Serbia – Chile Soccer Prediction for Today
Representatives of Serbia and the State of Chile will play a friendly match on the “Merkur Arena” stadium in Graz (Austria) on Monday 4 June 2018 at 21:00. In the FIFA rankings, Serbia’s national team is ranked 35 with 732 points, while Chile’s selected team is ranked 9 with 1146 points.
“Vultures” finished first in the CM 2018 preliminaries
Serbia’s national team finished first in Group D of World Championship preliminaries 2018, with 21 points, followed by Ireland 19 points, Wales 17 points, Austria 15 points, Georgia 5 points and Moldova 2 points. This year, “Orlovi” played two friendly games, being defeated at home 2-1 by Morocco and winning 2-0 in London in front of Nigeria. Until their World Cup debut, Mladen Krstajić’s team will play two friendly matches with Chile and Bolivia. At the World Cup in Russia, Serbia’s team is in Group E with Brazil, Switzerland and Costa Rica.
“La Roja”, defeated again Friday by Romania
Chile’s selector was totally disappointed in the CM 2018 preliminaries, the South American area, losing the 1-4 positions that led directly to Russia, but also the 5th position, which was the barrage. Ranking in preliminaries was 1. Brazil 41 points, Uruguay 31 points, Argentina 28 points, Colombia 27 points, Peru 26 points, Chile 26 points, Paraguay 24 points, Ecuador 20 points, Bolivia 14 points and Venezuela 12 points. The South American Champion of the last two editions will have to match with friendly matches this year, playing three games, winning Sweden (2-1), finishing with Denmark (0-0) and defeating the week past Romania. This summer, all South American forces are in the World Cup, while the team coached by Reinaldo Rueda will support two friendly matches with Serbia and Poland, teams qualified for the final tournament.
Serbian side for friendly with Chile
Goalkeepers: Vladimir Stojkovic (Partizan Belgrade), Marko Dmitrovic (SD Eibar), Predrag Rajković (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Defenders: Antonio Rukavina (Villarreal CF), Duško Tošić (Guangzhou R & F), Nikola Milenkovic (ACF Fiorentina), Milos Veljkovic (Werder Bremen), Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St. Petersburg), Aleksandar Kolarov Belgrade), Uros Spajic (FC Krasnodar)
Midfielder: Andrija Živković (Benfica Lisboa), Dušan Tadić (FC Southampton), Nemanja Radonjić (Red Star Belgrade), Luka Milivojević (Crystal Palace), Filip Kostić (Hamburger SV), Marko Grujić (FC Liverpool), Sergej Milinkovic- Lazio Roma), Nemanja Matić (Manchester United), Adem Ljajić (FC Torino)
Attackers: Aleksandar Prijović (PAOK Thessaloniki), Aleksandar Mitrović (Newcastle United), Luka Jović (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Chile’s lot for friendly with Serbia
Goalie: Cristopher Toselli (Atlas Fútbol Club), Gabriel Arias (Unión La Calera), Gonzalo Collao (CD Cobreloa)
Gio Medel (Besiktas Istanbul), Enzo Roco (Cruz Azul), Paulo Díaz (San Lorenzo de Almagro), Miiko Albornoz (Hannover 96), Guillermo Maripan (Deportivo Alavés), Igor Lichnovsky (Cruz Azul), José Bizama Huacamos), Cristián Cuevas (FC Twente Enschede), Benjamin Kuscevic (Universidad Católica), Francisco Sierralta (FC Parma), Sebastián Vegas (CA Monarcas Morelia)
Midfielder: Erick Pulgar (Bologna FC), Lorenzo Reyes (Universidad de Chile), Diego Valdés (CA Monarcas Morelia), Pablo Galdames (Union Española), Ángelo Araos (Universidad de Chile), Jimmy Martinez (CD Huachipato) Club Necaxa)
Attackers: Nicolás Castillo (Benfica Lisboa), Júnior Fernándes (Alanyaspor), Ángelo Henríquez (Atlas Fútbol Club), Martín Rodríguez (Cruz Azul), Ángelo Sagal (CF Pachuca)
Serbia with World Cup, Chile without stars
Selector Mladen Krstajić has 23 players to go to the final tournament in Russia. They were left home with injured defender Vujadin Savić (Red Belgrade) and midfielder Ljubomir Fejsa (Benfica Lisabona), while goalkeeper Aleksandar Jovanovic (Aarhus GF), defender Matija Nastasić (Schalke 04), Ivan Obradovic (Anderlecht Bruxelles), Nikola Maksimović (SSC Napoli), Dušan Basta (Lazio Roma), Stefan Mitrović (KAA Gent), midfielder Mijat Gaćinović (Eintracht Frankfurt), Nemanja Maksimović (Valencia CF), Nemanja Radoja (Celta Vigo) or striker Đorđe Ivanović (Partizan Belgrad) were convoked. Reinaldo Rueda has no goalkeeper Claudio Bravo (Manchester City), defender Mauricio Isla (Fenerbahçe Istanbul), midfielder Arturo Vidal (Bayern München), Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Pablo Hernández (Celta Vigo) Sánchez (Manchester United), Mauricio Pinilla (Universidad de Chile, Esteban Paredes (CS Colo-Colo) and Eduardo Vargas (Tigres UANL) who are on holiday.
They have the best lot to go to CM 2018 with super players, while the Chileans do not have the stars who are on vacation. Serbia needs victories in friendly matches with Chile and Bolivia in order to have a good morale ahead of the World Cup debut match on June 17 with Costa Rica. Within the team is a very good atmosphere, the players expecting with emotion to play in the world, especially the meeting with Brazil. South Americans can not claim too much from this friendly, as long as they do not have many titles and it was seen at what level they were in the match with Romania, which they lost 3-2. The two countries met last time on November 14, 2012, at St. Petersburg. Gall in Switzerland, with Europeans winning 3-1. Normally, they should also impose in Graz, taking into account the players who will be on the field.
Prediction Today: At least one goal will be scored in the first half
Odds: 1.45
