As part of the semifinal match of the women's World Volleyball Championship, the players of the USA and Serbia national teams will come face to face. Which of the opponents will be able to win this game? Our sports portal evaluates the chances of rivals for success.
USA (w)
The US national team was able to confidently pass the group stages of the volleyball World Championship. In the last meetings, the Americans confidently defeated Turkey (3:1) and Thailand (3:2). It is worth noting that in the quarterfinals, the "stars and stripes" got volleyball players from Turkey as rivals. In that meeting, the Americans were able to confidently perform against Turkey, only this time they managed to manage only 3 sets. The USA managed to achieve a comfortable advantage over the opponents in each of the parties and send the well-performing Turkish women home without eating salt.
Serbia (w)
The Serbian national team has passed the group stages at an excellent level. The visiting team has not lost a single match. She managed to win all 9 matches out of 9. In the last matches, the team was able to defeat the Dominican Republic, Thailand, Poland and Turkey, managing to defeat opponents with a score of 3 in each of the matches:0. In the quarterfinal match of the tournament, Serbia was able to beat Poland in a face-to-face meeting. It came to a tie-break, in which the Serbs were able to win – 16:14.
Statistics and figures:
- Rivals have approximately equal chances of success;Serbia won all 10 meetings at the tournament;
- USA has a 3-match winning streak;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the rivals ended with a score of 3:0 in favor of Serbia.
- Forecast
Despite the fact that Serbia had a hard time in the match with Poland the day before, and she gave a lot of strength, she will again be able to defeat the opponent in the face-to-face confrontation.
The quotation for this event is very solid.