Serbia vs Luxembourg
EURO Qualification
Date: Thursday, 14 November 2019
Kick-off at 19:45 UK / 20:45 CET
Venue: Stadion Rajko Mitić (Belgrade).
Portugal blew their chances on finishing the group when they lost 2-1 to Ukraine in their final game, handing their opponents an unassailable eight-point gap on the chasing pack.
It was the first defeat of Portugal's qualification campaign but it is a significant one, allowing Serbia to move within a point of them and keep the pressure on heading into the final round of fixtures.
However, with second-bottom Luxembourg to follow after Lithuania, Cristiano Ronaldo and co. will feel confident of taking maximum points from their last two games and assure themselves of a place in Euro 2020.
Ronaldo scored four in a 5-1 win the last time the two sides met, and has scored half of his country's 14 qualifying goals so far in this campaign.
Lithuania, which is a single point in the group came home 1-1 draw against Luxembourg similarly struggling team, will not relish the prospect of facing Juventus forward for the second time - and in Portugal.
Group B small fish has shipped a whopping 19 goals in just seven games, scoring only five at the time.
Lithuania was not even able to take advantage of the path of the League of Nations by failing to win their group and not finish bottom, losing each of their six matches in the competition and suffering relegation to League D.
Instead, Serbia took advantage and they, as well as Ukraine and Portugal, will be guaranteed a play-off place for them to finish outside the two automatic qualifying spots.
Portugal may be the starting lineup:
Patricio; Pereira, Dias, Fonte, Guerreiro; Neves, Moutinho; Fernandes, B. Silva; Ronaldo, A. Silva
Lithuanian possible starting lineup:
Cerniauskas; Baravykas, Klimavicus, Girdvainis, Mikoliunas; Simkus; Lasickas, Vorobjovas, Golubickas, Verbickas; Matulevcius
Serbia vs Luxembourg Betting Tips
Serbia beat Lithuania 2-1 in their final qualifier, while Luxembourg lost 3-0 in Portugal in their final game in Group B and then thrashed 4-0 by Denmark in a friendly match to make it five defeats on the run for visitors Thursday ,
All statistics pointed towards the Serb claim three points on Thursday and keep a clean sheet, so we have supported the hosts to win the game by two goals to nil.
Serbia beat Luxembourg 3-1 when the pair meet for their otherwise qualifying in September and the hosts have won four of their last five international matches while Luxembourg has lost all of their last five games, which is why we are backing the home win Thursday.
Performing the two countries during the last few months only add to the weight of our predictions for the clean sheet home this week, as Serbia kept a clean sheet in their last home game against Paraguay, while Luxembourg has failed to score in five of their last seven away games against the likes Denmark, Portugal, Northern Ireland, and the Ukraine.
The shape of the two countries provide even mor reason to return home victory this Thursday, as Luxembourg without a win in the away games their last seven, losing five and drawing two, while Serbia only lost one of their last six games at home, won four and drawn once. The hosts have scored at least two goals in four of their last five games and their guests on Thursday have conceded two or more goals in five of their last eight games, which is why we have gone with a final score of 2-0.
We are convinced that Serbia will win to nil on Thursday and we have estimated the final scoreline 2-0. Serbia has six points on the board from their guests and are still in the race for automatic qualification places and therefore have more to play for this Thursday. The visitors have a poor away record in qualifying and has failed to score in two of their three away games in Group B, while Serbia will be confident having defeated their guests 3-1 in the reverse fixture back in September.
