Germany have one point from two games. Klopp hands Urbig his debut against Serbia in Munich

Jürgen Klopp will give Jonas Urbig his Germany debut on Thursday, in the stadium where the Bayern Munich goalkeeper plays his club football. Serbia visit the Allianz Arena for the third round of League A Group 2 in the UEFA Nations League, and Germany are still waiting for a first win under their new head coach.

They have one point. A 1-1 draw with the Netherlands in Amsterdam was followed by a 1-0 home defeat by Greece in Augsburg on Sunday. According to dpa, Klopp is the first Germany head coach since Helmut Schön not to win either of his first two matches. If Germany fail to beat Serbia, he would be the first ever to go his first three without a win.

Klopp asks for patience

Speaking in Munich on Wednesday evening, Klopp asked for patience with his players and said they would not be judged straight away. The aim, he said, is a team that can cause every opponent problems.

Of course the results bother us, but it is information, a moment, and then we move on.

Jürgen Klopp on Wednesday, via DFB.de. Translated from German by ArenaBulletin.

Thursday is the first game for the second of the two squads Klopp named for this window. As planned, most of the players who faced the Netherlands and Greece have returned to their clubs, captain Joshua Kimmich among them. Nine of the squad are uncapped, all three goalkeepers included, and none of the players has captained Germany before.

Klopp would not name his captain. The armband goes to the most-capped player on the pitch, as it has throughout his coaching career, and that player will become Germany's 117th captain. Serge Gnabry, on 61 caps, is the most experienced player in the squad.

Schlotterbeck out, squad down to 24

Nico Schlotterbeck will not be on the pitch. The Borussia Dortmund defender went over on his right ankle in a warm-up exercise at Wednesday's final training session in Herzogenaurach, and the DFB says he has a lateral ligament injury. He returns to Dortmund on Thursday and also misses Sunday's game in Greece. He is the third player lost to injury in this window, after Jamal Musiala and Kai Havertz. The squad now stands at 24, one more than can be named for the match.

Serbia without Milinković-Savić

Serbia arrive without a point. They lost 2-1 to Greece and 2-1 to the Netherlands, both in Belgrade. On Wednesday, Veljko Paunović confirmed that Sergej Milinković-Savić, who picked up a muscle injury against the Netherlands, will not play. Centre-back Strahinja Pavlović is a doubt.

Klopp still expects a hard evening. He expects a deep-lying opponent, as Greece were, and said that some of Serbia's players, not only Dušan Tadić, seem to have been around forever. Urbig singled out Luka Jović, who scored Serbia's goal against the Netherlands, and Filip Kostić.

This will be the fourth meeting between the two nations, with one win each and a draw so far. The only competitive one was Serbia's 1-0 win at the 2010 World Cup. The most recent was a 1-1 friendly in Wolfsburg in March 2019, when Leon Goretzka cancelled out Jović's early goal. Nobody in Klopp's squad has played against Serbia.

The top two in the group reach the quarter-finals in March 2027. Greece, on six points, host the Netherlands, on four, at the same time on Thursday. Germany travel to Thessaloniki on Sunday.