Serbia - Portugal - Tips by users and experts on football, 27 March 2021: FIFA WC Qualification Europe

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Serbia’s winning start to their FIFA World Cup qualification (WCQ) campaign (W 3-2) was not without a few nervy moments, but they won the second half by a one-goal margin for the second competitive home game in succession. A repeat of that seems unlikely though, with Serbia’s last win against a current top-five ranked FIFA nation coming in October 2006.
With Serbia being outsiders here, a draw is no disgrace. Interestingly, all three of Serbia’s post-independence WCQ home games (2008-present) played against a top-seeded group side have ended in a 1-1 scoreline. They came from behind in the last two, while two of that trio saw one goalless half.
After a laboured opening win (1-0) vs the lowly Azerbaijan in midweek, Portugal now boast a 100% win rate across their previous ten WCQ fixtures. They won both halves in seven of those games, and netted 3+ times on six occasions across those ten victories, although the average margin against teams currently in FIFA’s top-40 alone was just 2.00 goals.
If excluding games on neutral venues, and including only teams within FIFA’s current top-40, Portugal have lost just once away from home since the end of the last World Cup (W4, D2, L1). All of the victories saw them win/lose the first half by a one-goal margin (HT: W3, L1), scoring all of their first-half goals across those away wins between the 31st minute and HT.

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Both Teams To Score - Yes • 1.833

The Serbians scored against Portugal in both their meetings in 2019 (Euro qualification). I wouldn't say that either side has changed ********* since then.
What's more, Serbia netted three against Ireland yesterday so I wouldn't be surprised if they find the back of the net against Cristiano's side again on the weekend.

Both Teams To Score - Yes • 1.89

Ok, now, this one is serious. The leaders of the Group A are set to clash to determine the favourite of the race for the top spot. I expect this one to be a very close tie with both teams having chances to score. My feeling is the will find a way to hit each other at least once. Let's see how it pans out.

Under 3 Goals • 1.41

Think that each side is very aware of the goalscoring abilities of the opposite one.
Thus, I believe that all you guys expecting BTTS in this clash are wrong.
I'd suggest that Portugal are likely to win with Ronaldo or Felix securing all three points for their team