Greece vs Serbia prediction 16.11.2026 | Nations League

Greece had a pretty bad World Cup qualifiers campaign and continued to play poorly in friendlies. However, the UEFA Nations League campaign has been a pure success, at least in October. After winning eight points in four rounds, they came into this November cycle with high hopes. Many football fans expected them to do well on the road against the Netherlands, but that couldn't be further from the truth, as they got hammered 7:0. 

Despite a massive loss in the last round, the Greeks are sitting in 8th place with better H2H stats than 3rd-placed Germany. So, a win over Serbia guarantees them 2nd place and the League A Playoffs. 

Manolis Saliakas and Christos Zafeiris served their suspension in the previous game against the Netherlands and will be available. We expect them back in the starting lineup. 

Serbia have been a pure disaster for a long time now. They missed the World Cup and were atrocious in the UEFA Nations League A, losing all five games thus far. Those bad results weren't really such a big surprise considering that the situation in Serbian football has been bad. There is an impression that coach Paunovic is experimenting too much, but also that there is an obvious lack of talent to compete with the teams in UEFA Nations League A. 

In the last game, Serbia is looking for a win, and despite losing all games, they can avoid direct relegation to League B. Right now, they are 2nd out of the four last-placed teams, with Turkey and Czechia being the last two teams. All have 0 points, but Serbia have a better goal difference by 3. 

Andrija Zivkovic and Vanja Dragojevic received red cards in the previous game against Germany and will serve their suspensions. Compared to the last game, two important midfielders, Nemanja Maksimovic and Sasa Lukic, should be back after serving their one-game suspensions.