In what can be termed as the marquee clash of the day Italy and Serbia clash to attain the top spot in the group.
Both the teams have not had to work too hard in the first two games and have been very impressive with not just the margin of those victories but also the manner in which they have been dominating.
Here is a look in the game
Match Timing: September 4, @ 05:00 PM IST
Venue – Foshan International Sports & Cultural Arena, in Foshan, China
Capacity- 14,700
The Italians will go into this game unchanged and will field a strong side in order to psychologically carry an advantage going into deeper stages of the tournament. Daniel Hackett and Marco Belinelli are expected to be the top performers from the start of the game and Jeff Brooks and Awudu Abaas are expected to come of the bench and make an impact
Italy squad for the World Cup:
Italy: Paul Biligha, Luca Vitali, Danilo Gallinari, Daniel Hackett, Amedeo Della Valle, Marco Belinelli, Alessandro Gentile, Ariel Filloy, Jeff Brooks, Amedeo Tessitori, Awudu Abass, and Luigi Datome
The Serbian team is also fully fit and available and would like to continue their winning ways with Bogdan Bogdanovic and Vasilie Micic expected to make a big impact from the starting lineup and Nemanja Bjelica expected to be impressive from the bench
Stefan Bircevic, Nikola Milutinov, Vasilije Micic, Marko Guduric, Stefan Jovic, Boban Marjanovic, Nikola Jokic, Marko Simonovic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Nemanja Bjelica, Vladimir Lucic, Miroslav Raduljica
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ITA – Danilo Gallinari, Luigi Datome, Paul Biligha, Marco Belinelli, Daniel Heckett
SER – Nikola Jokic, Stefan Bircevic, Vladimir Lucic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Stefan Jovic
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Serbia –
Nikola Jokic
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 18:45
Points – 11
Assists – 7
Rebounds – 7
Bogdan Bogdanovic
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 18:02
Points – 17
Assists – 5
Rebounds – 3
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Danilo Gallinari
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 18:25
Points – 7
Assists – 2
Rebounds – 6
Marco Belinelli
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 20:07
Points – 17
Assists – 1
Rebounds – 5
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The game is expected to be a close one and Serbia are expected to win the game.