Russia hosts Serbia in round 1 of the UEFA Nations League B. The match will be played on Thursday, September 3rd at Stadion Dinamo (Moscow)
In the last Nations League, the Russian national team played in Group B and lost the first place to the Swedes only due to additional indicators (one goal was not enough). However, the Russians won a ticket to the final stage of the European Championship. Cherchesov has some problems with the squad before the upcoming match. Miranchuk and Barinov who represent Lokomotiv will not play. But there is a debutant, the forward of Zenit Mostovoy. In the last nine matches, the Russian national team gained eight victories and lost only once. It happened in the match with the bronze medalist of the last World Cup, Belgium. However, the Belgians are beating almost everyone.
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Although the Serbian championship does not even have the status of a middle peasant in Europe (many fans do not know the local clubs, except for Crvena Zvezda and Partizan), the country's national team is still quite strong. And the thing is that most of the performers coming out under the national flag play in the strongest European championships. And the Serbs are often in leading roles there. There are many examples of this - Milenkovic (Fiorentina), Maksimovic (Napoli), Tadic (Ajax), Radonic (Marseille), Gudel (Sevilla), Kolarov (Roma), Jovic (Real Madrid), etc. However, the White Eagles have somewhat lost ground in recent years. They did not progress from the group at the World Cup in Russia. In addition to Brazil, the Serbs played against Switzerland and Costa Rica, which cannot be called the strongest national teams in the world. Serbia did not make it to the final stage of the European Championship at all, giving way to Portugal and Ukraine. The Serbs tied in the last match with the Ukrainians nine months ago.
Currently, the Russian team has two significant advantages. It will play at home, and the Russian championship, in which almost all the players perform, has already started. Five rounds have been held, and the footballers are in good shape. On the other hand, the Serbs who play anywhere, but not at home, are in a joke. They haven’t had game practice for more than a month. This will undoubtedly affect their physical conditions in the upcoming match. And the hosts will surely take advantage of it. The opponents never met in official matches but played four friendly games. The Russians did not lose and gained victories in two cases. Most likely, Stanislav Cherchesov's squad will delight the fans with a victory after a 9-month downtime. But it will not be superfluous to insure them with a handicap.
Prediction for the match: Russia to win with 0.0 handicap
