Serbia host Germany in the UEFA Nations League. The two sides have been moving in very different directions over their recent matches, with Germany picking up plenty of wins and Serbia struggling to find any consistency.
The teams actually met just a couple of weeks before this preview, which gives us a fresher look than most head-to-head records offer. That recent scoreline sits alongside some much older meetings, so it's worth separating what's current from what isn't.
Analysis updated .
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Germany rolling, Serbia toiling
Across their last 12 matches in all competitions, Germany have won seven, drawn three and lost just two, scoring 26 and conceding 12. That sample spans the World Cup, Nations League and friendlies, so it's not a clean league run, but the overall pattern is strong.
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Serbia: 8 completed matches; Germany: 12 completed matches.
Serbia
- Win
- 12.5% 1 / 8
- Draw
- 0% 0 / 8
- Loss
- 87.5% 7 / 8
- Scored
- 6
- Conceded
- 20
- Difference
- -14
Germany
- Win
- 58.3% 7 / 12
- Draw
- 25% 3 / 12
- Loss
- 16.7% 2 / 12
- Scored
- 26
- Conceded
- 12
- Difference
- +14
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Nations League | Netherlands | Serbia | 04.10.2026 | 2-1 |
| UEFA Nations League | Germany | Serbia | 01.10.2026 | 2-0 |
| UEFA Nations League | Serbia | Netherlands | 27.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| UEFA Nations League | Serbia | Greece | 24.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies | Mexico | Serbia | 05.06.2026 | 5-1 |
| Friendlies | Cape Verde Islands | Serbia | 31.05.2026 | 3-0 |
| Friendlies | Serbia | Saudi Arabia | 31.03.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies | Spain | Serbia | 27.03.2026 | 3-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Nations League | Greece | Germany | 04.10.2026 | 0-0 |
| UEFA Nations League | Germany | Serbia | 01.10.2026 | 2-0 |
| UEFA Nations League | Germany | Greece | 27.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| UEFA Nations League | Netherlands | Germany | 24.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| World Cup | Germany | Paraguay | 29.06.2026 | 1-1 |
| World Cup | Ecuador | Germany | 25.06.2026 | 2-1 |
| World Cup | Germany | Ivory Coast | 20.06.2026 | 2-1 |
| World Cup | Germany | Curaçao | 14.06.2026 | 7-1 |
| Friendlies | USA | Germany | 06.06.2026 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies | Germany | Finland | 31.05.2026 | 4-0 |
Serbia's equivalent sample reads very differently. One win from eight, seven defeats, and a goals record of 6 for and 20 against. Whatever the mix of opponents and venues behind those numbers, that's a side short on confidence and leaking goals regularly.
The gap in recent form is wide enough to shape expectations before kickoff.
Comparative Team Statistics: Serbia vs Germany

They've only just played each other
The most recent meeting between these two came in this same Nations League campaign, with Germany winning 2-0. That's about as current as head-to-head evidence gets, and it lines up with the broader form gap.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Nations League | Germany | Serbia | 01.10.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies | Germany | Serbia | 20.03.2019 | 1-1 |
| World Cup | Germany | Serbia | 18.06.2010 | 0-1 |
Further back there's a 1-1 friendly draw from 2019 and a famous Serbia win at the 2010 World Cup, but those are old results involving very different squads. They tell us little about where either team stands now.
Thin on player detail
The player data here is limited to assist and card leaders from a single-match sample each. Kevin Adeyemi shows up with an assist for Germany, and Dušan Tadić with one for Serbia, while Andrija Terzić picked up Serbia's lone card on record.
That's not enough to draw conclusions about team shape or standout performers heading into this game. It's a snapshot, not a full picture of either squad's current form or fitness.

A lopsided market, but how lopsided is the game itself?
The match-winner market makes Germany big favourites, which fits everything in their recent record and the fresh head-to-head win. Serbia's home comfort hasn't shown up in their own form figures, where they've lost far more than they've won regardless of venue.
The Asian handicap line at Germany -1.5 asks for more than the single-goal margin we saw last time these two met. Serbia's leaky defence, 20 conceded in eight matches, suggests Germany have scope to score more than once, but it's not a given against a team playing at home.
On goals, Germany have been averaging a bit over two scored per game and Serbia have shipped roughly two and a half per game in their own sample. That points toward goals being involved, even if the Under 3.5 price suggests the market leans the other way.
Match odds and squad lists
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Babić | Serbia | 30 | Defender | 195 | 96 |
| A. Terzić | Serbia | 27 | Defender | 184 | 75 |
| D. Joveljić | Serbia | 27 | Attacker | 181 | 75 |
| D. Tadić | Serbia | 37 | Attacker | 181 | 76 |
| A. Živković | Serbia | 30 | Midfielder | 169 | 66 |
| N. Gudelj | Serbia | 34 | Midfielder | 187 | 79 |
| M. Gaćinović | Serbia | 31 | Midfielder | 175 | 67 |
| F. Kostić | Serbia | 33 | Defender | 184 | 81 |
| L. Jović | Serbia | 28 | Forward | 181 | 78 |
| S. Milinković-Savić | Serbia | 31 | Midfielder | 192 | 83 |
| N. Radonjić | Serbia | 30 | Forward | 185 | 78 |
| P. Rajković | Serbia | 30 | Goalkeeper | 191 | 86 |
| N. Milenković | Serbia | 29 | Defender | 195 | 90 |
| S. Lukić | Serbia | 30 | Midfielder | 183 | 76 |
| N. Maksimović | Serbia | 31 | Midfielder | 189 | 69 |
| A. Mitrović | Serbia | 32 | Attacker | 189 | 89 |
| M. Grujić | Serbia | 30 | Midfielder | 191 | 78 |
| V. Milinković-Savić | Serbia | 29 | Goalkeeper | 202 | 96 |
| L. Ranđelović | Serbia | 29 | Midfielder | 178 cm | 68 kg |
| V. Birmančević | Serbia | 28 | Midfielder | 179 | 67 |
| S. Pavlović | Serbia | 25 | Defender | 194 | 88 |
| D. Rosić | Serbia | 30 | Goalkeeper | 194 | n/a |
| D. Zukić | Serbia | 25 | Midfielder | 182 | n/a |
| N. Petrović | Serbia | 27 | Midfielder | 185 cm | 72 kg |
| U. Račić | Serbia | 28 | Midfielder | 193 | 81 |
| Đ. Petrović | Serbia | 27 | Goalkeeper | 194 | 89 |
| S. Eraković | Serbia | 25 | Defender | 186 | 77 |
| M. Milikić | Montenegro | 24 | Defender | 194 cm | n/a |
| F. Stanković | Serbia | 24 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 78 |
| L. Samardžić | Serbia | 24 | Midfielder | 184 | 70 |
| N. Štulić | Serbia | 25 | Attacker | 188 | 80 |
| V. Lučić | Serbia | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| P. Stanić | Serbia | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| P. Ratkov | Serbia | 23 | Attacker | 193 | 76 |
| V. Ilić | Serbia | 23 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| V. Đurđević | Serbia | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| O. MimoviÄ | Serbia | 22 | Defender | 182 | n/a |
| S. Džodić | Serbia | 21 | Midfielder | 190 | 80 |
| A. Stanković | Serbia | 21 | Midfielder | 187 | 82 |
| K. Nedeljković | Serbia | 20 | Defender | 184 | 72 |
| L. LijeskiÄ | Serbia | 21 | Goalkeeper | 186 cm | n/a |
| S. Bukinac | Serbia | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| M. Ivanović | Serbia | 21 | Attacker | 191 | 79 |
| M. CvetkoviÄ | Serbia | 19 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| A. MaksimoviÄ | Serbia | 19 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| N. Simić | Serbia | 19 | Defender | 192 | n/a |
| A. AvdiÄ | Serbia | 19 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| P. Petrović | Montenegro | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| V. Dragojević | Serbia | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| P. Sukacev | Serbia | 21 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| V. Kostov | Serbia | 18 | Midfielder | 176 | n/a |
| S. Gudelj | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20 | Defender | 192 | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. ter Stegen | Germany | 34 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 88 |
| A. Nübel | Germany | 30 | Goalkeeper | 193 | 86 |
| M. Neuer | Germany | 40 | Goalkeeper | 193 | 93 |
| J. Kimmich | Germany | 31 | Defender | 177 | 75 |
| S. Gnabry | Germany | 31 | Attacker | 176 | 77 |
| L. Goretzka | Germany | 31 | Midfielder | 189 | 82 |
| F. Nmecha | Germany | 26 | Midfielder | 190 | 73 |
| L. Sané | Germany | 30 | Midfielder | 183 | 80 |
| O. Baumann | Germany | 36 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 82 |
| N. Amiri | Germany | 29 | Midfielder | 180 | 75 |
| J. Tah | Germany | 30 | Defender | 195 | 94 |
| K. Havertz | Germany | 27 | Attacker | 193 | 83 |
| A. Rüdiger | Germany | 33 | Defender | 190 | 85 |
| K. Adeyemi | Germany | 24 | Midfielder | 180 | 75 |
| P. Groß | Germany | 35 | Midfielder | 181 | 78 |
| C. Führich | Germany | 28 | Midfielder | 181 | 73 |
| J. Vagnoman | Germany | 25 | Defender | 190 | 90 |
| Y. Bisseck | Germany | 25 | Defender | 196 | 83 |
| V. Janelt | Germany | 28 | Midfielder | 184 | 79 |
| D. Raum | Germany | 28 | Defender | 180 | 75 |
| M. Mittelstädt | Germany | 29 | Defender | 180 | 71 |
| W. Anton | Germany | 30 | Defender | 189 | 86 |
| F. Dahmen | Germany | 28 | Goalkeeper | 186 | 80 |
| R. Baku | Germany | 28 | Defender | 176 | 72 |
| J. Burkardt | Germany | 26 | Attacker | 181 | 76 |
| N. Schlotterbeck | Germany | 26 | Defender | 191 | 86 |
| D. Undav | Germany | 30 | Attacker | 179 | 86 |
| J. Leweling | Germany | 25 | Attacker | 185 | 86 |
| A. Stiller | Germany | 25 | Midfielder | 183 | 77 |
| N. Woltemade | Germany | 24 | Attacker | 198 | 90 |
| M. Beier | Germany | 24 | Attacker | 183 | 72 |
| M. Thiaw | Germany | 25 | Defender | 191 | 80 |
| A. Stach | Germany | 27 | Midfielder | 193 | 86 |
| K. Schade | Germany | 24 | Midfielder | 183 | 74 |
| Y. Engelhardt | Germany | 25 | Midfielder | 184 | 74 |
| N. Atubolu | Germany | 24 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 78 |
| P. Treu | Germany | 25 | Defender | 172 | 71 |
| J. Musiala | Germany | 23 | Midfielder | 184 | 72 |
| M. Rosenfelder | Germany | 23 | Defender | 186 | 76 |
| F. Wirtz | Germany | 23 | Midfielder | 176 | 70 |
| J. Urbig | Germany | 23 | Goalkeeper | 189 | 83 |
| B. Conté | Germany | 23 | Midfielder | 182 | 76 |
| F. Keidel | Germany | 23 | Defender | 178 | 70 |
| N. Brown | Germany | 23 | Defender | 176 | 60 |
| D. Scherhant | Germany | 23 | Midfielder | 185 | 78 |
| T. Bischof | Germany | 21 | Midfielder | 176 | 66 |
| A. Pavlović | Germany | 22 | Midfielder | 188 | 75 |
| M. Baur | Germany | 22 | Midfielder | 172 | 62 |
| Hennes Behrens | Germany | 21 | Defender | 175 | 70 |
| A. Ouédraogo | Germany | 20 | Midfielder | 191 | 84 |
| Finn Jeltsch | Germany | 20 | Defender | 187 | 86 |
| Y. Ebnoutalib | Germany | 23 | Attacker | 191 | 82 |
| S. El Mala | Germany | 20 | Midfielder | 187 | n/a |
| L. Karl | Germany | 18 | Midfielder | 168 | 67 |
Germany's form and the recent head-to-head result both point the same way, and Serbia's defensive numbers add weight to backing a bigger margin rather than just the win itself.
It's not a certainty given how tight the last actual meeting was on the scoreboard, but the overall picture makes the -1.5 line a reasonable lean rather than a leap.
