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Brazil national football team
World Cup | Group Stage
Nov 24, 2022 at 7pm UK
 
Serbia national football team

Brazil
2 - 0
Serbia

Richarlison (62', 73')
FT(HT: 0-0)

Pavlovic (7'), Gudelj (49'), Lukic (64')

The Match

Match Report

Richarlison scores a brace as Brazil beat Serbia 2-0 in their World Cup 2022 Group G opener at the Lusail Iconic Stadium.

Team News

Neymar, Vinicius Junior, Raphinha and Richarlison all start for Brazil in their opening 2022 World Cup fixture, while Aleksandar Mitrovic leads the line for Serbia.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's World Cup clash between Brazil and Serbia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Predicted Lineups

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Serbia could line up for Thursday's 2022 World Cup Group G opener with Brazil.

Form, Standings, Stats

All competitions
Last Game: Brazil 5-1 Tunisia
Tuesday, September 27 at 7.30pm in International Friendlies
All competitions
Last Game: Bahrain 1-5 Serbia
Friday, November 18 at 3.30pm in International Friendlies

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 Brazil win with a probability of 50.68%. A draw had a probability of 25.7% and a win for Serbia had a probability of 23.62%.

The most likely scoreline for a Brazil win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.72%) and 2-1 (9.33%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.15%), while for a Serbia win it was 0-1 (7.92%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 9.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Brazil would win this match.

Result
BrazilDrawSerbia
50.68% (-1.142 -1.14) 25.69% (0.055 0.05) 23.62% (1.086 1.09)
Both teams to score 48.4% (1.036 1.04)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
45.47% (0.749 0.75)54.53% (-0.749 -0.75)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
24.12% (0.619 0.62)75.88% (-0.62 -0.62)
Brazil Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
78.45% (-0.181 -0.18)21.55% (0.18 0.18)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
45.38% (-0.277 -0.28)54.62% (0.275 0.27)
Serbia Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
61.69% (1.46 1.46)38.31% (-1.46 -1.46)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
24.93% (1.372 1.37)75.07% (-1.373 -1.37)
Score Analysis
    Brazil 50.68%
    Serbia 23.62%
    Draw 25.68%
BrazilDrawSerbia
1-0 @ 12.67% (-0.44 -0.44)
2-0 @ 9.72% (-0.396 -0.4)
2-1 @ 9.33% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
3-0 @ 4.98% (-0.231 -0.23)
3-1 @ 4.77% (-0.027 -0.03)
3-2 @ 2.29% (0.077 0.08)
4-0 @ 1.91% (-0.099 -0.1)
4-1 @ 1.83% (-0.02 -0.02)
Other @ 3.18%
Total : 50.68%
1-1 @ 12.15% (0.06 0.06)
0-0 @ 8.26% (-0.243 -0.24)
2-2 @ 4.48% (0.174 0.17)
Other @ 0.8%
Total : 25.68%
0-1 @ 7.92% (0.084 0.08)
1-2 @ 5.83% (0.257 0.26)
0-2 @ 3.8% (0.187 0.19)
1-3 @ 1.87% (0.151 0.15)
2-3 @ 1.43% (0.109 0.11)
0-3 @ 1.22% (0.105 0.11)
Other @ 1.56%
Total : 23.62%

How you voted: Brazil vs Serbia

Brazil
71.8%
Draw
9.9%
Serbia
18.3%
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Group A

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

Group C

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

Group D

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

Group E

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Q Romania Romania31114
Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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