Serbia vs Philippines Prediction & Betting Tips - Basketball World Cup

Prediction published on 01/09/2019, 08:53  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 01/09/2019 at 09:53 in Basketball World Cup Predictions

Serbia are the second favourites to win the FIBA World Basketball Cup. They are ranked fourth in the world and showed just how powerful they can be in their opening group fixture against Angola. They won both of the first two quarters by nine points to go into half-time 18 clear of their African opponents. The dominance continued in the second half with them forging another 28 points ahead to win by 105-59. Bogdan Bognanovic was in awesome form for the Serbs scoring 24 points in the game. 

The Philippines are ranked 31st in the world and look very unlikely to reach the next stage. They took on Italy in their opening fixture and were solidly beaten by 108 points to 62. To say they made a poor start to the match is a bit of an understatement. Italy took the first quarter 37-8 leaving the Philippines in desperate trouble. They certainly can't afford anything like a start in this match. The Philippines lost the next two quarters but did at least end with a 23-23 final quarter score. Andray Blatche scored 15 points for them but had little support from the rest of his team mates. Go for over 158 points to be scored in this match.