The hosts are heading into the tie on the back of a goalless draw against Norway, while Serbia defeated Sweden 1-0 in their last outing.
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Slovenia will host Serbia in a UEFA Nations League fixture at Stozice Sports Park On Sunday. The hosts are heading into the tie on the back of a goalless draw against Norway, while Serbia defeated Sweden 1-0 in their last outing. After the completion of three rounds of fixtures, Serbia occupy the second spot in League B Group 4 with six points, while Slovenia sits at the bottom with just a solitary point. Meanwhile in three meetings between the two sides, both nations have won one game each. The latest encounter between the two sides was the reverse fixture last week, which Serbia won 4-1.
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The Slovenians currently anchor the group and are in danger of relegation to group c. Matjaz Kek’s side remains the only team in the group who are yet to win after their opening three fixtures. Although Kekci did claim their first point on Thursday against Norway. Despite playing most of the second half a man-less after central defender Miha Blazic got sent off, Slovenia managed to secure a goalless draw against the group-leaders Norway, whose attack was led by Manchester City’s new signing Erling Haalad. Slovenia are struggling to score goals at the moment and defender Petar Stojanovic is their only goal scorer in these Nations League games.
Serbia, on the other hand, has had a fine Nations League campaign so far., winning twice and losing once. The Eagles began with a 1-0 loss to Norway before thrashing Slovenia 4-1 in the reverse fixture last weekend. And then, Dragon Stojkovic’s side got the better of Sweden courtesy of Luka Jovic’s lone goal, last time out. Meanwhile Aleksandar Mitrovic, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Nemanja Radonjic and Jovic were all on target when these two sides faced each other last time. Serbia heads to Ljubljana high on confidence having secured four wins in their last five away games across all competitions, keeping three clean sheets in the process.
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Slovenia will be without the suspended Blazic following his red card last time out. Jaka Bijol is the most likely candidate to come into the heart of the defence alongside David Brekalo. Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak is set to remain in goal. As for Serbia, goalkeeper Milinkovic-Savic could return to the starting eleven. Stefan Mitrovic could replace Strahinja Pavlovic in the central defence. Meanwhile, Fulham-man Alexandr Mitrovic will be back from suspension and is likely to lead the attack.
Slovenia probable starting lineup: Oblak; Karnicnik, Bijol, Sikosek, Brekelo; Stojanovic, Cerin, Kurtic, Verbic; Sesko, Sporar
Serbia probable starting lineup: V. Milinkovic-Savic; Milenkovic, S. Mitrovic, Veljkovic; Lazovic, Lukic, Gudelj, Kostic; S. Milinkovic-Savic, Tadic; A. Mitrovic
The UEFA Nations League fixture between Slovenia and Serbia will take place at the Stozice Sports Park and it will kickoff at 12:15 am IST on June 13, Monday
Select UEFA Nations League 2022-23 matches will be telecast live on the Sony TEN network in India. Besides, live streaming of these matches will be available on SonyLIV and JioTV apps and OTT platforms in India.
