Slovenia vs Serbia prediction: EUROPE: Euro betting tips on match 2024-06-19 13:00.
[p]The two rank outsiders of Group C, Slovenia and Serbia, would both have identified this particular matchup as their opportunity to ensure they don’t leave their first European Championship finals since the year 2000 too prematurely. Slovenia could perhaps now afford to have greater ambitions after they showed significant improvement during their surprise 1-1 draw against Denmark, which their head coach Matjaž Kek described as a game of “two different halves”. [/p]
[p]Kek believes there’s further development to come after the team shook off the nerves of their first major tournament appearance since the 2010 FIFA World Cup, attributing their slow start, which saw them fall behind inside 20 minutes, to a lack of confidence and belief which is now behind them. They remain unbeaten as underdogs in 2024 following wins over both Portugal (2-0) and the USA (1-0) in friendlies earlier this year, so the evidence that they can match it with higher ranked teams continues to mount.[/p]
[p]Serbia also gradually worked their way into their opening game of this tournament but without the ultimate reward to show for it. A solid defensive showing was always to be expected from a team who conceded only nine goals in their eight qualification matches, but they could eventually muster up just one shot on target in a 1-0 loss to pre-tournament favourites England.[/p]
[p]Stojković believed the loss was undeserved from Serbia’s perspective, and like his adversary has promised more in their second outing. They’ll go into this contest as warm favourites despite qualifying, like Slovenia, as runners-up of their group, in part due to taking points from them twice in a pair of UEFA Nations League matches in 2022 (2-2 away, 4-1 home). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Slovenia’s Benjamin Šeško came into this tournament with goals in seven consecutive Bundesliga games for Leipzig and he scored the game’s final goal the last time these sides met. Serbian Andrija Živković netted the opener that day with what was his most recent international goal, while he recorded 33 goal contributions for his club this season.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: Serbia have played out 40 international matches since their last 0-0 draw, whilst it’s 21 for Slovenia since their last goalless contest. [/p]