Serbia hosts Portugal in round 5 of Euro qualification. The match will be played on Saturday, September 7th at Stadion Rajko Mitić (Belgrade)
After the hammering defeat to Ukraine in the round before last (5-0), Serbia rehabilitated to some extent in the last round by winning with a 4-1 score. But just over Lithuania. And I immediately draw attention to the fact that the Serbs conceded even from the Balts. In general, the last time they managed to keep a clean sheet was almost a year ago in a game of the League of Nations against Romania. Since then, the Eagles have played 6 matches and a total of 10 goals have flown into their net, including one from the Portuguese in the 1st round of qualification. And they were lucky that it was only one. In that game, the European champion shot on the goal of Serbia 28 times, but the ball stubbornly refused to fly into the net. It is unlikely that the Balkans will be so lucky for the second time in a row.
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Portugal played a match less than the upcoming opponent did, and the Portuguese are 2 points behind it now. Hosting Serbs in the 1st round, as I noted above, the Portuguese bombed the opponent’s gates regularly, but 1-1 is the result of that meeting. A draw in the upcoming match will not be fatal for the visitors, but life will be complicated considerably. It is already difficult to get to Ukraine, which broke away, and it will be even harder in case of shortage of points in Belgrade. Moreover, Portugal will have to compete with Serbia for the 2nd place.
In this situation, we can assume that the visitors will try not only not to lose but also to take all 3 points from the competitor. And for this purpose, the Portuguese need to score. The European champion has someone to do it. The other day, Ronaldo won his next trophy, becoming the best player of the year in Portugal. It is quite possible that the attack master will score his next goal on this joyful wave. But besides him, there is also Pizzi who has already scored 5 goals for Benfica in 4 matches of the local championship. There is Souza, who scored 15 goals for Braga in the last season, and in this one, he has already 2 goals for Shanghai in 3 matches. In general, you can expect a goal from any offensive player of the Portuguese national team. The defense of the Serbs, as we see now, cannot boast of reliability. Even Lithuania managed to score them. The Portuguese will also manage to score the hosts of the upcoming match. And in certain situations, they will do it more than once.
Prediction for the match: Portugal to score over 1.0 goal
