Deniz Undav scored twice as Germany consolidated top spot in UEFA Nations League Group A3 with victory away to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Bosnia 1-2 Germany
Goals: 0-1 Undav 29' (assist: Wirtz), 0-2 Undav 36' (assist: Mittelstädt), 1-2 Džeko 70' (assist: Tahirović)

With four points on the board after their opening two Nations League fixtures, Germany would have been quietly confident of getting a positive result in Saravejo. They rode their luck at times as Ivan Bašić and VfB Stuttgart's Ermedin Demirović fired wide from range inside the opening 20 minutes, but a moment of quality from Florian Wirtz put them firmly on the front foot. The Bayer Leverkusen talisman received a Joshua Kimmich free-kick with his back to goal, before smartly laying the ball off for Undav to sink a confident finish past Bosnia's St. Pauli-based goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj. Germany debutant Tim Kleindienst had a goal ruled out and Demirović struck the woodwork in a barmy spell that culminated in Undav poking in his second of the contest from Stuttgart teammate Maximillian Mittelstädt's probing cross.

Germany peppered the Bosnia goal after the restart, with Undav twice going close before being denied his hat-trick by the linesman's flag. Serge Gnabry thought he had a goal to mark his first senior international appearance in almost a year, but his strike was also ruled out for an offside. Bosnia went straight up the other end to reduce the arrears as ex-Wolfsburg goal machine Edin Džeko headed in substitute Benjamin Tahirović's corner. Kleindienst nodded wide in an open finale, with Germany successfully seeing out their second Nations League win in three to cement first place in the section ahead of their showdown with the Netherlands on 14 October.

Match stats

• Nagelsmann’s Germany are unbeaten after the standard 90 minutes of their past 12 matches (excluding an extra-time defeat against Spain at Euro 2024).
• Undav has scored three times in five senior internationals.
• Wirtz has two goals and two assists in his last four Germany appearances.
• Jonathan Burkardt and Alex Nübel also made their senior international debuts.
• Germany are four-time FIFA World Cup winners and three-time European champions, but have yet to reach the final four in three editions of the Nations League.
• Džeko scored 66 goals in 111 appearances for Wolfsburg.

Teams

Germany: Nübel - Kimmich (c), Tah, Rüdiger, Mittelstädt (Gosens 66') - Andrich (Stiller), Groß (Anton 90'+1) - Gnabry (Führich), Wirtz, Undav (Burkardt 66') - Kleindienst
Unused subs: Blaswich, Baumann, Schlotterbeck, Rüdiger, Leweling, Pavlović, Stiller, Schade
Out: Havertz (knee), Henrichs (back), Koch (hip), Musiala (hip), Raum (ankle), Ter Stegen (knee)
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann

Bosnia: Vasilj - Gazibegović, Katić, Barišić, Kolašinac (Tabaković 90'+1) - Gigovic (Šarić 65') - Huseinbašić (Hajradinović 65'), Bašić (Tahirović 46'), Burnić (Bajraktarević 84'), Demirović - Džeko (c)
Unused subs: Hadzikić, Zlomislić, Bičakčić, Mujakić, Omerović, Radeljić, Kulasin
Out: -
Coach: Sergej Barbarez

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