Home / Football / Internationals News Spain 3-0 Serbia: Report, result, goals as Oyarzabal scores twice in friendly Spain beat Serbia in a friendly before the World Cup Written by Ben Miller Last Update: March 27, 2026 11:18:30 pm GMT 3 min read Mikel Oyarzabal struck twice as Spain continued their preparations for the 2026 World Cup by beating Serbia in Villarreal. Real Sociedad forward Oyarzabal profited from Fermin Lopezs clever spin and Alex Baenas dummy to fire in the 16th-minute opener for the reigning European champions, then added another a minute before half-time with a clinical finish from Pau Cubarsis pass.Lamine Yamal rolled a shot against a post from inside the box after Spains second goal and Fermin then thought he had scored his first senior international goal, slotting in before being adjudged to have handled the ball.Victor Munoz, who joined Osasuna from Real Madrid in 2025, struck on his Spain debut to complete the scoring with 18 minutes remaining.Table of Contents1 Spain vs Serbia: La Roja cruise2 Spain team vs Serbia3 Serbia team vs Spain4 World Cup 2026: Who will Spain face?5 Spain vs Serbia statsSpain vs Serbia: La Roja cruiseThe greatest moment of concern for Spain came when Veljko Birmancevic, who is on loan to La Liga club Getafe from Sparta Prague, appeared to have halved the deficit by finding the back of the net with a splendid volley.Birmancevic appealed for a Video Assistant Referee check the technology was not in use after the goal was disallowed because the midfielder was deemed to have fouled Marc Cucurella.Spain are next in action at home to Egypt in Barcelona on Tuesday (20:00 BST). Serbia, who did not qualify for the finals, host Saudi Arabia in Montenegro on the same day (17:00).Spain team vs SerbiaSpain starting XI: Unai Simon; Marcos Llorente, Pau Cubarsi, Aymeric Laporte, Marc Cucurella; Pedri Gonzalez, Rodri Hernandez, Fermin Lopez; Lamine Yamal, Mikel Oyarzabal, Alex BaenaSpain substitutes: David Raya, Cristhian Mosquera, Alejandro Grimaldo, Dean Huijsen, Ferran Torres, Carlos Soler, Borja Iglesias, Dani Olmo, Yeremy Pino, Pedro Porro, Alex Remiro, Pablo Fornals, Martin Zubimendi, Victor Munoz, Ander BarrenetxeaSerbia team vs SpainSerbia starting XI: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic; Ognjen Mimovic, Nikola Milenkovic, Strahinja Pavlovic, Aleksa Terzic, Filip Kostic; Nemanja Gudelj, Aleksandar Stankovic; Sergej Milinkovic-Savic; Veljko Birmancevic, Aleksandar MitrovicSerbia substitutes: Predrag Rajkovic, Njegos Petrovic, Mijat Gacinovic, Luka Jovic, Sasa Lukic, Djordje Petrovic, Stefan Bukinac, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Strahinja Erakovic, Petar Ratkov, Vasilije Kostov, Dejan Joveljic, Lazar Samardzic, Petar Stanic, Vanja DragojevicWorld Cup 2026: Who will Spain face?Here are Spains initial scheduled World Cup fixtures. Kick-off times with an asterisk start the following day.DateOpponentsVenueBSTETPTJune 15Cape VerdeAtlanta17:0012:0009:00June 21Saudi ArabiaAtlanta17:0012:0009:00June 26UruguayGuadalajara01:00*20:0017:00Spain vs Serbia statsSpain topped their World Cup qualifying pool, finishing with 16 points from six gamesThe countries had met three times previously, with Spain winning twice and the other game ending in a goalless draw Topics: Serbia National Football Team Spain National Football Team Follow us: Ben Miller Ben has more than 10 years' experience in sports journalism, covering two EURO tournaments, European club competitions, the Premier League, EFL and WSL and a variety of other major sporting events. Read more from Ben Miller
