Costa Rica vs Serbia
FIFA World Cup 2018 – Group E
Date: Sunday, 17 June 2018
Kick-Off at 14:00 GMT +2
Venue: Samara Arena, Samara.
The action in Group E starts with an exciting prospects of Serbia meeting Costa Rica .
This will be the fourth finals for Serbia since their break-up with Yugoslavia , they won their Group in the qualification for World Cup with only one loss against Austria – 3 draws and 6 wins .
Mitrovic is Serbia’s biggest weapon with 6 goals in qualifications , he is the key player for Fulham all season with 12 goals in 20 appearances , the other notable player who deserve more attention is Dusan Tadic a key player for Serbia and for Southampton the coach will expect the best form in attack from this two players. Serbia is a favorite in this match and they will want the win because it will be really hard to get points from other teams in this group (Brazil ; Switzerland) .
Costa Rica on the other side, have qualified for fifth time , they will try to reach better place from their run to the quarterfinals in 2014. In last 5 games with teams from Europe, Oscar Ramirez’s boys have had a bad record (4 loses ; 1 win ).
Costa Rica have scored more than a goal in only one match in their last ten. Goalkeeper Kiran Navas is the most priced player for Costa Rica , he is the in perfect form lately with his Real Madrid win the Champions League final for third time in a row , his star starts to shine in last World Cup finals with a lot of memorable moments .
Match Facts
The teams dont have other matches between them this will be their first match
Serbia have (3W ; 2L), besides beating Bolivia 5-1, Serbia have struggled with scoring
Costa Rica have (2W ; 3L) and in their last two matches with better European teams (Belgium ; England) they score only one goal and received six
Betting tips
Predicted Full-Time Result is Serbia snatching the victory in their opener which has prospects of producing a goal fest based on everything written above.
Serbia to win: 2.01
Serbia to win or draw: 1.22
Costa Rica to win: 4.8
Costa Rica to win or draw: 1.89
Serbia and Costa Rica to draw: 3.26