LISBOA. Serbia was capable to turn the table against Portugal to win 2-1. It was Portugal to strike first with an early goal of R. Sanches at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 33′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Mitrovic gave the win to Serbia in the 90′ minute with a goal. Serbia took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisboa on Sunday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato with the support of Ciro Carbone and Giorgio Peretti. The 4th official was Marco Di Bello. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 58.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Serbia had a strong ball possession 57% while Portugal was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Serbia has a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Serbia won the match.
Portugal shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Serbia shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Portugal received 3 yellow cards (J. Moutinho, J. Cancelo and R. Sanches). On the opposite side, Serbia received 5 yellow cards (N. Gudelj, D. Stojkovic, A. Mitrovic, N. Milenkovic and S. Pavlovic).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this match, Portugal will stay with 17 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Serbia will have 20 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
Portugal – Formation
Portugal
8'
64'
2'
Portugal started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos decided to play with the following team: Rui Patrício , João Cancelo , José Fonte , Rúben Dias , Nuno Mendes , Renato Sanches , Danilo Pereira , João Moutinho , Bernardo Silva , Cristiano Ronaldo and Diogo Jota .
The home team had on the bench: João Félix , João Palhinha , Gonçalo Guedes, Rúben Neves , Rafael Leão, José Sá, Nélson Semedo, André Silva, William Carvalho, Bruno Fernandes , Diogo Costa and Diogo Dalot.
Substitutions
Portugal made 5 changes: J. Moutinho for J. Palhinha (64′), B. Silva for B. Fernandes (64′), D. Jota for Joao Felix (84′), R. Sanches for R. Neves (84′) and Danilo for A. Silva (90′).
Best player: Danilo Pereira
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Portugal was Danilo Pereira.
His rating is with 35 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.
Serbia – Formation
Serbia
Serbia started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
Dragan Stojković played with: Predrag Rajković , Nikola Milenković , Miloš Veljković , Strahinja Pavlović , Andrija Živković , Saša Lukić , Nemanja Gudelj , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Filip Kostić , Dušan Tadić and Dušan Vlahović .
They had on the bench: Uroš Račić, Luka Jović, Nemanja Maksimović, Uroš Spajić , Nemanja Radonjić , Marko Dmitrović, Vanja Milinković-Savić, Stefan Mitrović, Filip Mladenović, Marko Grujić, Nikola Terzić and Aleksandar Mitrović .
Serbia could not rely on the presence of U. Spajic (injured).
Substitutions
Serbia made 4 changes: N. Gudelj for A. Mitrovic (46′), M. Veljkovic for U. Spajic (65′), A. Zivkovic for N. Radonjic (69′) and F. Kostic for L. Jovic (90′).
Best player: Dušan Tadić
The most impressive player for Serbia was Dušan Tadić.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 14 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Croatia – Russia – 1-0
- Malta – Slovakia – 0-6
- Slovenia – Cyprus – 2-1
- Armenia – Germany – 1-4
- Liechtenstein – Romania – 0-2
- North Macedonia – Iceland – 3-1
- Portugal – Serbia – 1-2
- Luxembourg – Republic of Ireland – 0-3
- Greece – Kosovo – 1-1
- Spain – Sweden – 1-0
