Serbia XI vs England: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Euro 2024 game | OneFootball

In-form Aleksandar Mitrovic plotting Three Lions downfall in Group C clash in Gelsenkirchen

Serbia will be hoping to cause an early upset when they take on England in their Euro 2024 opener on Sunday.

Serbia are appearing at the European Championship for the very first time as an independent nation, having been knocked out in the group stages of three of the past four World Cup tournaments.

They finished as runners-up behind Hungary in qualifying, taking second spot and automatic qualification from Group G with four total wins from their eight matches.

Serbia are captained by 35-year-old former Southampton stalwart Dusan Tadic, who now plays his club football in Turkey with Fenerbahce, via Ajax.

An impressive attack is spearheaded by former Fulham and Newcastle frontman Aleksandar Mitrovic, who is now scoring for fun in Saudi Arabia with Al-Hilal, supported by Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic with AC Milan’s Luka Jovic in reserve.

However, he has only earned three senior international caps to date and will likely have to play second fiddle to Torino’s Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, whose older brother Sergej - formerly of Lazio - is another key cog in this team.

Predicted Serbia XI: V Milinkovic-Savic; Milenkovic, Veljkovic, Pavlovic; Zivkovic, S Milinkovic-Savic, Lukic, Kostic; Tadic; Mitrovic, Vlahovic

Time and date: 8pm BST on Sunday June 16, 2024

Venue: Arena AufSchalke (Veltins-Arena), Gelsenkirchen

TV channel: BBC One