International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Manchester City and Crvena Zvezda are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Manchester City form and stats
Last season, Manchester City's Champions League journey ended in the semi-finals.As mentioned below, Manchester City are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier League games.
It's back home for Manchester City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating West Ham United away with the result 3-1. Silva, Haaland and Doku found the net in that victory. Haaland has scored in three games in a row. First-class! Midfield player Rodri got a match rating of 8.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Rodri hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 112 successful passes (of 115 total).
Ahead of that match, City won a home game hosting Fulham (5-1).Manchester City are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Etihad Stadium with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 11 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Manchester City has won 9 times, drawn 1 and lost 1. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Manchester City has won by at least two goals 9 times when in this position.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Manchester City, as the Premier League home game vs Nottingham Forest is only four days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Manchester City at home in the league. 6 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the group stage.Things could have gone better for Crvena Zvezda in their Super Liga away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
There might be some fixture complaints from Crvena as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Cukaricki. Attacker Krasso got a player rating of 7.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Krasso scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Novi Pazar.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Backa Topola in just three days.
Crvena Zvezda have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Haaland 7 goals |   J. Krasso 6 goals |  O. Bukari 3 goals |
Manchester City missing players
Crvena Zvezda missing players
| Manchester City | Crvena Zvezda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 53 | 34 | Scored | S | 27 | 66 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.3 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.9 | 17.2 | ||
| 6 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 40% | ||
| 9.5 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Crvena Zvezda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Fulham | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Brentford | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Manchester United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Chelsea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Everton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 19 | Burnley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 0 |
| 20 | Luton Town | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Backa Topola | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 15 |
| 3 | Partizan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Vozdovac | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Cukaricki | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Mladost Lucani | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Spartak Subotica | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Javor Ivanjica | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Vojvodina | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 10 | IMT Novi Beograd | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Radnik Surdulica | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Novi Pazar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Napredak | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Zeleznicar Pancevo | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 15 | Radnicki Nis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 0 |
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