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Serbia U21 vs Austria U21 Prediction & Betting tips
The football season 2018/19 will be concluded in Europe with the U21 European Championship in Italy and San Marino. In the next two weeks fight twelve teams for the title win. Not only stars of tomorrow but also stars of today can be seen. After all, even 23-year-old players may play in the U21 European Championship, since the time of qualifying starts counts and thus all players are eligible to play from 1.1.1996. For the first time at a U21 finals here is the Austrian offspring. In the first group match it comes to a deja vu in the duel between Serbia and Austria!
Already on the way to Italy, the blades of the two teams crossed, because Serbia and Austria were in the same qualifying group. Serbia prevailed as group winners, Austria had to take the detour of the playoff games to fix the biggest success in this age group. Probably because of the results in the qualification Serbia is against Austria according to current quotas acted as favorite. The game starts on early Monday evening at 17:30 at the Nereo Rocco stadium in Trieste.
Serbia:
The Serbian offspring has a high reputation for several years and was rewarded with the title win at the U20 World Championship in New Zealand four years ago. Some of the players who played in the U20 World Cup four years ago will be in Italy for the next two weeks at the U21 European Championship. For that reason alone, the team of head coach Goran Djorovic must be considered one of the co-favorites.
The quality will increase significantly again real newcomer Luka Jovic. The 21-year-old attacker played a superb season at Eintracht Frankfurt and is considered by many experts to be one of the best, if not the best, youngsters in the world. Despite countless leg games, he has agreed to run for his home at the U21 European Championship. Luka Jovic is certainly the big star in the squad, but with Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), Andrija Zivkovic (Benfica Lisbon), Nemanja Radonjic (Olympique Marseille) or Sasa Lukic (Turin FC) are also other players in prestigious European top clubs under contract , But there are also many no-names in the Serbian squad. No less than twelve of the 23 cadre players are still under contract at home.
In the qualification (eight wins, two draws) knew to convince especially the defensive. The Serbians just had to concede five goals in these ten matches. Also in the last two friendlies the Djorovic team could keep the box clean. Serbia have therefore not suffered a single goal in the last four games.
The Serbs play mostly in a flat 4-4-2 system and try to grab the game itself. The few goals result from a very good switching game, because after losing the ball is worked well backwards. Due to the few goals on Monday between Serbia and Austria a tip on the sub 2.5 could be considered.
Austria:
The 1996 vintage has been able to write many headlines in Austrian football. The last few years have been marked by drama, suspense, but also great successes. Because this year qualified for no less than four finals. In addition to the U17 European Championships and World Championships, the year was also represented at the U19 European Championship and represents Austria for the first time this year at a U21 European Championship.
There has always been a parallel in recent years. The prelude to a qualifying or final round – in the form of a victory – rarely succeeded. But despite setbacks, the team was never discouraged and could master almost hopeless situations and cheer in the end. The ticket to Italy and San Marino took the team of head coach Werner Gregoritsch over the detour Greece. With two 1-0 victories, the final round was fixed last November.
Like many other participants, Werner Gregoritsch can count on some players who are already in the A-Team. Especially Xaver Schlager, Hannes Wolf, Stefan Posch, Philipp Lienhart and Kevin Danso are to be mentioned here. The big absent is Hertha winger Valentino Lazaro, who has canceled after a exhausting season. Compared to the other teams, Austria does not necessarily have the big names, but on the field the team is outstanding.
The only preparation game Austria could win sensationally against the French star ensemble 3-1. A respectable success, which shows that Austria will not be cannon fodder at this U21 European Championship. The semi-final is an ambitious goal, but the win without a point win would be a big surprise. In the duel between Serbia and Austria is according to quotas easily outsider in the bookmakers.
Serbia U21 vs Austria U21 head to head matches
12.10.18 EUR Serbia U21 Austria U21 0 : 0
10.11.17 EUR Austria U21 Serbia U21 1 : 3
31.05.16 FI Serbia U21 Austria U21 3 : 1
29.05.14 FI Austria U21 Serbia U21 2 : 2