International Friendly
Serbia vs Morocco
Saturday, March 24th, 2018
03:30am (GMT +8 Timing)
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Serbia:
Last five matches form: W L W W D
Average goals per match: 2.0
Average goals against per match: 1.0
Top scorer: Branislav Ivanović and Dušan Tadić (11)
Morocco:
Last five matches form: W D W W W
Average goals per match: 1.6
Average goals against per match: 0.1
Top scorer: Ayoub El Kaabi (9)
The World Cup bound Serbia and Morocco clash in a warm up friendly to be held in Turin this weekend, with both sides looking to make their final preparations ahead of the big one in Russia.
Morocco's near faultless qualification campaign was built upon the meanest defence in the African section, and the Atlas Lions will no doubt be eager to maintain that defensive solidity in the run up to the tournament. They may well have their work cut out here though with Serbia's frontman Aleksander Mitrović in scintillating form at the minute, seeming to be revitalised since joining Fulham on loan from Newcastle.
Serbia also qualified fairly comfortably in the end from a competitive section containing Wales, Republic of Ireland and Austria, and will represent a step up in quality when compared to the standard of opposition Morocco faced in their qualification group.
As winners of the most recent African Nations cup, Morroco will have high hopes of carrying that tournament form into Russia. They were certainly impressive on route to lifting that trophy, particularly when thumping Nigeria 4 - 0 in the final, but it will be interesting to see how they fare against a technically solid and well organised Serbian outfit. We wouldn't be surprised to see these two sides cancel each other out for large periods and suspect this one may end up in a draw.
Prediction: Serbia 1 - 1 Morocco