Thursday’s forthcoming Nations League clash sees Serbia play host to visiting rivals Norway at the Stadion Rajko Mitić Stadium in Belgrade. Showdown scheduled for June2, 2022 11:45 EAT.
The hosts are high on confidence after they delivered one of the major upsets in football just a few months. In the past 5 fixtures, 4 wins and only one draw. In their past six fixtures, they’ve celebrated scoring a total of 8 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.33. They have a 2 match’s streak receiving a goal. In those 5 matches, they scored a total of 11 goals while they received 4.
Dragan Stojković’s side will be hoping for a better result following the 3-0 International Friendlies losing effort in their last game against Denmark. In that match Serbia had 52% possession, 8 shots with one on target. Denmark got 7 shots with 3 of them on target and goals scored by J. Lindstrom (53’), J.Mahle (15’) and C. Eriksen (57’).
The visitors had a streak of 2 matches won consecutively recording 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 loss. In the last 5 matches, they scored a total of 13 goals; while they received 2 with average number of goals per match of opponents is 2.6, while they receive an average of 0.4 goals per match. They have a 2 match’s streak without receiving a goal.
Norway will hope for similar result following a 9-0 International Friendlies win with the downing of Armenia in their last fixture. In that game, Norway got 70% possession, 26 shots with 11 of them on target and goals nine goals. Armenia got only 1 shot with none on target.
Serbia vs Norway head-to-head
These two teams have had 3 encounters since 2004; each team has one win and one game ended in a stalemate.
- Norway 1-2 Serbia 08/10/20
- Serbia 1-1 Norway 15/11/06
- Serbia 0-1 Norway31/03/04
Home
- Denmark 3-0 Serbia
- Hungary 0-1Serbia
- Portugal 1-2 Serbia
- Serbia 4-0 Qatar
- Serbia 3-1 Azerbaijan
Away
- Norway 9-0 Armenia
- Norway 2-0 Slovakia
- Netherlands 2-0 Norway
- Norway 0-0 Latvia
- Norway 2-0 Montenegro
Serbia team news
Dragan Stojković will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Norway team news
Ståle Solbakken will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Prediction and Odds
The Serbians had won 5 of their past 6 overall fixtures, and they had remained invincible in 18 of their previous 20 matches while the Norwegians were winless in 5 of their form of 10 overall fixtures, and they are on a two-game winless run on the road as well. On top of that, they also have a poor head-to-head record against this opponent over the years.
- Serbia win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
