Crvena Zvezda and FC Barcelona are going to take on on Thursday the 1st of January at 12:00 am in the 4th week of the Champions League. The match is going to be staged in Beograd at the Stadion Rajko Mitić. The appointed referee is Espen Eskås.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Crvena Zvezda
Crvena Zvezda has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (4 times or 80.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (4 times) and 5-3-2 (once).
Vladan Milojević is expected to play against FC Barcelona with the following players: Marko Ilić, Young-woo Seol, Uroš Spajić, Nasser Djiga, Milan Rodić, Rade Krunić, Timi Max Elsnik, A. Maksimović, Milson, Silas Katompa Mvumpa and Cherif Ndiaye.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Crvena Zvezda would be 26.45.
Vladan Milojević will probably not be able to employ Nemanja Radonjić because of injury.
O. Glazer, Vanja Drkusic, Ognjen Mimović, Peter Olayinka, Bruno Duarte and Mirko Ivanić will definitely miss the match.
FC Barcelona
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (3 times).
Hans-Dieter Flick is expected to play against Crvena Zvezda with the following players: Iñaki Peña, Alejandro Balde, Iñigo Martínez, Pau Cubarsí, J. Koundé, Marc Casadó, Pedri, Raphinha, Dani Olmo, Lamine Yamal and R. Lewandowski.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of FC Barcelona would be 24.73.
Marc-André ter Stegen , Ronald Araújo, Andreas Christensen, Eric García and Ferran Torres will definitely miss the match.