Manchester City will open the defence of their Champions League crown at home against Crvena Zvezda on Tuesday night. Manchester City will switch their attention from the Premier League to matters in Europe when they take on Crvena Zvezda. They begin the defence of their Champions League crown at home as the Serbian outfit pay a visit and start proceedings in Group G. Pep Guardiola's troops defeated West Ham United 3-1 on Saturday to maintain their 100% league start to the season. Guardiola's men have unsurprisingly started the 2023-24 season strongly, and claimed their latest victory against West Ham at the London Stadium last weekend. The game could have gone awry had the Cityzens not turned the game around after falling behind before half time, but goals from Jeremy Doku, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland secured maximum points. Haaland, last year's top scorer, did not have his scoring boots on for most of the game, evidenced by the failure to convert several promising chances before his 86th-minute strike. Meanwhile, Crvena Zvezda were beaten 2-1 by Cukaricki in the Serbian SuperLiga in their last outing to deepen their recent rot in form. I am expecting a win for Manchester City by some goals margin for the following reasons:

Firstly. Manchester City landed their first Champions League title last season, part of a treble-winning campaign for Pep Guardiola’s side, and they have started 2023/24 in the same dominant mood, winning all five of their Premier League games to date. City were victorious in all six of their home matches in last season’s Champions League and they have not tasted defeat at the Etihad in the competition since a 2-1 loss to Lyon in September 2018. Despite failing to score in last year's semis and final, Haaland's 12 goals saw him end atop the scoring log en route to continental glory, and Guardiola will hope the devastating centre-forward puts the Serbian side to the sword on Tuesday.

Secondly. Unlike the Cityzens, Crvena Zvezda have wobbled recently, losing two of their last three domestic fixtures after initially impressing when the season started. The Serbian champions picked up four consecutive victories at the start of their season, but two defeats in three games have shown vulnerability at the worst possible time. The inability to keep clean sheets has been bothersome for Barak Bakhar's side, with six goals let in in the last three games.

It is hard to see anything other than a straightforward victory for the Cityzens at the Etihad as they seek to start their Champions League defence with maximum points. On paper, the class difference between Manchester City and Red Star is so significant that it's not a question of whether they will win, but by how many goals the English team will triumph. And, I am backing Manchester City to win by at least four goals margin.

周二晚上，曼城将在主场迎战茨韦兹达，开启欧冠卫冕之旅。曼城将把他们的注意力从英超转移到欧洲赛场上，届时他们将对阵茨韦兹达。他们将在主场开始卫冕他们的欧冠冠军，这支塞尔维亚球队将在g组做客，瓜迪奥拉的球队将在周六以3-1击败西汉姆联，以保持他们本赛季联赛开局的100%。不出所料，瓜迪奥拉的球队在2023-24赛季开局强劲，并于上周末在伦敦体育场战胜西汉姆联。如果曼城没有在半场结束前落后，扭转局面，比赛可能会出问题，但杰里米·多库、贝尔纳多·席尔瓦和埃林·哈兰德的进球确保了最大积分。哈兰德，去年的最佳射手，在比赛的大部分时间里都没有穿上他的进球靴，在他第86分钟的进球之前，几次有希望的机会都没能转化。与此同时，在塞尔维亚超级联赛的最后一场比赛中，茨韦兹达2-1不敌库卡里茨基，这进一步加深了他们最近的颓败状态。我预计曼城会以一些进球优势获胜，原因如下:

首先。曼城在上个赛季获得了他们的第一个欧冠冠军，这是瓜迪奥拉三冠王的一部分，他们在2023/24赛季也以同样的统治情绪开始，赢得了迄今为止的五场英超比赛。上赛季的欧冠联赛，曼城在主场的六场比赛中都取得了胜利，自2018年9月1 - 2输给里昂以来，他们还没有在阿提哈德品尝过失败的滋味。尽管在去年的半决赛和决赛中没有进球，但哈兰德的12粒进球让他在通往欧洲大陆的荣耀之路上高居射手榜榜首，瓜迪奥拉希望这位毁灭性的中锋能在周二的比赛中击败塞尔维亚队。

其次。与Cityzens不同的是，克雷维纳最近表现不佳，在赛季开始时表现出色的情况下，最近三场国内比赛输掉了两场。塞尔维亚冠军在赛季开始时取得了四连胜，但三场比赛中的两场失利在最糟糕的时候显示出了他们的弱点。不能保持零失球对巴拉克·巴卡尔的球队来说是个麻烦，在过去的三场比赛中丢了6个球。

对于曼城来说，除了在阿提哈德取得一场直接的胜利之外，他们很难看到任何其他事情，因为他们正在寻求以最大的积分开始他们的欧冠防守。从纸面上看，曼城和红星之间的等级差距是如此之大，以至于这不是他们能否获胜的问题，而是英格兰队将以多少球获胜的问题。而且，我支持曼城以至少4球的优势获胜。