The Netherlands beat Serbia 2-1 in Belgrade last month, but the hosts had to work for it: Mexx Meerdink scored twice, the winner arriving late. Xavi’s side make changes again, with Noa Lang and Teun Koopmeiners starting. Netherlands 4-3-3: Bart Verbruggen; Denzel Dumfries, Virgil van Dijk (c), Teun Koopmeiners, Micky van de Ven; Ryan Gravenberch, Joey Veerman, Tijjani Reijnders; Crysencio Summerville, Mexx Meerdink, Noa Lang.
Replacements: Robin Roefs, Mark Flekken, Jeremie Frimpong, Jorrel Hato, Nathan Aké, Jurriën Timber, Quinten Timber, Guus Til, Kenneth Taylor, Gjivai Zechiël, Joshua Zirkzee, Ruben van Bommel. Serbia are still chasing their first points and are hoping the return of 37-year-old Dušan Tadić could inspire an uptick in the team’s fortunes. Serbia 4-4-2: Vanja Milinković-Savić; Kosta Nedeljković, Srđan Babić, Strahinja Pavlović, Aleksa Terzić; Nemanja Gudelj, Saša Lukić, Aleksandar Stanković, Lazar Samardžić; Mihajlo Cvetković, Dušan Tadić.
Replacements: Djordje Petrović, Filip Stanković, Ognjen Mimović, Filip Kostić, Nikola Simić, Strahinja Eraković, Nemanja Maksimović, Stefan Džodić, Vasilije Kostov, Luka Jović, Dejan Joveljić, Andrija Živković.
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