Serbia vs Russia Match Preview

Serbia is ranked at the 4th spot with three points and comes after three draws and two losses over the last five matches. They are yet to win a game for this tournament and are almost relegated. The only way to avoid it is to beat Russia and hope for Turkey to lose with a big goal difference against Hungary.

They have also suffered a big disappointment after missing the chance to secure a ticket for next year's European Championship after losing in the playoffs to Scotland in the penalty shootout. They will miss Kolarov in defense and a 19-year-old Pavlovic should replace him alongside the absence of Kostic, Djuricic and Milivojevic.

Russia, on the other side, is ranked at the first spot of the group with eight points and comes after two wins two draws, and a loss over the last five matches. They complicated their situation in the recent game against Turkey where they suffered their first defeat, playing with a man less since the 24th minute.

Still, they could manage to get promoted to League A for the next tournament in case of a win here, despite how Hungary vs Turkey ends up. Their absences will be Semenov, Zobnin, and Kudryashov, all because of suspension after being booked in the game against Turkey, but in defense, Russia has plenty of alternatives.

In conclusion, I think Russia can win this match or get at least a draw out of it. They are the better team and will travel to Serbia highly motivated for grabbing a much needed three points trying to make use of the bad moment their rivals are having. Serbia is winless since back in November 2019, when they won against a poor Luxembourg team. In the last eight games, they got six draws and two losses.