Sevilla host the first leg in this deciding Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs game. PSV will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Philips Stadion before the return leg in 11 days.
These teams have little in common geographically as PSV have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sevilla and PSV should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sevilla form and stats
Sevilla participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the round of 16 and lost against West Ham United.The story so far in the La Liga for Sevilla at their home stadium (Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The Sevilla club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Mallorca and win 2-0. Midfielder Gueye was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.12 (out of ten) in that game. Gueye served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Barcelona in the La Liga.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sevilla have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 1.
The manager Moya will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rayo Vallecano in only three days.
Sevilla has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
PSV form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Arsenal, Bodø / Glimt and Zurich in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa League. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, PSV have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 4W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.
The club members enjoyed PSV's previous fixture versus FC Groningen, a 6-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, PSV was the only team on the pitch versus FC Groningen in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfield player Veerman was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.53/10. Veerman signed up for two assists, hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 80 successful passes (of 90 total).
A home win as expected against FC Emmen preceding that, in the KNVB Beker. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with PSV playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 PSV wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for PSV now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Eredivisie game at FC Utrecht is waiting in only three days.
The PSV manager van Nistelrooy has got the team scoring on the road, with 21 away goals in 10 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as PSV have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Lamela 3 goals |  Ó. Torres Muñoz 3 goals |  R. Mir Vicente 3 goals |
Sevilla missing players
PSV missing players
| Sevilla | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 18 | 58 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 16.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 11.4 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 11.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 35 | 53 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 45 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Girona | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 23 |
| 15 | Almeria | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 22 |
| 17 | Espanyol | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Valencia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | Getafe | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Elche | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -25 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 44 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 43 |
| 3 | PSV | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 30 | 42 |
| 4 | Ajax | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 40 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Fortuna Sittard | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 | NEC | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 33 | -28 | 20 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 16 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -24 | 13 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -26 | 13 |
