England vs Serbia prediction: EUROPE: World Cup – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-11-12 19:45.
[p]Serbia’s FIFA World Cup qualifying (WCQ) hopes could hinge on avoiding defeat when they travel to Wembley to take on England, who have already secured their place at next summer’s finals.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Thomas Tuchel has overseen six successive wins in this WCQ cycle to safely guide England to the 2026 finals, with the Three Lions impressively scoring 18 goals without reply in Group K. All the talk during October’s international window surrounded the omission of Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden, but they’re back in the squad here as England look to maintain a proud record of not losing a WCQ game since October 2009 (W29, D8). Perhaps their inclusion can help inspire an improvement to the Wembley atmosphere that Tuchel was so critical of last month, but four wins in as many outings there under his leadership suggests they don’t particularly need extra encouragement.[/p]
[p]Serbia’s sobering campaign reached its lowest ebb last month, with a 1-0 home defeat to Albania prompting long-serving boss Dragan Stojković to resign. Veljko Paunović – who recently led Real Oviedo back to La Liga and won the U20 World Cup with Serbia in 2015 – is the man to replace him, but defeat in his first game could end the Eagles’ progression chances from this group. They trail Albania – who play Andorra next – by a point, and with just two games to go this appears to be a must-win fixture for the visitors, who can fall back on having not lost a WCQ away game since 2017 (W5, D2).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]The only two prior H2Hs have both been contested in the last 18 months, with England winning without reply each time, including a 5-0 rout in the reverse fixture in September.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]England have opened the scoring before half-time in seven of their eight games under Tuchel.[/p]
[p]England have taken an average of 18 shots per game under Tuchel.[/p]
[p]Just one of Serbia’s last seven matches saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Five of Serbia’s last seven away games produced under 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Record England scorer Harry Kane has fired in 23 goals in just 17 games for Bayern Munich this season, netting the same number in his 20 WCQ appearances for the Three Lions, one of which opened the scoring in the reverse fixture. Dušan Vlahović is likely to lead the line for Serbia with five of his last six international goals arriving after half-time.[/p]
[p]Nick Pope, Anthony Gordon and Marc Guéhi all pulled out of the England squad at the weekend due to injuries, while Serbia’s all-time top scorer Aleksandar Mitrović wasn’t selected after sitting out his club’s last five matches.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]While the pressure is off hosts here, their superior quality means backing England to win without conceding seems smart.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]