Belgium will face Montenegro on Wednesday night in an international friendly match at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
It is the penultimate warm-up match for the Red Devils before they head to Germany for Euro 2024 so Domenico Tedesco will be keen for his squad to find some form before the serious stuff begins in two weeks.
The visitors, Montenegro, failed to qualify for the European Championships and will treat this match as an opportunity to test themselves against elite opposition before the Nations League and World Cup qualifying begins.
How the bookies view it: No hope given to Montenegro
Belgium have been priced as the heavy favourites for their clash with Montenegro which shouldn't come as a huge shock given some of the players that they have at their disposal. Belgium are priced at 1/4 to get the win while Montenegro are rank outsiders at 11/1.
The draw has been priced at 9/2, making that a long shot, too.
Recent head-to-head: Only one previous encounter
Belgium and Montenegro have only ever met once before which is somewhat surprising when you consider both teams involved in European Championship and World Cup qualifying. Nevertheless, their one and only previous meeting came in 2012 in a friendly match at Koning Boudewijn Stadion.
The match finished 2-2, so we shouldn't completely discount Montenegro on Wednesday night.
Players to watch: Doku to lead Belgium into new era?
The previous Belgium generation was tipped for great things and although the likes of Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku are still part of the current squad, Domenico Tedesco is looking for younger players to play a leading role moving forward.
Jeremy Doku is one of these players and the exciting winger had a rollercoaster of a debut season at Manchester City. He started in blistering form before an injury derailed him but then came back into form during the run-in. Doku netted in City's FA Cup final defeat to Man Utd and he was the only player in blue who came out of the match with any credit.
For Montenegro, Stevan Jovetic remains their talisman. The 34-year-old had a night to remember as Olympiacos became Europa Conference League winners last week so his tail will be up coming into this match.
Predicted lineups
Thibaut Courtois played in the Champions League final for Real Madrid last week but he hasn't done enough to prove his fitness for Euro 2024 so misses out here. Kevin de Bruyne, meanwhile, will make his 100th appearance for his country on Wednesday night.
The big news from the Montenegran camp is that Stefan Savic is unavailable for selection.
Belgium: Sels – Castagne, Debast, Vertonghen, Theate – Onana, Tielemans – Doku, De Bruyne, Trossard – Lukaku
Montenegro: Sarkic – Vukcevic, Vujacic, Dreskovic, Vukcevic – Bakic, Jankovic – Jovovic, Jovetic, Camaj – Mugosa
Anything else catch the eye?
Despite Montenegro being the outsiders here, they are usually a threat going forward and it is rare for them to go a game without scoring. In fact, they have scored at least once in each of their last nine matches. In that run, they have scored goals away from home against other Euro 2024 sides such as Hungary and Serbia so over 0.5 Montenegro goals at 10/11 is good value.
This International Friendly match between Belgium and Montenegro will be played on Jun 5, 2024 and kick off at 19:30. Check below for our tipsters best Belgium vs Montenegro prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
