Amid the domestic league and cup action in Europe there's an international friendly to look forward to in the early hours of Thursday morning as the USA host Serbia at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Both teams featured at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and will be looking to give some fresh faces a chance to prove themselves ahead of the next major tournaments.
USA vs Serbia Betting Tips
- USA to win and both teams to score @ 13/5
- Over 3.5 goals @ 5/2
The USA are the favourites going into this encounter at 1/2, while the draw in California is available at 16/5 and a Serbian win at 11/2.
Team news
It's a new-look squad that Gregg Berhalter has assembled for this friendly, with Premier League stars Christian Pulisic, Brendan Aaronson and US skipper Tyler Adams all back in England.
Kellyn Acosta, Paul Arriola, Jesus Ferreira, Sean Johnson, Aaron Long and Walker Zimmerman are the only players from the 2022 US World Cup squad to be available for this encounter against the Serbs.
Brandon Vazquez is in line to make his US debut having earned his first senior call-up after scoring 18 goals for FC Cincinnati during the 2022 MLS regular season.
Meanwhile, it's a new-look Serbian squad that has made the trip across the Atlantic.
Only three players have previous senior experience with Serbia and that trio of Dejan Joveljic, Ranko Veselinovic and Djordje Petrovic all play their club football in the MLS.
The remainder of the squad all hail from the Serbian SuperLiga, meaning boss Dragan Stojkovic won't be able to rely on the services of star forwards Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovic.
Latest USA vs Serbia Betfred Odds
USA to win and both teams to score @ 13/5
This could well be a wide-open game in Los Angeles with both nations set to make wholesale changes from the World Cup.
The fact the US are on home soil and have six players from their World Cup squad for Qatar in their ranks should give them an advantage.
Serbia scored five goals over their last two group games in Qatar against Cameroon and Switzerland but also conceded six goals in those encounters.
The US are unbeaten in their last 25 games on home soil in all competitions and should be able to keep up that run with victory against the Serbs, who also have the ability to get on the scoresheet.
Over 3.5 goals @ 5/2
With both teams expected to score in a potentially wide-open encounter, there could well be plenty of goals in store at BMO Stadium.
Given Serbia's open play at the World Cup and the USA's threats in attack, it would be no surprise to see four or more goals scored in this friendly.
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