Brazil & Serbia Starting XIs Announced

Brazil head coach Tite has named a star-studded starting line-up as they open up their Group G campaign against Serbia at the Lusail Stadium.

The South American giants come into the global event as one of the tournament favorites with a squad packed with quality.

But the Serbians, led by Dusan Vlahovic up top, will be no pushovers, with enough fire-power to pull off an upset this evening.

Neymar, like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, among the greatest footballers of their generation, has yet to win the most coveted title, and all eyes will be on the Selecao and the Paris Saint Germain superstar as they aim to lift it for the sixth time in their history

The two sides have met twice in their history, with Brazil coming out top in both encounters, 1-0 in 2014 and 2-0 at Russia 2018, where they were knocked out by Belgium.

Brazil XI: Alisson; Danilo, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Sandro; Casemiro, Paqueta; Raphinha, Neymar, Vinicius; Richarlison.

Serbia XI: Vanja; Veljkovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Zivkovic, Lukic, Gudelj, Mladenovic; S.Milinkovic-Savic, Tadic; Mitrovic.