Manchester City conquers Crvena Zvezda 3-2

BEOGRAD. Manchester City overcame Crvena Zvezda.

December 14, 2023

BEOGRAD. Manchester City beat Crvena Zvezda. Manchester City was truly better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Stadion Rajko Mitić stadium in Beograd on Wednesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. In front of 49,443 spectators. The referee was Əliyar Ağayev with the collaboration of Zeynal Zeynalov and Akif Əmirəli. The 4th official was Elçin Məsiyev. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.75 degrees Celsius or 54.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.

Match Statistics

Crvena Zvezda

2 - 3

Manchester City

! 33 Ball Possession 67

Shots

11 Total 10
6 On Target 3
3 Off Target 4
2 Shots blocked 3

72 Attack 104
23 Dangerous attack 45
60 Ball safe 88

12 Free Kicks 23
0 Penalties 1
2 Corners 2
3 Off Sides 3

Fouls

21 Total 7
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Manchester City was in firm control of the ball 67% while Crvena Zvezda was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match.

Crvena Zvezda shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Manchester City shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Crvena Zvezda received 3 yellow cards (Nasser Djiga, Uroš Spajić and Srđan Mijailović). Talking about the opposition, Manchester City received 1 yellow card (Kalvin Phillips).

Match Timeline

19'

Micah Hamilton(goal)Matheus Nunes

Uroš Spajić- Yellow

45'

46'

Phil Foden- sub ->Jack Grealish

52'

Aleksandar Katai- sub ->Guélor Kanga

57'

Vladimir Lučić- sub ->Peter Olayinka

57'

62'

Oscar Bobb(goal)Rico Lewis

Milan Rodić- sub ->Uroš Spajić

65'

Srđan Mijailović- Yellow

65'

76'

Mahamadou Susoho- sub ->Mateo Kovacic

In-beom Hwang(goal)Osman Bukari

76'

78'

82'

Bernardo Silva- sub ->Matheus Nunes

N. Djiga- Yellow

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this encounter, Crvena Zvezda stays with 1 points to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Manchester City will has 18 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

Crvena Zvezda – Formation

Crvena Zvezda

Omri Glazer 18.Israel

6.0

Uroš Spajić 5.Serbia

6.1

65'

45'

Peter Olayinka 14.Nigeria

7.0

57'

Kosta Nedeljković 2.Serbia

6.4

78'

Aleksandar Dragović 15.Austria

6.6

N. Djiga 24.Burkina Faso

5.7

84'

Guélor Kanga 8.Gabon

7.0

57'

Mirko Ivanić 4.Montenegro

Srđan Mijailović 33.Serbia

6.4

65'

In-beom Hwang 66.South Korea

8.7

76'

Cherif Ndiaye 9.Senegal

7.3

57'

Osman Bukari 30.Ghana

7.5

Substitutes

Nikola Vasiljević 27.Serbia

Milos Degenek 3.Australia

Nemanja Milunović 19.Serbia

Milan Rodić 23.Serbia

6.6

65'

Aleksandar Katai 10.Serbia

7.3

57'

90'

K. Kangwa 20.Zambia

Stefan Mitrović 80.Serbia

Marko Stamenic 6.New Zealand

J. Mijatović 22.Serbia

6.7

57'

Vladimir Lučić 37.Serbia

6.8

57'

Uroš Kabić 70.Serbia

6.4

78'

J. Krasso 17.Ivory Coast

Crvena Zvezda started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Barak Bakhar decided to play with the following team: Mirko Ivanić, Omri Glazer (6.0), Kosta Nedeljković (6.4), Nasser Djiga (5.7), Uroš Spajić (6.1), Aleksandar Dragović (6.6), Peter Olayinka (7.0), Guélor Kanga (7.0), Srđan Mijailović (6.4), In-beom Hwang (8.7), Osman Bukari (7.5) and Cherif Ndiaye (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Marko Stamenić, Jean-Philippe Krasso, Milan Rodić (6.6), Miloš Degenek, Aleksandar Katai (7.3), Nemanja Milunović, Kings Kangwa, Jovan Mijatović (6.7), Nikola Vasiljević, Vladimir Lučić (6.8), Uroš Kabić (6.4) and Stefan Mitrović.

Crvena Zvezda could not rely on the presence of Uroš Kabić (injured).

Substitutions

Crvena Zvezda made 5 changes: Peter Olayinka for Vladimir Lučić (57′), Cherif Ndiaye for Jovan Mijatović (57′), Kosta Nedeljković for Uroš Kabić (78′), Uroš Spajić for Milan Rodić (65′) and Guélor Kanga for Aleksandar Katai (57′).

Player of the match: In-beom Hwang

The most impressive player for Crvena Zvezda was In-beom Hwang.

His rating is 8.7 with 1 goal, 35 passes (80% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City

Stefan Ortega 18.Germany

7.5

Ederson 31.Brazil

John Stones 5.England

6.8

86'

Sergio Gómez 21.Spain

6.7

Manuel Akanji 25.Switzerland

7.0

Rico Lewis 82.England

7.0

Micah Hamilton 92.England

7.7

19'

Kalvin Phillips 4.England

7.5

52'

85'

Mateo Kovacic 8.Croatia

6.7

76'

Jack Grealish 10.England

7.0

46'

Matheus Nunes 27.Portugal

7.5

82'

Oscar Bobb 52.Norway

7.9

62'

Substitutes

Scott Carson 33.England

True Grant 88.England

Kyle Walker 2.England

Rúben Dias 3.Portugal

Nathan Aké 6.Netherlands

6.3

86'

Josko Gvardiol 24.Croatia

Max Alleyne 68.England

Rodri 16.Spain

Bernardo Silva 20.Portugal

6.6

82'

Phil Foden 47.England

6.4

46'

Mahamadou Susoho 76.Spain

6.4

76'

Julián Álvarez 19.Argentina

Manchester City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson, S. Ortega (7.5), R. Lewis (7.0), J. Stones (6.8), M. Akanji (7.0), Sergio Gómez (6.7), K. Phillips (7.5), M. Kovačić (6.7), Micah Hamilton (7.7), Matheus Nunes (7.5), J. Grealish (7.0) and O. Bobb (7.9).

These were the players on the bench: J. Álvarez, K. Walker, Rúben Dias, N. Aké (6.3), Rodri, Bernardo Silva (6.6), J. Gvardiol, S. Carson, P. Foden (6.4), Max Alleyne, Mahamadou Susoho (6.4) and True Grant.