History not on Zidane's side ahead of Sevilla clash

Matt Morley 5 years ago 2.8k
Zidane has never won away at Sevilla. EFE

Real Madrid make the trip to the Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan to face Sevilla on Tuesday, one of just eight stadiums where Zinedine Zidane has not won as Real Madrid manager.

Zidane has led 'Los Blancos' in 46 different stadiums, winning at least once in 38 of those arenas. The former France international has taken his side into battle twice in Seville, but has never emerged from the Sanchez-Pizjuan victorious.

Whilst two games is hardly a fair sample size to start making hard and fast conclusions, there is certainly an early indication that the Andalusians may represent a chink in Madrid's armour on home turf.

Last season, Madrid made the trip to the Sanchez-Pizjuan twice, claiming a spectacular 3-3 draw in the Copa del Rey and slipping to a 2-1 defeat in LaLiga.

The Montilivi and the Wanda Metropolitano, which was only opened at the start of the seaosn, are the only other stadiums in Spain where Zidane has not tasted victory.

The other five grounds that have seen off Zidane's side are: the Volkswagen Arena (Wolfsburg), the Etihad (Manchester City), San Siro (Milan), the Polish Army Stadium (Legia Warsaw) and Wembley (Tottenham).

In total, Zidane has won at 25 Spanish grounds and three Italian. France, Norway, Portugal, Japan, Germany, Wales, Macedonia, Cyprus and Abu Dhabi have all been conquered once by the Frenchman. 

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