Man City v Crvena Zvezda

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Manchester City will be bidding to make it a winning start to their Champions League campaign in the group stage when they hold home advantage at their Etihad Stadium ahead of this upcoming clash with Serbian outfit, Crvena Zvezda, in this opening game in Group G.

Manchester City have been in sparkling form of late as Pep Guardiola's side have racked up six wins on the trot in all competitions which includes wins in the Premier League against Burnley, Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Fulham and West Ham respectively whilst also notching a total of 14 goals in the process.

Free-scoring City are always a threat going forward and the Manchester club will be looking to defend their Champions League crown in this season's campaign, and The Citizens certainly have a great opportunity to at least emerge from the group stage and into the knockout rounds after being handed a favourable group.

On the Champions League front, City have been supremely solid and consistent as the hosts are unbeaten in their previous 13 ties overall which includes picking up eight wins along the way while being absolutely dominant on home soil at the Etihad Stadium as City have won their last nine Champions League ties at home on the trot, six of which also saw the hosts keep clean sheets.

Crvena Zvezda also produced an impressive start to their domestic Serbian top flight campaign as the visitors strung together an excellent four-match winning streak to get them off to a great start in the Serbian Superliga with victories collected against Vojvodina, Napredak, Mladost Lucani and Novi Pazar respectively.

However, since that excellent start, Crvena Zvezda have seemingly gone off the boil as the visitors have been dealt two defeats in their subsequent three matches afterwards which have resulted in losses to Vozdovac and Cukaricki, both of which were inflicted upon Bachar Barak's side on their travels.

Despite picking up a 2-1 home win against Novi Pazar in between the two defeats, Crvena Zvezda have a mountain to climb if they're to get anything out of this upcoming trip to face last season's Champions League winners, Manchester City, especially as the Serbian club have managed to pick up just two wins in their last 10 outings in this competition which also consists of seven defeats in the process.

Manchester City v Crvena Zvezda Verdict

Manchester City have produced irresistible form in the early stages of this new season and the hosts should possess far too much quality in the final third than their Serbian counterparts in what is expected to be a bit of a mis-match in terms of attacking and defensive capabilities here on Tuesday night, especially considering Crvena Zvezda's form away from home at this level.

Therefore, our main bet will be Man City win

Other side bets worth considering:

Over 2.5 goals & Both Teams To Score No @ 2.50

Correct score: Man City 4-0 @ 7.50