Serbia and England are set to clash at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday evening in their first-ever competitive match. Serbia is entering the game with confidence after a solid 3-0 victory over Sweden in their final warm-up match, despite coach Jon Dahl Tomasson resting several key players during Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s farewell game.
Though Darko Lazovic, Strahinja Erakovic, and Dejan Joveljic are absent, key players Aleksandar Mitrovic, Dusan Tadic, and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic are fit and ready to face England.
England, on the other hand, suffered a surprising defeat to Iceland in their last friendly, although Gareth Southgate had heavily rotated his squad.
Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham is set to return to the starting lineup, and with Southgate likely to field his strongest team against Serbia, an away win appears probable. It’s worth noting that Marcus Rashford, Jack Grealish, Harry Maguire, and Ben White have been excluded from England’s EURO 2024 squad.
Prediction: 1-3
