Portugal U21 vs Serbia U21 – U-21 European Championship – Preview

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Sreya

Portugal U21 vs Serbia U21 – The U-21 sides of Portugal and Serbia face each other at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz on 17th June, Saturday in their first Group B match of the U-21 UEFA European Championship.

Portugal were the runners-up in the 2015 U-21 UEFA European Championship when they were defeated by Sweden in the finals. Serbia will be the under-dogs tonight as they take on a loaded Portugal side, one of the pre-tournament favorites.

This season, the format of the competition (which is held every two years) has been expanded to include twelve teams divided into three groups of four.

The U-21 European Championship has long been heralded as the tournament where the rising superstars of the next generation of footballers get to showcase their talent, with the likes of Marco Asensio, Renato Sanches who are already established footballers competing with the likes of Tammy Abraham who are en route to have breakout seasons.

Rui Jorge is expected to make quite a few changes in the Portugal line-up. Serbia will be without their star player Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and will be looking towards Uros Djurdjevic, the top scorer in Serbia’s first division last season for the attacking plaudits.

Portugal U-21 Possible Starting Lineup: Joel Pereira, Joao Cancelo, Edgar Le, Ruben Semedo, Pedro Rebocho, Renato Sanches, Ruben Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Goncalo Guedes, Diego Jota, Bruma.

Serbia U-21 Possible Starting Lineup: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Milan Gajic, Vukasin Jovanovic, Milos Veljkovic, Nemanja Antonov, Sasa Lukic, Nemanja Maksimovic, Andrija Zivkovic, Marko Grujic, Misat Gacinovic, Uro Djurdjevic.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Portugal U21 vs Serbia U21 H2H Stats, Serbia have won the previous two meetings between the U-21 sides of these two nations.

Serbia, because of their strikeforce are likely to get on the scoresheet but the Portuguese U-21 side have the quality to win the game.

A 2-1 win for Portugal is the most likely result.