Armenia – Serbia

Crucial game in the Euro 2016 qualifiers Group I for Armenia and Serbia, the hosts lost the opening game while Serbia is making a debut in these qualies

Armenia was very close to get at least 1 point in Denmark, but ended up losing 2-1, making it the 4th successive defeat after a poor run in friendlies earlier this year. Nevertheless, the Armenians can clearly hold their own, they played a good match in Denmark and got some impressive results in the campaign for the 2014 World Cup – most notably a 4-0 win over the same Denmark but also wins over the Czech Republic and Bulgaria or an way draw with Italy. Armenia ended that campaign with 11 points, a record for the emerging football nation.

Serbia is struggling a bit right tnow, putting together some modest performances in a string of pretty bad results. This generation of players is very talented with guys like Ivanovic, Nastasic, Matic, Jojic, Markovic and the list can go on, but the youth and the lack of cohesiveness seems to be hurting Serbia, as the results and the football played are not as good as expected.

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Team news & lineups

Armenia will miss Mkhitaryan and a couple of other players as well, especially in the attacking area. Serbia is relatively healthy according to reports.

Armenia: Berezovskiy – Hovhannisyan, Arzumanyan, Mkoyan, Haroyan, Hayrapetyan – Manucharyan, Yedigaryan, Hovsepyan, Ghazaryan – Pizzelli

Serbia: Stojkovic – Tomovic, Ivanovic, Nastasic, Kolarov – Matic, Jojic – Tosic, Tadic, Markovic – Djordjevic

Without their best player and a couple of other offensive threats out injured, Armenia will find it hard to create chances against a focused and determined Serbia side. I can`t see Serbia much better either, playing in Armenia is never easy and the visitors are not exactly showing great football right now. A draw seems the most likely scenario here and the odds for this bet are ridiculously good. I was also thinking about the under, but it does not hold the same value. My tip is the draw, it could be a very boring one. Prediction: Armenia – Serbia 0-0.

Pick: Draw
Odds: 3.80 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 5
Possible profit: 14
Event date: 11 October