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November 25 2024, 01:53 · Alex Lawes
Updated: November 25 2024, 11:25

Crvena Zvezda vs Stuttgart Preview: Team News & Prediction

Crvena Zvezda vs Stuttgart Preview: Team News & Prediction
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As was predicted before the season started, Crvena Zvezda have struggled at the start of the UEFA Champions League campaign as they welcome fellow strugglers Stuttgart to Belgrade.

Kick-off date/time: Wednesday 27th November, 2024: UK – 5:45pm / US ET – 12:45pm / US PT – 9:45am

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Crvena Zvezda Preview: Red Star in ruins

Crvena Zvezda have won the last seven Serbian SuperLiga titles and Vladan Milojevic’s side once again sit at the top-of-the-table domestically with an 11-point lead over Mladost Lucani thanks to 13 wins and one draw in 14 matches with two games-in-hand, too.

In the UEFA Champions League, the Serbian champions sit second-bottom with four successive defeats and they have conceded 16 goals in their four games, most recently losing by five goals to two to Barcelona earlier this month. 

Stuttgart Preview: Stubborn Stuttgart

Predictably, it was always to be expected that Stuttgart would fall away this season after selling several key players over the summer after propelling themselves to being Bundesliga runners’ up last season after previously winning the relegation playoff.

Sebastian Hoeness’ side have won one of their four UEFA Champions League outings with that being a 1-0 win in Turin against Juventus. The visitors come into this one on the back of a comfortable 2-0 defeat of struggling Bochum at the weekend the other day. 

Crvena Zvezda Team News: Olayinka injury

The hosts are dealing with some key issues for this week with Peter Olayinka out due to an Achilles injury. As well as Olayinka, Israel international goalkeeper Omri Glazer is one of the doubts alongside Serbia international wing-back Nemanja Radonjic. 

Predicted XI (4-5-1): Ilic; Seol, Djiga, Spajic, Rodic; Silas, Krunic, Kanga, Elsnik, Maksimovic; Ndiaye

Unavailable: Olayinka (Injured)

Questionable: Glazer (Injured), Mimovic (Injured), Ivanic (Injured), Duarte (Injured), Radonjic (Injured)

Stuttgart Team News: Several injuries

Stuttgart have several injury issues at both ends of the pitch. Defenders Ameen Al Dakhil and Dan-Axel Zagadou are both sidelined as well as key attackers including Jamie Leweling, Deniz Undav and El Bilal Toure.

Predicted XI (4-4-2): Neubel; Stergiou, Rouault, Chabot, Mittelstadt; Vagnoman, Millot, Karazor, Fuhrich; Demirovic, Woltemade

Unavailable: Al Dakhil (Injured), Zagadou (Injured), Raimund (Injured), Leweling (Injured), Undav (Injured), Toure (Injured)

Questionable:

Key Stats

  • Crvena Zvezda are without a win in their last 14 matches in the UEFA Champions League competition proper (D1 L13). Since a 3-1 home victory against Olympiacos in October 2019.
  • Crvena Zvezda are without a win in their last six UEFA competition matches against German teams (D1 L5). Since a 1-0 home win FC Köln in the UEFA Europa League group stage in December 2017.
  • Crvena Zvezda have won ten of their previous19 home matches against German teams in UEFA competition (D5 L4), but only two of the wins have been in the last eight (D3 L3).
  • Milan Rodić is set to become the first player to reach make 20 appearances in the UEFA Champions League proper for Crvena Zvezda.
  • Stuttgart's only previous UEFA competition match against a team from Serbia was a 2-0 win at home against Partizan in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage.
  • Stuttgart have won only one of their last ten UEFA competition matches (D4 L5).
  • Stuttgart have won four of their last eight UEFA competition matches away from home (D1 L3).

Crvena Zvezda vs Stuttgart Prediction

Crvena Zvezda are reliant on any home advantage they can get from playing in front of the hostile Rajko Mitic Stadium, also known as the Marakana. They have scored goals and taken chances against both Benfica and Barcelona in Belgrade after overturning a playoff deficit in the second-leg against Bodo/Glimt. Stuttgart are a little fragile but remain quite stubborn defensively, though, and will believe they have enough to deal with and move forward.

Crvena Zvezda vs Stuttgart Tip: Stuttgart to win & under 3.5 goals