Slovenia vs Serbia Prediction & Betting Tips (20 June)

Slovenia started the competition by facing Denmark on Sunday. A team that she knows well having faced her twice during the qualifiers for this Euro 2024, behind whom they were ranked in 2nd place on goal difference. On Sunday, this Slovenian team trailed for a long time before equalizing in the last quarter of an hour and started the tournament with a good point against an interesting outsider. Matja Kek's men thus lined up a 7th meeting in a row without the slightest defeat. In March, they achieved a pretty big coup by winning a friendly match against Portugal 2-0 after being held in check by a very modest Maltese selection a few days earlier. As preparation, the Slovenes won against Armenia before leaving back to back with Bulgaria 1-1. For its part, Serbia played last Sunday the first Euro match in its history against the one considered to be the big favorite for the final victory, England.

Even if it did not have to be ashamed of its performance, this Balkan selection was unable to avoid defeat by losing by a small goal scored in the first quarter of an hour of play without ever managing to put the Three Lions are in danger and they find themselves in last position in their group after the first day. The Serbs, on the other hand, have participated in several World Cups, the last of which was in Qatar where they were eliminated in the group stage. During qualifying, the Eagles took 2nd place in their group behind Hungary. Stefan Mitrovic's partners have been quite disappointing of late, notably in March when they were held to a draw by Bulgaria 2-2 and outclassed by Russia 4-0. During their preparation, they were narrowly beaten by Austria 2-1 but they recovered well against Sweden 0-3.

The Slovenian coach made some strong choices by preferring to do without the interesting playmaker Zajc (Fenerbahce, 8 goals in 39 seasons) and the not very prolific striker Zahovic (0 goals in 15 seasons). On the other hand, he renewed his confidence in Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak (66 sel) who wears the armband in this team. At his side, we find the solid Stojanovic (Sampdoria) and Bijol (Udinese), while Kurtic (Südtirol), Verbic (Panathinaikos) and Lovric (Udinese) also plays in Europe. We also find in this team center forward Sesko (Leipzig) who has scored 11 goals in 30 caps. The experienced Ilicic (Maribor, 17 goals in 81 sels), is also in this delegation in the same way as Sporar (Panathinaikos, 54 sels, 12 goals) and defender Janza who equalized against Denmark on Sunday. Finally, Bordeaux striker Zan Vipotnik (2 goals in 9 seasons) is also present in the group but he did not play in the first match.

Former Marseillais Radonjic (Mallorca, 44 sel, 5 goals), the defenders Erakovic (Zenit) and Nastasic (Mallorca) as well as the promising goalkeeper Svilar (Roma) were not chosen by the coach to be part of the list. Nevertheless, the Serbian group remains very competitive with captain Tadic (Fenebahce, 109 sel, 23 goals) as well as defender Gudelj (Seville, 63 sel), who plays in the middle for the selection, and left piston Kostic (Juventus, 64 sel). The goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Torino), the defenders Milenkovic (Fiorentina, 54 sel), Pavlovic (RB Salzburg, 36 sel) and Veljkovic (Werder Bremen), midfielders Maksimovic (Getafe, 50 sel), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al Hilal, 52 sel, 9 goals), Lukic (Fulham, 47 sel) and Ilic (Torino) also form a fairly solid squad. The dreaded scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al Hilal, 92 selections, 58 goals) and center forward Vlahovic (Juventus, 28 selections, 13 goals) did not weigh on the English defense on Sunday while Jovic (AC Milan, 35 sel, 10 goals) and the captain of the selection Tadic started as substitutes.