Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic scored as Serbia beat Norway to clinch promotion to the top tier of the Nations League.
Needing to win, Mitrovic slotted home Ivan Ilic’s pass from 16 yards for his 50th Serbia goal, and sixth in his past four games.
It was his 14th Nations League goal and doubled Serbia’s lead after Juventus’ Dusan Vlahovic’s strike put them ahead.
Serbia have won promotion in two of the three Nations Leagues, having started in League C.
Norway would have been promoted with a point in Oslo.
Mitrovic’s 14 goals in the Nations League is a record and he is also the leading goalscorer in this year’s tournament. He has scored four goals in his last four away games.
He has now netted 12 goals in his past 11 matches for club and country and 58 in 65 games since the start of last season.
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland played the full 90 minutes for Norway, and had four shots, but failed to score for the 10th time in 23 international games.
The other game in Group B4 saw Sweden relegated to League C with a 1-1 draw with Slovenia.
Line-ups
Norway
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Nyland
- 14RyersonSubstituted forPedersenat 58′minutes
- 21Hanche-OlsenSubstituted forBergat 79′minutes
- 15Östigard
- 5MelingSubstituted forBjørkanat 74′minutes
- 10Ødegaard
- 16AursnesSubstituted forAjerat 58′minutes
- 8Berge
- 19Sørloth
- 9Haaland
- 11ElyounoussiSubstituted forStrand Larsenat 57′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Thorsby
- 3Ajer
- 4Gregersen
- 6Berg
- 7Brynhildsen
- 12Hansen
- 13Grytebust
- 17Bjørkan
- 18Zachariassen
- 20Dæhli
- 22Pedersen
- 23Strand Larsen
Serbia
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 23Milinkovic-Savic
- 5Veljkovic
- 13Mitrovic
- 2PavlovicBooked at 86minsSubstituted forBabicat 89′minutes
- 14ZivkovicSubstituted forLazovicat 73′minutes
- 16Lukic
- 8Ilic
- 17KosticBooked at 50minsSubstituted forRadonjicat 72′minutes
- 10TadicSubstituted forDjuricicat 90+4′minutes
- 9MitrovicSubstituted forJovicat 90+3′minutes
- 18Vlahovic
Substitutes
- 1Dmitrovic
- 3Mladenovic
- 4Babic
- 6Maksimovic
- 7Radonjic
- 11Jovic
- 12Ilic
- 15Erakovic
- 19Masovic
- 20Terzic
- 21Djuricic
- 22Lazovic
- Referee:
- Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz
Live Text
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Match ends, Norway 0, Serbia 2.
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Second Half ends, Norway 0, Serbia 2.
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Filip Djuricic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Sander Berge (Norway).
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Substitution, Serbia. Filip Djuricic replaces Dusan Tadic.
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Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
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Foul by Nemanja Radonjic (Serbia).
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Fredrik Bjørkan (Norway) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Norway. Conceded by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.
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Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Norway) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sander Berge.
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Substitution, Serbia. Srdjan Babic replaces Strahinja Pavlovic.
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Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
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Leo Östigard (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Leo Östigard (Norway) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard with a cross following a corner.
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Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Corner, Norway. Conceded by Stefan Mitrovic.
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Attempt blocked. Martin Ødegaard (Norway) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Berg.
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Offside, Serbia. Strahinja Pavlovic tries a through ball, but Aleksandar Mitrovic is caught offside.
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Foul by Jørgen Strand Larsen (Norway).
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Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
