Comments and predictions for Serbia vs Switzerland: The upper team wins by a narrow margin
The match between Serbia and Switzerland in the Nations League takes place at 1:45 a.m. on October 13. Nghe An Newspaper compiles statistics, analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Latest Serbia vs Switzerland team information
Serbia will be without Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Andrija Zivkovic and Ivan Ilic due to injury. Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic has also been left out due to "family issues".
In goal, Predrag Rajkovic is expected to start, with Strahinja Erakovic, Nikola Milenkovic and Strahinja Pavlovic forming a trio of centre-backs. Kosta Nedeljkovic and Veljko Birmancevic will take up the full-back positions. Andrija Maksimovic, 17, from Red Star Belgrade, is one of four midfielders yet to make an appearance in Stojkovic's squad, and he is unlikely to start ahead of Sasa Lukic or Marko Grujic. Aleksandar Mitrovic, Serbia's top scorer with 58 goals, is expected to lead the attack.
For Switzerland, Ruben Vargas (ankle injury), Denis Zakaria and Becir Omeragic (both knee injuries) will not play; Zakaria and Omeragic withdrew from the squad on Monday, and Omeragic was replaced by Eray Comert.
Granit Xhaka and Nico Elvedi were suspended for the previous game following red cards in the Nations League opener, but are now available and are expected to start in midfield and defence respectively. Zeki Amdouni, who scored against Spain in the previous game, could feature in attack alongside Breel Embolo and either Dan Ndoye or Kwadwo Duah.
Latest expected lineup Serbia vs Switzerland
Serbia:
Rajkovic; Erakovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Nedeljkovic, Lukic, Grujic, Maksimovic, Birmancevic; Samardzic; Mitrovic
Switzerland:
Kobel; Elvedi, Akanji, Rodriguez; Widmer, Freuler, Xhaka, Aebischer; Ndoye, Amdouni; Embolo
Latest football commentary Serbia vs Switzerland
Serbia have struggled for form over the past 16 months, with just four wins, five draws and seven defeats in their last 16 internationals. Under Dragan Stojkovic, the team failed to win any of their three games at Euro 2024 and finished bottom of their group. However, they did have a point to their name when they drew 0-0 with European champions Spain in their Nations League opener last month. Three days later, Serbia lost 2-0 to Denmark, who are currently third in Group A Group 4, five points behind leaders Denmark.
Ranked 35th in the world by FIFA, Serbia have failed to score in three consecutive matches for the first time since 2012 and head into the clash with Switzerland determined to end a five-match winless streak. However, there is reason for optimism for Serbia, as they are unbeaten in their last seven home games, with five wins and two draws. Despite progressing from Group C to Group A in the last three Nations League tournaments, Serbia have a record of nine wins, seven draws and four losses.
Switzerland, under Murat Yakin, were unbeaten in eight games before losing on penalties to England in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024. However, they have lost both of their opening Nations League games against Denmark and Spain. A 2-0 defeat to Denmark was followed by a 4-1 home defeat to Spain, despite Switzerland playing with 10 men for over an hour.
Switzerland are currently ranked 15th in the world by FIFA and sit bottom of Group A Pot 4 without a point. They need to pick up points from their next two games against Serbia and Denmark if they are to challenge for the top spot. Switzerland have won just one of their last five international away games but have beaten Serbia in both previous meetings, winning 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier in June 2018 and 3-2 in the 2022 World Cup group stage.
Both teams have been lacking in the box in recent games, especially Serbia, so a low-scoring affair is likely this weekend. Switzerland could have the chance to win again and move off the bottom of the table.
Serbia vs Switzerland 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 Switzerlandas follows:
- Sportsmole:Serbia 0-1 Switzerland
- WhoScore:Serbia 1-2 Switzerland
- Our newspaper predicts:Serbia 0-1 Switzerland
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