Lazio’s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic starts for Serbia in a top of the table clash with Italy for European Under-21 Championship qualification.
It kicks off in Novi Sad at 17.30 GMT.
Both sides are top of Group 2 with a 100 per cent record after three games, so this could be a decisive result for who gets into the tournament in 2017.
Serbia include many of the starlets who won the Under-20 World Cup and Lazio talent Milinkovic-Savic is a familiar face in midfield.
Lazio’s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic starts for Serbia in a top of the table clash with Italy for European Under-21 Championship qualification.
It kicks off in Novi Sad at 17.30 GMT.
Both sides are top of Group 2 with a 100 per cent record after three games, so this could be a decisive result for who gets into the tournament in 2017.
Serbia include many of the starlets who won the Under-20 World Cup and Lazio talent Milinkovic-Savic is a familiar face in midfield.
He will take on his Lazio teammate Danilo Cataldi in what is sure to be a tasty battle.
Gigi Di Biagio has Sassuolo prodigy Domenico Berardi back in the side, joining Serie A regulars Marco Benassi of Torino, Milan’s Alessio Romagnoli and Andrea Conti of Atalanta.
Despite playing only a couple of minutes of football this season at Juventus, Daniele Rugani is still a mainstay for the Azzurrini.
Federico Bernardeschi is on fine form for Fiorentina, but suspended for this game.
Serbia U21: Radunovic; Gajic, V Jovanovic, Veljkovic, Antonov; Grujic, Zdjelar, Maksimovic, S Milinkovic-Savic; Cavric, Ozegovic
Serbia bench: Cupic, Babic, Filipovic, Lukovic, Plavsic, Saponjic, Jovic
Italy U21: Cragno; Conti, Romagnoli, Rugani, Barreca; Cataldi, Mandragora, Benassi, Berardi; Boateng, Cerri
Italy bench: Scuffet, Caldara, Calabria, Grassi, Garritano, Piu, Verre