Man City vs Sevilla: Head To Head and Probable Line Up For UEFA Super Cup 2023 Clash

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UEFA Champions League holders Manchester City and UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla will lock horns in the UEFA Super Cup 2023 at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis in Piraeus, Greece on Wednesday (August 16).

Reigning English champions Man City are fresh from a 3-0 away win against Burnley in their Premier League opener, while Sevilla head into the match on the back of a 1-2 defeat to Valencia in their La Liga campaign opener.

Pep Guardiola's City will be a confident side heading into their first-ever UEFA Super Cup clash, while Sevilla will hope their bad record at the annual super cup match, having won only once in their six attempts so far.

Sevilla won their first-ever UEFA Super Cup match against Barcelona in 2006, but lost the following five editions in which they played in 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2020. Here is a look at Sevilla's results in UEFA Super Cup so far:

Sevilla UEFA Super Cup Record and Results

Also, the Premier League side possess an unbeaten record over Sevilla, having beaten the La Liga side four times in four previous meetings, including the two groups stage matches in the 2022/23 Champions League.

Man City vs Sevilla Head To Head Results

As for team news, Man City will be without the services of Kevin De Bruyne, who was substituted in the first half of the match against Burnley due to injury, while there is no other injury for Guardiola, who may hand new signing Josko Gvardiol his first start, with Ruben Dias also failing to make the squad.

Jose Luis Mendilibar, on the other has made one change to the squad that he named for Friday's league opener against Valencia CF, as Alberto Flores replaces Matias as the third-choice keeper in the Sevilla squad.

Manchester City and Sevilla squads for UEFA Super Cup 2023

Man City: Kyle Walker, Kalvin Phillips, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Mateo Kovacic, Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish, Aymeric Laporte, Rodrigo, Stefan Ortega Moreno, Julian Alvarez, Sergio Gomez, Josko Gvardiol, Manuel Akanji, Ederson, Maximo Perrone, Scott Carson, Phil Foden, Oscar Bobb, Cole Palmer, Rico Lewis, James McAtee.

Sevilla: Yassine Bounou, Marko Dmitrovic, Alberto Flores, Jesus Navas, Juanlu, Gonzalo Montiel, Loic Bade, Kike Salas, Nemanja Gudelj, Federico Gattoni, Marcos Acuna, Adria Pedrosa, Fernando, Djibril Sow, Joan Jordan, Manu Bueno, Ivan Rakitic, Oliver Torres, Suso, Papu Gomez, Lucas Ocampos, Tecatito Corona, Erik Lamela, Rafa Mir, Youssef En-Nesyri.

Now, we take a look at how the two teams can possibly line up for the UEFA Super Cup clash with games coming thick and fast for both Manchester City and Sevilla. City will be unpredictable under Guardiola in the way they line up, but Mendilibar is likely to retain the traditional formation.

UEFA Super Cup 2023 Predicted line-ups

Man City (4-2-3-1): Ortega; Walker, Akanji, Gvardiol, Ake; Rodri, Kovacic; Foden, Alvarez, Grealish; Haaland

Sevilla (4-2-3-1): Bounou; Jesus Navas, Bade, Gudelj, Acuna; Jordan, Rakitic; Ocampos, Suso, Oliver Torres; En-Nesyri