Manchester City vs Steaua Rossi, Champions League Group G 1st leg, on Tuesday 19 September at 10pm at the Etihad Stadium live on Digi Sport 3, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport 2.

Manchester City, the main favorites to win the trophy in 2023-24, start as heavy favorites at home to Crvena Zvezda (the two teams meet in the first round) in a group that also includes RB Leipzig. and Young Boys Burn.

Manchester City are the reigning European champions after winning the last tournament 1-0 in the final in Istanbul against Inter Milan. It is the first such trophy won since the club was taken over by City Football Group in the summer of 2018. 2008 (he also has the 1970 Cup Winners’ Cup and the 2023 European Super Cup).

City Football Group is in turn owned by Abu Dhabi United Group, a US$27 billion investment company owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, a member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

In the Premier League, Josep Guardiola’s side lead after five stages with as many wins (one with the maximum score), and in the last stage of the championship they won away from home, ahead of West Ham United, with a score of 3-1.

Crvena Zvezda Belgrade returns after three years in the group stage of the competition, which it won in 1991 (0-0 after 90 and 120 minutes respectively, 5-3 on penalties with Olympique Marseille in Bari), becoming only the second team from Eastern Europe to win trophy after “Steaua” in Bucharest in 1986 (the Serbs also have the Intercontinental Cup, also in 1991, 3:0 against “Colo-Colo” from Chile).

Crvena Zvezda Belgrade is part of the eponymous sports club of the Ministry of Interior of Serbia, which includes 31 sports, but the football section operates as a separate company headed by the president of the Board of Directors.

In the domestic championship, Belgrade is in 2nd place after seven stages with 15 points (five wins and two losses), four points less than the leader “Bačka Topol”, and in the last stage of the championship they conceded away, goal 1-2 with “Chukarytskyi”.

The Serbian champions are coached this summer by Israeli Barak Bahar, a champion for the last three years with Maccabi Haifa, the team he led to the group stage in the last Champions League match (the most important result, 2-0 with Juventus Torino), beating Crvena Belgrade in the play-offs Star

Superbet offers odds of 1.25 for the halftime/final prediction of 1/1: the home team lead at halftime and win at the end of Manchester City vs Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.

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