Klopp's goal-shy Germany visit a Serbia side fighting the drop
Jürgen Klopp's Germany go to Belgrade still searching for goals and for a way into the Nations League quarter-finals. Three goals in four games have left them third in League A Group 2 on five points, three behind the Netherlands and Greece, while Serbia sit bottom without a point.
Klopp's first campaign has been uneven. A 1-1 draw with the Netherlands in Amsterdam was followed by a defeat to Greece, before a 2-0 win over Serbia in Munich on 1 October, with goals from Tom Bischof and Florian Wirtz, gave him his first victory in charge. A goalless draw in Thessaloniki followed.
Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry are injured, but Niclas Füllkrug is back at 33 after nine Bundesliga goals in eight games for Werder Bremen. Klopp has not said who will start in central midfield, where Joshua Kimmich, Felix Nmecha, Aleksandar Pavlović and Bischof are the options.
For Serbia the equation is blunt. After four straight defeats, anything short of a win leaves Veljko Paunović's side certain to finish bottom, which in League A means either direct relegation or a play-off to stay up. Aleksandar Mitrović has been recalled, though Paunović said he would wait to see how the striker feels on arrival.
The market prices Germany at 76%, and the squad has spoken of winning to set up a decider against the Netherlands in Berlin. Is that price fair for a side that has scored three times in four games?
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