Champions League holders Manchester City travel to Serbia to face Red Star Belgrade at the Rajko Mitic Stadium in their final Group G fixture on Wednesday night.
The two teams meet for the first time since the Citizens came from behind at half time to beat Red Star 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium in September on matchday one.
Red Star missed out on the chance to secure third place in the group and drop down into the Europa League as they suffered a 2-0 away defeat to Young Boys on matchday five two weeks ago, extending their losing streak away from home in the Champions League to nine games.
Barak Bakhar's side have since responded by winning their last three domestic matches by an aggregate score of 9-1, including last weekend's 3-1 home victory over Mladost Lucani in the Serbian SuperLiga.
Goals from Aleksandar Katai, Jovan Mijatovic and Hwang In-beom helped league leaders Red Star claim maximum points and set a European record for the longest-ever unbeaten league run on home soil – a remarkable 122 games without defeat dating back to 2017 which breaks the previous record held by Real Madrid (121) between 1957 and 1965.
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