Date:Wednesday 13th December, 2023
Time: 5:45 pm
Stadium Stadion Rajko Mitic
Referee Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
Goal Scorer:
FK Crvena Zvezda
Red Star have not reported any injury concerns in the build-up to this contest, so Bakhar could have a fully-fit squad at his disposal.
Kosta Nedeljkovic, who at the age of 17 years and 347 days became youngest player to score an own goal in the Champions League two weeks ago, made his full debut in the competition against Young Boys last time out, and the right-back will hope to retain his place in the first XI ahead of Stefan Mitrovic.
Osman Bukari, who scored against Man City at the Etihad three months ago, and Jean-Philippe Krasso have found the net 15 times between them so far this season, and the attacking duo are expected to feature in the final third on Wednesday.
Red Star Belgrade possible starting lineup:
Glazer; Nedeljkovic, Djiga, Dragovic, Mijailovic, Rodic; In-Beom, Stamenic, Ivanic; Krasso, Bukari
Manchester City
As for Man City, Erling Haaland is ruled out with a "bone stress reaction" in his foot, but the striker is set to return to training on Thursday, while Jeremy Doku is facing one or two weeks on the sidelines with a muscle problem; Kevin De Bruyne, meanwhile, is still recovering from a hamstring injury.
Guardiola is expected to freshen up his starting lineup for this dead-rubber fixture, with Stefan Ortega potentially replacing Ederson in goal and Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Rico Lewis and Sergio Gomez all in contention to play in either defence or midfield.
Should Guardiola opt to rest key midfielder Rodri, Kalvin Phillips could be handed a rare start in the engine room, while the absence of Haaland is set to see either Julian Alvarez or Oscar Bobb begin as the central striker.
Manchester City possible starting lineup:
Ortega; Lewis, Stones Akanji, Gomez; Phillips, Kovacic; Bobb, Nunes, Grealish; Alvarez
Prediction: Red Star Belgrade 1-3 Manchester City
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