Austria vs Serbia: Preview, Prediction & Betting Tips

As the domestic season in Europe has drawn to a close, the friendlies pick up where they left off as teams prepare for the European Championships this summer.

• Austria to win @ 11/10 on CopyBet
• Over 2.5 goals @ ⅚ on CopyBet
• Both teams to score @ 4/6 on CopyBet

These odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Date: 04/06/2024

Kick off time: 19:45

Location: Ernst Happel Stadion

After an impressive showing from both sides in the qualifying for this summer’s tournament, they’ll both be looking for wins in these friendlies to put them on the front foot for the Euros.

Austria finished Group F of their qualifying group second after eight games. The Boys picked up six wins, one draw and one loss, leaving them on 19 points, one point behind top of the group Belgium and nine points ahead of Sweden in third.

For this summer’s tournament, Austria have been drawn in Group D where they’ll face Poland, the Netherlands and France as The Boys look to make it past the Round of 16 in their fourth ever appearance in the competition.

Serbia also finished second in their group in qualifying for the Euros. In eight games in Group G, Serbia picked up four wins, two draws and two losses which left them on 14 points, four points behind Hungary but three points ahead of Montenegro.

The Eagles will face Slovenia, Denmark and England in Group C. Serbia look to make an impression in their first appearance in the competition as Serbia.

Austria and Serbia have met four times in their histoires, with the first meeting coming back in 2008. Serbia have the better record in the fixture with three wins in comparison to Austria’s singular win, with there yet to be a draw in the fixture.

There has only been one game, back in 2009, that has had just one side on the scoresheet. The other three games have seen both teams score, with at least four goals a game.

Austria Team News

Ralf Rangnick has a strong squad for this summer’s tournament. Marcel Sabitzer will be coming into the European Championships after a strong season with Borussia Dortmund that saw them make the Champions League Final. Other big names for Austria this summer include Christoph Baumgartner, Konrad Laimer and Andreas Weimann.

Serbia Team News

Dragan Stojkovic has called upon the likes of Djorde Petrovic who has had a breakout season in goal for Chelsea and Luka Jovic and Dusan Vlahovic have been amongst the goals in Italy this season.

In their last five games in all competitions, Austria have four wins and one loss.

The visit from Belgium saw a brace from Dodi Lukebakio and a goal from Romelu Lukaku give The Red Devils a 3 - 0 lead just before the hour mark. Laimer got Austria into the game and following the red card to Amadou Onana, Austria had the chance to grab something from the game. Sabitzer did convert a penalty late on but Belgium held on for the 3 - 2 win.

Austria bounced back against Azerbaijan the next time out. Another penalty from Sabitzer was the only goal of the game in the 48th minute as Austria picked up a 1 - 0 win despite Guido Burgstaller being sent off late on for Austria.

Both Laimer and Philipp Lienhart were on the scoresheet for Austria against Estonia in the first half. Estonia failed to register a single shot on target as Austria secured their 2 - 0 win.

It was another 2 - 0 win for Austria, this time against Slovakia in a friendly. Baumgartner opened the scoring in the first minute and Weimann added another late on to secure the 2 - 0 win.

The last time out for Austria was another friendly against Turkey. There was another early goal for Austria through Xaver Schlager in the second minute but a penalty from Hakan Calhanoglu made it level before the half hour mark. However, a hat-trick from Michael Gregoritsch along with a penalty from Baumgartner and a goal from Maximilian Entrup gave Austria the 6 - 1 win.

In their last five games in all competitions, Serbia have two wins, one draw and two losses.

Barnabas Varga opened the scoring for Hungary in the 20th minute but Strahinja Pavlovic equalised for Serbia shortly after. However, Roland Sallai regained the lead for Hungary just one minute later to give Hungary the 2 - 1 win despite the late red card to Zsolt Kalmar.

Serbia bounced back the next time out against Montenegro. Aleksandar Mitrovic gave Serbia the lead in the ninth minute but Stevan Jovetic equalised before halftime. Mitrovic added another in the second half and was joined on the scoresheet by Dusan Tadic to give Serbia the 3 - 1 win.

Milos Veljkovic’s first half goal gave Serbia the 1 - 0 lead over Bulgaria at halftime. Georgi Rusev equalised for Bulgaria before the hour mark and Kiril Despodov put Bulgaria ahead. However, late on, Srdan Babic found the back of the net to grab a 2 - 2 draw for Serbia.

In a friendly Serbia took on Russia. Following the early red card to Milan Gajic, Anton Miranchuk converted the subsequent penalty and was joined on the scoresheet by Maksim Osipenko to double the lead before halftime. Aleksei Miranchuk and Ivan Sergeyev both scored in the second half to wrap up the 4 - 0 win for Russia.

The most recent outing for Serbia was against Cyprus. Sergej Milinkovic-Savid scored the only goal of the game in the seventh minute to give Serbia the 1 - 0 win.

Both sides have been on the up but it’s likely that Austria will come out on top this week with Mitrovic on the scoresheet regardless of whether Serbia win or not. Austria 2 - 1 Serbia

Austria vs Serbia will not be shown on TV in the U.K. but the game can be followed online on Sky Sports or BBC Sport.

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