Sweden vs Serbia Prediction & Betting Tips (8 June)

Sweden will not participate in the Euro following its misadventure in the qualifiers with a 3rd place far behind Austria and Belgium. Let us remember all the same that it is somewhat of a big surprise not to find the Swedes at the European Championship since they remained on 6 consecutive participations and a 1/8th final during the last edition eliminated by Ukraine 1 -2. As a result, we can announce that this selection is now planning for the next Nations League C where it remains the big favorite in a relatively weak group with Estonia, Slovakia and Azerbaijan. Since January, the routine of friendly matches has been established for the Yellow and Blue who won two of their three matches against Estonia 2-1 and Albania 1-0 candidate for the Euro as a reminder. There was a heavy defeat against Portugal in March 5-2. Wednesday evening, the Swedes traveled to Denmark as part of a friendly to follow.

Serbia will be there for this Euro in Germany. Note that this is a historic moment for this selection which since its independence had never managed to qualify for the European Nations Championship. First participation therefore for the Serbs who showed themselves convincingly in the qualifying phase with a good 2nd place behind Hungary. However, in 2024, we cannot say that they are prolific with two defeats in three friendly matches including a beating against Russia 4-0 and during the week against the Blues' future opponent, Austria 2-1.

Sweden will not be able to count on Sporting's indecent scorer Viktor Gyökeres (29 goals, 10 assists in the league) who did not take part in this gathering. The same conditions apply to defenders Wahlqvist (15 caps) and the champion of the German D2 with FC St. Pauli Smith (not the slightest selection). Called up in March, Lille's Gudmundsson (7 caps) and midfielders Svanberg (Wolfsburg, 2 goals in 34 caps) and Karlström (Lech Poznan, 13 caps) without forgetting striker Ondrejka (1 cap) were not invited. Now let's talk about the players present such as Newcastle striker Isak (10 goals in 44 caps), Nottingham Elanga (3 goals in 15 caps) or even Tottenham winger Kulusevski (3 goals in 37 caps). In the middle, we note the presence of the captain Forsberg still present despite his departure for MLS last winter (New York Red Bulls) while Cajuste (Naples) and capped defenders like Lindelöf (United, 66 sel), Krafht (Newcastle , 46 selections) or the full-back Augustinsson (Anderlecht, 55 selections) are present. On the reserve bench, Erakovic (8 selections), Simic (Milan AC, not the slightest selection), Nastasic (34 selections), Radonjic ( Mallorca, 5 goals in 44 caps), Zdejalr (5 selections) or even the attackers Bazdar (Partizan Belgrade) and Ivanovic (not a selection) will not a priori be in the final group for the Euro.

The same goes for the injured Terzic (RB Salzburg), Ristic (Celta Vigo) and Marko Grujic (Porto). To now discuss the forces present, let's talk about the offensive players Jovic (10 goals in 34 appearances for the selection), Mitrovic (Al Hilal, 57 goals in 90 caps) without forgetting the probable holder for the Euro, Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus, 13 goals in 26 capes). Captain Tadic (Fenerbahce, 10 goals, 14 assists in SuperLig) is in the group like Kostic (Juventus), Milinkovic-Savic (Al Hilal) or even the elements with more than 40 selections: Zivkovic ( PAOK, 45 sel) and Lukic (Fulham). Injured at the end of the season with Sevilla FC, Gudelj (61 caps) is finally operational. Against Austria in a friendly during the week, it was defender Pavlovic who scored the only goal for his team while Getafe midfielder Maksimovic left prematurely in the first period (injury or simple blow, to be continued) .