Comments and predictions for Serbia vs Spain: Overwhelming the home team
The match between Serbia and Spain in the Nations League takes place at 1:45 a.m. on September 6. Nghe An Newspaper compiles statistics, analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Latest Serbia vs Spain team information
Serbia will be without Aleksandar Mitrovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic through injury, and Dusan Tadic is out of international duty. Striker Dusan Vlahovic and winger Filip Kostic are also left out of coach Stojkovic's 25-man squad.
Five players without a cap have been called up, including Aston Villa's Kosta Nedeljkovic, Sunderland's Milan Aleksic and Millwall's Mihailo Ivanovic, all hoping to feature on Thursday. Luka Jovic is expected to start at centre-forward, with Sasa Lukic and possibly Marko Grujic or Ivan Ilic in central midfield.
For Spain, Unai Simon (wrist), Mikel Merino (shoulder), Alvaro Morata (thigh) and Fermin Lopez (muscle) are all out, while 38-year-old Jesus Navas is out of international duty. Midfielder Rodri, who has yet to feature for Manchester City this season, is fit and available.
Pepelu (Valencia) has been called up to the national team for the first time and could make his debut. In Simon's absence, David Raya (Arsenal) could start, while Mikel Oyarzabal is expected to lead the attack in place of Morata, supported by wingers Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams.
Latest expected lineup Serbia vs Spain
Serbia:
Rajkovic; Veljkovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Nedeljkovic, Lukic, Ilic, Zivkovic; Samardzic, S. Mitrovic; Jovic
Spain:
Raya; Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Cucurella; Rodri, Fabian; Yamal, Olmo, Williams; Oyarzabal
Latest football commentary Serbia vs Spain
Spain will be in action for the first time since winning Euro 2024 after a 2-1 win over England in the final on July 14, becoming the first team to win the tournament four times. La Roja have a perfect record of winning all seven of their matches at a major tournament (Euros and World Cup) and have scored the most goals (15) in Euro history. Under Luis de la Fuente, Spain have won 17 of their 21 matches since he took charge in December 2022, including the 2022-23 Nations League.
Spain topped their Euro 2024 group, beating Portugal, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, before beating Italy and Croatia to win the tournament. Ranked third in the world by FIFA, Spain are the favourites in Group A4, starting their campaign against Serbia, a team they have only met once before, winning 2-0 in a friendly in 2012.
Serbia, who are taking part in Euro 2024 as an independent nation for the first time since 2000, have fallen short of expectations and finished bottom of Group C after taking just two points from games against England, Denmark and Slovenia. Under Dragan Stojkovic, Serbia have not won a game at a major tournament in recent years, although they have been promoted from League C to League A in each of the last three Nations League seasons.
Ranked 32nd in the world by FIFA, Serbia could struggle to top Group A4 this time around. Thursday's tricky opening game against Spain will be a major test, especially as the visitors are missing several key attackers and may struggle to break down La Roja's strong defence. If Spain continue their fine form from Euro 2024, they should be able to come away with a win against a weakened Serbia side.
Serbia vs Spain score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Serbia vs Spainas follows:
- Sportsmole:Serbia 0-2 Spain
- WhoScore:Serbia 1-2 Spain
- Our newspaper predicts:Serbia 1-3 Spain
When and where to watch Serbia vs Spain live?
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