Matchday 1 in Group C of Euro 2024. Serbia vs England. The game kicks off on June 16 at 20:00 (BST) at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen. Serbia – England: Prediction and betting odds, statistics for the Euro 2024 match.
Potential line-ups for Serbia vs England
Serbia (3-5-2): Predrag Rajković – Nemanja Stojić, Nikola Milenković, Strahinja Pavlović – Andrija Živković, Ivan Ilić, Sergej Milinković-Savić, Saša Lukić, Filip Mladenović – Dušan Vlahović, Aleksandar Mitrović.
England (4-2-3-1): Jordan Pickford – Kieran Trippier, Marc Guéhi, John Stones, Kyle Walker – Declan Rice, Kobbie Mainoo – Anthony Gordon, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer – Harry Kane.
Serbia
The side finished second in their qualifying group. There was no relly strong team in that group. Still, Serbia finished the campaign behind Hungary. The Serbian national team lost both games against Hungary during the qualifying tournament. This is the first time Serbia participate in the European Championship as an independent state as they failed to qualify on the previous four occasions. The side has played two friendly games this June against the following opponents: Austria (1:2) and Sweden (3:0).
- Both teams have scored in the last 6 Euro qualifying games Serbia have played.
- At least 3 goals have been scored in the last 5 Euro qualifying games Serbia have played.
- Serbia have scored the first goal in 6 out of their last 8 official games.
England
The Three Lions confidently topped their qualifying group. They didn’t lost a game, conceding only 4 goals in their 8 matches. This is going to be the 11th European Championship for England and their 4th consecutive continental tournament. England reached the final in the previous Euro to lose it on penalties against Italy. The Three Lions have recently played two friendly games with the following opponents: Bosnia and Herzegovina (3:0) and Iceland (0:1).
Gareth Southgate hasn’t called up Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Raheem Sterling and Reece James.
- England managed to win the first game in a European Championship only in 2021. Prior to that, on 9 occasions, the national side had never been able to beat an opponent in the first match (5 draws and 4 defeats).
- England are on an 8-game unbeaten run in the official games (6 wins and 2 draws).
- England have scored at least 2 goals in 6 out of their last 8 Euro 2024 qualifying games.
Serbia vs England Prediction
Both sides are likely to score. Serbia scored in each Euro 2024 qualifying game. However, they conceded at least a goal in 6 out of their 8 matches. Their opponents weren’t some top European teams. They played against Hungary, Montenegro, Lithuania and Bulgaria.
England are very strong in their home games. No matter what tournament is. However, they’re noe that flawless away from home. Serbia can use this trait. Even in the qualifying campaign, which was almost perfect, England conceded at least a goal in their away games against Italy, Ukraine and North Macedonia, keeping clean sheet only in their match versus Malta.
There’s no doubt England will score. They have done so in their last 11 games, scoring 29 goals, 2.6 goals on average.
Our prediction is Both teams to score at 2,05.
