Brazil and Serbia prepare to meet for the first time since the 2018 World Cup in Russia, when the two teams met. This will be a preview of Brazil's first Group G match against Serbia. The game will take place on Thursday, November 24th.
Brazil has won two games without a response from Serbia whenever they have faced this opponent. Even in their most recent World Cup meeting, Brazil was able to win both halves. The five-time champions enter the game with high expectations, but they have a squad that is extremely deep and talented. Serbia's game plan may revolve largely around preventing Brazil from playing their natural game, but this is unlikely to last long.
Brazil is the heavy favorite to win the World Cup, ahead of France and Argentina. The five-time champions have not won the competition since 2002, but they have advanced to the semi-finals in three of the last four editions. Brazil enters the World Cup with a star-studded squad capable of defeating any opponent on their day. Neymar believes that this will be his final World Cup, but at the age of 30, he still has time to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
Serbia hopes to advance past the group stages for the first time since reaching the round of 16 in 1998. Serbia has been unable to progress past the group stages ever since. The task for the 2022 edition in Qatar does not get any easier, as the team opens the competition against five-time champions, Brazil. Serbia are the big underdogs heading into the game, but Dragan Stojkovic will look to capitalize on that. Serbia will look to Mitrovic and Vladhovic up front, as well as Milinkovic-Savic in midfield, to provide a spark for the team, whose defense is its weakest link.
