Serbia will play hosts to Portugal in the matchday 2 of the 2022 World Cup qualification Group A on Saturday. The kick-off is at 20:45 CET.

Preview

Even though Aleksandar Mitrovic has struggled a bit to find the back of the net for Fulham this season so far, the Serbian's brace was vital for his side's 3-2 victory over Ireland on Wednesday. That was Serbia's second official win on the bounce after their 5-0 thrashing of Russia in the Nations League in November so Dragan Stojkovic's men will try to extend their winning run to three games on the weekend.

Portugal, on the contrary, were lucky enough to kick off their route to Qatar with a 1-0 win over Azerbaijan earlier this week. In fact, Fernando Santos' side managed to take three points in their WC qualification opener thanks to Maksim Medvedev's own goal. Therefore, Cristiano Ronaldo and Co. will be looking to improve their goalscoring form in Belgrad.

Stefan Mitrovic, who was at fault for Ireland's second goal, could be benched this time around while Joao Felix is likely to start on Saturday after coming off the bench against Azerbaijan.

Prediction

The Serbians scored against Portugal in each of their two encounters in the 2020 Euro qualification in 2019 and thus it would be no surprise if they manage to do it again on Saturday. The Portuguese side, however, remain hot favourites to claim a victory in this one, given the quality of their squad.

Tip

Portugal to win or draw and both teams to score at 2.28 with 1XBET.