Manchester City and Red Star Belgrade have announced their starting lineups ahead of tonight’s UEFA Champions League clash. City has already clinched the top spot in Group G with 5 consecutive wins. They will qualify for the knockout stages as group winners as they seek to defend the title they won last season. Red Star Belgrade will be looking to put in a good performance to end their disappointing Champions League campaign. They have one point after 5 games and will be hoping to give their fans something to cheer at the Rajkot Mitic Stadium. Here are the starting lineups ahead of tonight’s clash.
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has made 9 changes to the starting lineup that beat Luton Town 2-1. The only two starters who remain from the win at Kenilworth Road are Jack Grealish and Mateo Kovacic. It will be a special moment for City Academy starlet Micah Hamilton. The 20-year-old will make his first start for the club since joining the club as an under-9.
Starting lineup: Stefan Ortega, Rico Lewis, John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Sergio Gomez, Kalvin Phillips, Mateo Kovacic, Matheus Nunes, Oscar Bobb, Jack Grealish, Micah Hamilton.
Substitutes: Scott Carson, True Grant, Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, Rodri, Julian Alvarez, Bernardo Silva, Josko Gvardiol, Phil Foden, Max Alleyne, Mahamadou Susoho.
Your City line-up! 🩵
XI | Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Stones (C), Akanji, Gomez, Phillips, Kovacic, Nunes, Bobb, Grealish, Hamilton
SUBS | Carson, Grant, Walker, Dias, Ake, Rodrigo, Alvarez, Bernardo, Gvardiol, Foden, Alleyne, Susoho#ManCity | #UCL pic.twitter.com/KHcR5WoF8d
— Manchester City (@ManCity) December 13, 2023
Red Star Belgrade
Starting lineup: Glazer, Nedeljkovic, Djiga, Spajic, Dargovic, Kanga, Mijailovic, Hwang, Bukari, Ndiaye, Olayinka.
Substitutes: Vasiljevic, Degenek, Stamenic, Katai, Krasso, Milunovic, Kangwa, Mijatovic, Rodic, Lucic, Kabic, Mitrovic.
