Serbia vs England prediction and betting tips

Tournament:European Championship

Game time:17 jun 2024, 03:00

A match between the national teams of Serbia and England will take place in the 1st round of the Euro on June 16, 2024. Both opponents did not live up to expectations at the World Cup and are now hoping to prove themselves successfully, starting with the opening match.

Serbia vs England: key statistics and trends

• Serbia has lost exactly every second match in 10 previous matches.
• England has won only once in its 5 previous games.
• Serbia wins the first half in 36% of matches, England – in 27% of confrontations.

Serbia – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“The Eagles” continued to play under the leadership of Stojkovic in this cycle. It turns out not as confident as in the previous qualification – Hungary defeated the team in both matches, and never won against the modest Bulgarians. At the same time, it, even from 2nd place, qualified for the Euro directly.

The Serbs alternated victories and defeats in 2024. There happened a 0-4 score in the struggle with the Russians and a 1-0 result in the battle against Cyprus in March. And they managed to lose to the Austrians (1-2), but finally scored 3 unanswered goals in the battle against the Swedes in June.

England – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“The Three Lions”, after a not particularly successful World Cup, continued to play under the leadership of Southgate. They confidently entered the Euro ahead of schedule. Still, the results, without tournament motivation, were dropped.

The British won the only game against Bosnia in 2024 (it is reasonable to mention that the success was devastating – 3-0). The team lost with a 0-1 score to Brazil and tied with Belgium in the last attack in 2024. And it had not responded to Thorsteinsson’s early goal, losing to Iceland in London, before the Euro itself.

Serbia: team news

“The Piksi” have problems with Lukic, Gudelj and Babic.

England: team news

Dunk and, possibly, Shaw will not have time to get into optimal shape. Maguire was not included in the squad at all due to injury.

Serbia vs England: possible starting line-ups

Serbia (possible line-up): Rajkovic – Pavlovic, Milenkovic, Stojic – Mladenovic, Kostic, Milinković-Savić, Ilić, Tadic – Mitrović, Vlahovic.

England (possible line-up): Pickford – Trippier, Stones, Walker, Shaw – Alexander-Arnold, Gallagher, Rice, Palmer, Saka – Kane.

Previous head-to-head matches: Serbia vs England

Serbia, in its current format, will play against “the Three Lions” for the first time.

Free prediction for the match Serbia vs England

Southgate’s wards had received “a punch on the nose” just before the tournament and will approach the match with maximum concentration. We bet on nominal guests with “a -1.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.74).