering as a substitute.

The expected formation for the match between Germany and Serbia

Germany:Orbig; Paco, Anton, Thiaw, space; Janelet, Pavlovich; Adeyemi, Bishop, Wertz; Burkhardt

Serbia: In Milinković-Savic; Terzic, Pavlovic, Babic, Nadjelkovic; Lukic, Godelig; S. Milinković-Savic, Stanković, Zivković; Juvelgic

The latest model and statistics for the Germany vs. Serbia match

• Germany has not achieved any victory in its last four matches since its last match in the group stage of the World Cup against Ecuador.
• Meanwhile, Serbia has won only one of its last six matches, that win over Saudi Arabia in March.
• Germany and Serbia have met only three times, with each team winning once.
• Serbia’s victory in their only competitive meeting came in the 2010 World Cup. A 1-0 win over Germany with ten players It was Serbia’s first loss as an independent country in a World Cup and the Germans’ first loss in the group stage since 1986.
• Germany’s 1-0 defeat to Greece was the first time in 15 matches that they failed to score.
• Serbia has not achieved a clean sheet in its last 11 matches. The last time they beat their opponents 1-0 in Latvia was in September last year.

Where to watch Germany vs Serbia: TV and online broadcast

The Germany-Serbia match kicks off at 7:45pm UK time. It is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video At a pay-per-view price of £2.49.

Predict the result of the match between Germany and Serbia

Germany’s defeat by Greece confirmed the scale of the task facing Klopp to change the team’s fortunes, but Serbia must be more accommodating of the opposition.

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