Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has made three changes to the side that beat West Ham 3-1 at the weekend, as the Sky Blues begin their defence of the competition they won for the very first time in June.
The Sky Blues will introduce Matheus Nunes for his full City debut, whilst Sergio Gomez and Nathan Ake also come into the side for Jeremy Doku, Josko Gvardiol and Manuel Akankji.
Guardiola spoke earlier and said that his side will take nothing for granted during the club’s European title defence, but he believes it will be made easier by winning the club’s maiden Champions League title earlier this year.
They are the betting favourites to retain their crown according to the best Champions League betting sites and they’ll be expected to advance from their Group G alongside RB Leipzig, Young Boys and tonight’s opponents Red Star Belgrade.
Kevin De Bruyne, Mateo Kovacic, John Stones and Jack Grealish all miss out through injury, but the squad aren’t short of quality and they continue to dominate world football.
Manchester City Team News
Starting XI: Ederson; Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, Sergio Gomez; Rodri, Matheus Nunes; Bernardo Silva, Julian Alvarez, Phil Foden; Erling Haaland
Subs: Stefan Ortega, Scott Carson, Josko Gvardiol, Manuel Akankji, Rico Lewis, Kalvin Phillips, Oscar Bobb, Jeremy Doku
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Red Star Belgrade Team News
Starting XI: Omri Glazer; Srdan Mijalovic, Nasser Djiga, Aleksandr Dragovic, Milan Rodic; In-Beom Hwang, Marko Stamenic; Osman Bukari, Mirko Ivanic, Stefan Mitrovic
Subs: Zoran Popovic, Nikola Vasilijevic, Milos Degnek, Uros Spajic, Nemanja Milunovic, Peter Olayinka, Guelor Kanga, Aleksandar Katai, Kings Kangwa, Vladimir Lucic, Jean-Philippe Krasso, Uros Kabic
According to Champions League betting sites, the hosts are very heavy favourites at a price of 1/16 to open their campaign with three points whilst the visitors are as big as 35/1 to claim a shock upset victory in Manchester.
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