5 Minnows who could qualify for the World Cup knockout stages

#2 Serbia

Serbian players celebrate after scoring against Wales in the Fifa World Cup Qualifiers

Serbia were the only European team in the fourth pot of seeds and were handed a tough group alongside Brazil, Switzerland and Costa Rica, all of whom were ranked within the top-three of their respective pots.

There are, however, reasons to believe they are capable of progressing. They lost just once and topped their group during qualification, have good options in most positions, particularly in midfield, and possess two productive forward players in Dusan Tadic and Aleksandar Mitrovic.

With some of the side who won the Under-20 World Cup in 2015, including the impressive Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, also starting to filter into the squad, they still have the potential to improve ahead of the tournament.

Sneaking through in second behind the likely group winners Brazil is, therefore, a possibility.