Six Netherlands players are one booking away from suspension before Friday’s home Nations League match against Greece. Anyone who receives another yellow card will miss the final group match against Germany at Berlin’s Olympiastadion on 16 November.
The players at risk
Jan Paul van Hecke, Quinten Timber, Jurriën Timber, Noa Lang and Tijjani Reijnders will be suspended if they receive another yellow card. Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk is also one booking away from a ban, but he will miss Friday’s match through injury.
Where the bookings came
Quinten Timber, Van Hecke and Van Dijk were booked against Germany in September, in a match that ended 1-1. Jurriën Timber and Reijnders received yellow cards away to Serbia, while Lang was booked away to Greece.
Nations League suspension rules
Under Nations League rules, two yellow cards trigger a one-match suspension, as do four, six and eight. Yellow cards carry over from the group stage and are only wiped clean in the quarter-finals.
Group B standings
The Netherlands top Nations League Group B with eight points from four matches, level with Greece. Germany have five points, while Serbia are yet to pick up a point.
Greece led 2-0 at half-time in the sides’ previous meeting, but goals from Van Dijk and Reijnders salvaged a point for national team coach Xavi’s side.
