World Cup Qualifiers: Portugal vs Serbia live
Preview
Estadio da Luz hosts Serbia as Portugal seek to maintain their first position in the UEFA World Cup qualifiers Group A. Portugal will face Serbia on Sunday 14th of November at 7:45pm. This is going to be a great match in prospect since automatic qualification is on the line.
Portugal went top of Group A after stalemate with the Republic of Ireland. The home side has seventeen points from the seven games played. In all competitions, Portugal is unbeaten in their last six games, winning five games and drawing one.
Serbia is at second place in the UEFA World Cup qualifiers Group A, level on points with Portugal but has a lower goal difference. The away side is also unbeaten their last six games across all competitions winning five games and drawing a game.
Head-to-Head
Portugal is unbeaten in their last four matches against Serbia, winning two games and drawing two games. Their last encounter in March ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw, Serbia were able to get a point after going two goals down early in the game.
Prediction
This is going to be a thriller, I expect all stars of their various teams to pull up for their respective teams. But a draw is on the cards for me though, both teams will not want to give anything as they know a loss for either side will see them take the playoff route to qualify for the world cup.
Manchester City did not have a solid plan ahead of the Manchester derby
Line up
Portugal XI: Patricio; Cancelo, Fonte, Dias, Mendes; Pereira, Sanches, Moutinho; B Silva, Ronaldo, Jota
Serbia XI: Rajkovic; Milenkovic, Veljkovic, Pavlovic; Lukic, Milinkovic-Savic, Gudelj, Kostic, Zikovic; Tadic; Vlahovic
