Slovenia vs Serbia prediction for Sunday’s UEFA Nations League showdown at Stadion Stozice in Ljubljana. Fourth-placed Slovenia host Serbia who are second in Group four of League B of the UEFA Nations League. Read on for our free prediction betting tips and preview.
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Bookmaker Ratings prediction one: Serbia to win – 1.94
Bookmaker Ratings prediction two: Under 2.5/3 goals – 1.52
Bookmaker Ratings prediction three: Serbia 0/-0.5 goal handicap – 1.68
Serbia to Win
There is a 70% chance for a Serbia win in this match as they won seven of their last ten fixtures. Moreover, Slovenia lost two of their last three home matches and won just two of their last ten games.
Under 2.5/3 Goals
In Slovenia’s last five fixtures, the total goals scored were three or fewer. Likewise, the same number of goals was produced in Serbia’s last six away fixtures.
Serbia 0/-0.5 Goals Handicap
Serbia won seven and drew one of their last ten outings covering the 0 and -0.5 goals handicap in all of these games. Slovenia meanwhile failed against these handicaps in eight of their last ten fixtures.
It hasn’t been a good start for Slovenia in this year’s Nations League as they lost two of their three matches so far. However, a goalless draw in Norway was a boost for coach Matjaz Kek’s team as they kept a clean sheet for the first time in five competitive matches.
Clearly, Slovenia were outplayed by Norway in their last match but somehow managed to sustain the Norwegian pressure. Notably, one of the heroes of this match was captain and goalkeeper Jan Oblak who made five crucial matches to hand his team their first point of this campaign.
Serbia on the other side came back from Sweden with a 1-0 win and with six points stayed close to group leaders Norway who have seven. After gaining promotion in the first edition of the Nations League, the Eagles maintained their place in League B last season and are looking for another climb towards League A.
Certainly, coach Dragan Stojkovic has some great players at his disposal as they qualified for Qatar 2022 World Cup. With an impressive 45 goals in 73 caps, Aleksander Mitrovic of Fulham is Serbia’s all-time leading goalscorer and the man that Stojkovic is counting on to deliver the goals in the coming matches.
On paper, Serbia should not find any trouble in winning this match but they have to work for it as the Slovenian defense looked very solid in Norway. Still, we think the likes of Mitrovic and Jovic are able to break the deadlock and hand their team their third victory.
Serbia are the favorites to score first and the odds for that at Sportsbet.io is 1.57. To justify, Serbia opened the scoring in their last two fixtures while Slovenia conceded first in two of their last three matches. Hence, we will back Serbia to score first as our safe bet option.
For Slovenia, center defender Blazic saw a red card in the match against Norway and is suspended. While Dejan Petrovic is injured and not available.
As for Serbia, there are no reported injuries as coach Stojkovic will surely field his best team in an attempt to keep the pressure on leaders Norway.
Slovenia: Oblak, Brekalo, Milec, Karnicnik, Stojanovic, Gnezda Cerin, Kurtic, Sikosek, Verbic, Sesko, Celar.
Serbia: Dimitrovic, Milenkovic, Veljkovic, Pavlovic, Terzic, Milinkovic-Savic, Gudelj, Lazovic, Tadic, Mitrovic, Jovic.
Who won the last meeting between these teams?
Serbia beat Slovenia 4-1 on 05/06/22 in Belgrade.
Where will this match be played?
Sunday’s game will be played at Stadion Stozice in Ljubljana.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this fixture?
We recommend checking out the odds at Sportbet.io for Slovenia vs Serbia.