FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) -- Portugal vs Serbia

With a doomed Euro 2020 campaign now consigned to history, Portugal return to action on Wednesday to face the Republic of Ireland in a World Cup qualifier in Group A.

Portugal are actually unbeaten in World Cup qualification matches since September 2016, while they will bring a six-game unbeaten run in all competitions into Sunday's key fixture. A record of five wins and two draws has seen Portugal collect 17 points, while they have scored 16 times and conceded just four during a successful qualification campaign to date. Portugal’s blistering run of results took a slight halt last time out as they were held to a bore draw by the Republic of Ireland. Prior to that, they were on a run of five wins on the trot, after the 1-0 defeat against Belgium back in June.

 

 

 

Serbia are now unbeaten in each of their most recent six games across all competitions, picking up five wins and one draw. Recently, they were only in friendly action on Thursday, recording a 4-0 victory over Qatar, with their last competitive fixture being the 3-1 home success against Azerbaijan on October 12. Serbia picked up their third consecutive win as they comfortably saw off Qatar 4-0 in a friendly fixture last time out.

In last encounter, two teams shared a 2-2 draw at the end of March. With first place on the line in this one, expect a thrilling contest between the sides. Take Portugal to be unbeaten with a narrow margin.