The second round of fixtures in Euro 2024 qualification continues this week, including a meeting between Montenegro and Serbia.
The game will be played at the Stadion Pod Goricom on the 27th of March and the hosts are currently in second place on 3 points while the visitors are top of the group on the same number of points.
Marko Grujić (26, CDM) picked up momentum as the match went on.Not overly creative, but perhaps our best long passer & a playmaker from deep. The catalyst behind many of our dangerous attacks, including the 2nd goal.+ a capable ball-winner these days.pic.twitter.com/LKMzjpr7Dy— Serbian Football Scout (@SerbFootyScout) March 24, 2023
Marko Grujić (26, CDM) picked up momentum as the match went on.Not overly creative, but perhaps our best long passer & a playmaker from deep. The catalyst behind many of our dangerous attacks, including the 2nd goal.+ a capable ball-winner these days.pic.twitter.com/LKMzjpr7Dy
Montenegro come into the match on the back of a 1-0 win in Bulgaria in their opening fixture of the group. The only goal of the game was scored in the 70th minute and it was a great start to the group for Montenegro as they picked up maximum points away.
The win over Bulgaria was the first win for Montenegro in 5 attempts. They suffered defeats against Bosnia away and Finland at home in the Nations League plus a 1-0 away loss against Slovenia in a friendly. Montenegro also held Slovakia to a 2-2 draw at home in a friendly, coming back from 2-0 down.
Trends show Montenegro are on a poor run of just 4 wins in 25 European Championship qualifying matches. They have recorded just a single victory from their 11 most recent European Championship qualifiers and have failed to win any of their last 5 home qualifying matches.
Montenegro have failed to score a goal in their 2 most recent home European Championship qualifying games.
Serbia travel to Podgorica having started their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a 2-0 home victory over Lithuania.
It was a match Serbia were expected to win and they opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Serbia added a second goal shortly after half time and that was enough to take all 3 points.
Serbia are undefeated in 3 of their last 4 fixtures in all competitions. Having drawn 3-3 with Cameroon in their 2022 World Cup group, Serbia were beaten 3-2 by Switzerland having led 2-1 and they were eliminated from the tournament. Since then, Serbia have defeated United States 2-1 away in a friendly.
Trends show Serbia are undefeated in their last 7 European Championship qualifying games in a row.
They have won 5 of their last 7 European Championship qualifiers and are undefeated in their last 3 matches on the road. Serbia have scored 2 or more goals in each of their last 3 away Euro qualifiers.
Team news and Montenegro are likely to go with the same starting XI from the win in Bulgaria. However, Vladimir Jovović and Stevan Jovetić are pushing for a place in the team.
Serbia could bring Sergej Milinković-Savić into the team having started on the bench in the win over Lithuania. That could be the only change for the visitors.
Montenegro will be feeling confident following their win in Bulgaria but could be brought back down to earth in this game. We expect to see Serbia come away with maximum points and keep a clean sheet on their way to victory.