Serbia

We are just a few days away from the biggest football season ever and the world’s excitement feels almost electric. Did you know that 3.2 billion people tuned in to watch the last two World Cup tournaments? That’s roughly half the world’s population!

32 nations will be vying for the coveted title, after proving their worth during a two-year qualifying season. Having beaten 190 other countries in 800+ matches, these 32 teams are the cream of the crop.

Serbia squad & Serbia starting eleven

In this guide, we will take a closer look at Serbia. Nicknamed Orlovi or the Eagles, this team was raised from a long history of football. Serbia has competed as Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro and had in fact, finished fourth in 1930 and 1962!

Coming back to the present, we study how Serbia stacks up versus their Group E opponents (Brazil, Costa Rica and Switzerland). Standing at number 35 in the FIFA ranks, Serbia boasts an impressive squad of players (Branislav Ivanovic from Chelsea, Aleksander Kolarov from Manchester City, to name a few). What are the odds for Serbia to win World Cup 2018? All that and more below.

Serbia World Cup 2018: World Cup History

Serbia is returning to the FIFA World Cup tournament for the first time since 2010. A much awaited one for its countrymen too, who had grown impatient after an eight-year wait. It was a relatively breezy return. They rose as the winner of UEFA Group D (Republic of Ireland, Wales, Austria, Georgia, Moldova) after 20 goals and just one defeat in ten qualifying matches.

The odds on Serbia winning world cup 2018 are not very high, but the nation is incredibly excited, as they should be. “We’ve got the strongest team and the strongest men,” a fan had proudly quoted to the press.

Serbia is a country of only 7.1 million people. It’s their second appearance as an independent country. Throughout history, Serbia has made 11 appearances in the World Cup—twice as Serbia and Montenegro, 7 times as SFR Yugoslavia and once as Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Their greatest achievement was finishing in semi-finals in 1930 and 1962. Of course, this history is so far in the past that they don’t influence odds Serbia world cup 2018 in the littlest. Hence, we dive deeper into their line-up.

Serbia World Cup 2018: Team

Serbia has a string of players with international experience. The biggest name among them is Branislav Ivanovic, captain of the national team since 2012 until very recently and former Chelsea defender. Ivanovic’s achievements include a century of caps for Serbia, a UEFA Champions League title and three English Premier League titles.

New captain, Aleksander Kolarov (formerly from Manchester City) packs a punch too. He scored the determining goal in the team’s qualifying match against Ireland. This 32-year old player brings years of experience from Roma and plenty of technical expertise. The team’s younger generation of players are expected to make a difference as well.

To name a few, there’s Aleksander Mitrovic from Newcastle and Fulham, who helped the country win the Under-19 European championships, 20-year old Luka Jovic from Benfica and 22-year old winger Nemanja Radonjic. The odds Serbia win world cup 2018 lie on young shoulders indeed.

Serbia’s head coach is a former player called Mladen Krstajic. He was appointed as temporary caretaker after his predecessor, Slavoljub Muslin was sacked in October 2017.

In the short months since his appointment, Krastajic has been actively experimenting with team formations and tactics. The team lost one friendly against Morocco and won another match against Nigeria.

Serbian Squad:

Goalkeepers: Vladimir Stojkovic (Partizan Belgrade), Predrag Rajkovic (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Marko Dmitrovic (Eibar), Aleksandar Jovanovic (Aarhus).

Defenders: Aleksandar Kolarov (AS Roma), Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St. Petersburg), Dusko Tosic (Guangzhou R&F), Antonio Rukavina (Villarreal), Milos Veljkovic (Werder Bremen), Milan Rodic (Red Star Belgrade), Uros Spajic (Krasnodar), Matija Nastasic (Schalke 04), Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina).

Midfielders: Nemanja Matic (Manchester United), Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), Marko Grujic (Liverpool), Adem Ljajic (Torino), Dusan Tadic (Southampton), Mijat Gacinovic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Filip Kostic (Hamburg SV), Andrija Zivkovic (Benfica), Nemanja Radonjic (Red Star Belgrade), Nemanja Maksimovic (Valencia).

Strikers: Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United), Aleksandar Prijovic (PAOK Salonika), Luka Jovic (Benfica).

What is your read on the odds on Serbia winning 2018 World Cup? Their experimentation at the friendlies makes it hard to tell. Anyway, we sought bookmakers’ expert opinion on Serbia world cup 2018 odds and reprinted them below.

Serbia World Cup 2018 Odds

Here are the betting odds Serbia to win World Cup 2018:

Odds Serbia World Cup 2018 Matches

The odds and predictions above were provided by SkyBet.

Odds of Serbia World Cup Top Goalscorer

  • Aleksandar Mitrovic 6/4
  • Duscan Tadic 5
  • Filip Kostic 6
  • Mijat Gacinovic 6
  • Aleksandar Kolarov 10

Odds on Serbia winning 2018 World Cup

The current chance for Serbia to win world cup 2018 odds is 200. In others, very unlikely that they will win. The odds for Serbia’s stage of elimination are as follows:

  • Group Stage 7/10
  • Last 16 12/5
  • Quarter Final 8
  • Semi Final 25
  • Runner Up 80
  • Winner 200

World Cup 2018 Serbia Fixtures

Serbia will play Brazil, Costa Rica and Switzerland in the group stage. Here is their full schedule. The odds on Serbia to win world cup 2018 are not high, but all of these are extremely exciting matches that you will not want to miss.

Serbia vs. Costa Rica: Sunday 17th June, 4:00 PM (Local Time), Samara Arena, Samara

Serbia vs. Switzerland: Friday 22nd June, 8:00 PM (Local Time), Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Serbia vs. Brazil: Wednesday 27th June, 9:00 PM (Local Time), Spartak Stadium, Moscow

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