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Serbia national football team
World Cup Qualifying - Europe | Group Stage
Mar 24, 2021 at 7.45pm UK
Stadion Rajko Mitić
Republic of Ireland national football team

Serbia
3 - 2
Rep. Ireland

Vlahovic (40'), Mitrovic (69', 75')
Pavlovic (89')
FT(HT: 1-1)
Browne (18'), Collins (86')

The Match

Match Report

Alan Browne had headed the visitors into a first-half lead in Belgrade but they lost 3-2.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's World Cup 2022 qualifier between Serbia and Republic of Ireland, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Serbia win with a probability of 53.54%. A draw had a probability of 24.9% and a win for Republic of Ireland had a probability of 21.58%.

The most likely scoreline for a Serbia win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.28%) and 2-1 (9.51%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.78%), while for a Republic of Ireland win it was 0-1 (7.3%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 2.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Serbia would win this match.

Result
SerbiaDrawRepublic of Ireland
53.54%24.88%21.58%
Both teams to score 48.34%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
46.63%53.37%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
25.09%74.91%
Serbia Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
80.1%19.9%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
47.97%52.03%
Republic of Ireland Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
60.36%39.64%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
23.68%76.32%
Score Analysis
    Serbia 53.54%
    Republic of Ireland 21.58%
    Draw 24.87%
SerbiaDrawRepublic of Ireland
1-0 @ 12.73%
2-0 @ 10.28%
2-1 @ 9.51%
3-0 @ 5.53%
3-1 @ 5.12%
3-2 @ 2.37%
4-0 @ 2.23%
4-1 @ 2.07%
4-2 @ 0.96%
Other @ 2.74%
Total : 53.54%
1-1 @ 11.78%
0-0 @ 7.89%
2-2 @ 4.4%
Other @ 0.8%
Total : 24.87%
0-1 @ 7.3%
1-2 @ 5.45%
0-2 @ 3.38%
1-3 @ 1.68%
2-3 @ 1.36%
0-3 @ 1.04%
Other @ 1.37%
Total : 21.58%