Manchester City take on Sevilla in the UEFA Supercup. The match will be played on Wednesday, August 16th at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium (Piraeus).
Manchester City will try to replicate the successes of 2022/2023. The Citizens, only in June, secured their first-ever victory in the Champions League. Achieving this had been the goal of the current project owners right after they entered the English Premier League. For this purpose, Middle Eastern billionaires spent over a billion on players, as well as hired accomplished managers. It was only under Guardiola that they managed to reach the Big Ears trophy! However, this success didn't come on the first attempt. After a series of setbacks, such as losing the inaugural 2021 final to Chelsea and an incredible semifinal exit against Real last year, they finally achieved it. To start anew, Gundogan, who couldn't be convinced to stay, was replaced by Kovacic, and they decided to bring in Pack from West Ham instead of Mahrez, who went to Saudi Arabia. Notably, they also spent a record-breaking £90 million for Joško Guardiola, making it the highest fee ever paid for a defender.
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Sevilla saved the previous season with their usual focus. White Andalusia completely underperformed last season on the domestic front. Despite being a regular top-4 contender, the team finished only in 12th place in La Liga, after dismissing Lopetegui in the fall and Sampaoli in the spring. Besides stabilizing the performance of the new squad domestically, the current manager, Mendilibar, continued the Nervionenses tradition by winning the Europa League. This way, the Spaniards managed to guarantee themselves a place in the Champions League group stage once again. An important achievement, not only from a sporting perspective but also financially, especially given the necessity to offload all players due to debts nearing €100 million. In the end, however, a massive sell-off didn't occur. Quite the opposite, they managed to scrape together €10 million to acquire Jibril Sou. Yet, there's a demand for leaders, primarily En-Nesyri and Bounou, and the economic situation is not allowing for much bargaining.
Prior to this, in 2015 and last autumn, the clubs played in the group stages of the Champions League. Back then, there wasn't much competition: all 4 matches were won by the Citizens. The English side will be the favorite, although, as seen with their match against Arsenal, they don't particularly value tournament matches, the Super Cups. It's unlikely that this will drastically change now. Let's settle for the option of a total under 3.0 goals.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 scored goals.
