15 facts about the UEFA Super Cup match between Manchester City and Sevilla
August 16 Manchester city meet in Piraeus with Seville in a match for the UEFA Super Cup. For the English club, this is the first such match in history. Sevilla will play in the Supercup match for the seventh time. On the eve of the meeting, we talk about 15 facts of the match for UEFA Super Cup Manchester City – Sevilla.
First in its history, Manchester City will play in the UEFA Super Cup.
One of Sevilla’s six attempts to win the trophy was successful. In 2006, the Andalusians defeated Barcelona in the UEFA Super Cup match. The last time Sevilla played in the European Super Cup match was in 2020.
Two Sevilla players Djibril Sow and Youssef En-Neseri are valued at 20 million euros or more, Manchester City have 19 players with that figure. At the same time, two football players from the City – Holland and Foden – are estimated at more than 100 million euros.
Three the match of five in European competition was won at the helm of Sevilla by José Luis Mendilibar, beating Manchester United, Juventus and Roma. Two more fights – with Man United and Juve – Sevilla ended in a draw with Mendilibar. In total, the coach has nine wins, five draws and four defeats in 18 matches at the helm of Sevilla.
Four Manchester City have won four head-to-head matches against Sevilla over the past eight years. In these matches, the Citizens scored 12 goals – an average of three goals per game.
Five English clubs have won the UEFA Super Cup: Liverpool four times, Chelsea twice, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest once each.
Five Spanish clubs have won the UEFA Super Cup: Real Madrid and Barcelona five times each, Atlético Madrid three times, Valencia twice and Sevilla once.
Five Once the UEFA Super Cup was won by Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola. Twice as a football player (both times with Barcelona), three times as a coach (twice with Barcelona, once with Bayern).
Five million euros will be awarded to the winner of the UEFA Super Cup match. The loser will be content with two million euros.
Seven goals in the last two head-to-head matches were scored by Manchester City of Sevilla (in the last Champions League).
10 years back in 2013, Pep Guardiola led his team to the UEFA Super Cup for the last time: Bayern, with the Spaniard at the helm, beat Chelsea on penalties.
11th Greece will be the country that will host the match for the Super Cup after UEFA abandoned the practice of holding the match in Monaco.
22 million euros spent by Sevilla in this transfer window on the acquisition of new players. The most expensive transfer is Loic Bade from Rennes (12 million euros). By comparison, Manchester City spent €119m on incoming transfers this summer, €90m of which Leipzig paid for Joshko Guardiola.
31st the match for the UEFA Super Cup will be played by the Spanish team, in the 20th – by the English team.
223.55 million euro – the total cost of the composition of Seville. The Manchester City roster is valued at €1.25 billion.
Source: Sportarena
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