Sevilla will face West Ham on Thursday in the round of 16 of the Europa League, in which it will be the first official duel in its history against the Londoners. However, matches against Premier teams have been common in recent times at the Sánchez Pizjuáneither in Champions or Europa League. And the precedents are not favorable at all.
Of the last five visits by English teams to Nervión, Sevilla have only won one of them. They went to Leicester in the first leg of the 2016/17 Champions League round of 16, but the 2-1 result was insufficient to prevent the British from coming back from the tie in the second leg and bringing down the team that Sampaoli was coaching at the time .
The closest precedent dates from last season and is even worse, since Chelsea swept Lopetegui’s men 0-4 with a stellar Giroud on the penultimate day of the Champions League group stage. On 17/18 there was a double confrontation with the English and both ended in a draw: 3-3 with Liverpool in the group stage and 0-0 with Mourinho’s United in the round of 16, who ended up being eliminated in the second leg at Old Trafford.
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The series of the last five visits by English teams to the Sánchez Pizjuán closes with what was Jesús Navas’ only game against Sevilla. It was also in the group stage of the Champions League and Sevilla also lost to Manchester City, this time 1-3.
This season only Lille has managed to leave Seville with a victory. Nervión is a fort that now will have to continue demonstrating it to visitors who usually fish in the Seville fishing ground.
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