Manchester United will travel to Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan to face Sevilla in the first leg of the Champions League last 16 of 2017/18 on Thursday (22/2). The last two Europa League champions have never met before.
united, who is the 2017 Europa League champion, finished as Group A champions ahead of Basel, CSKA Moscow and Benfica. In the Champions League group phase this season, United won six points from their away games (4-1 vs CSKA, 1-0 vs Benfica, 0-1 vs Basel).
meanwhile, Sevilla are the successive Europa League champions from 2014, 2015 and 2016 (also 2006 and 2007). Sevilla qualify as runner-up Group E under Liverpool. in the group phase this season, Sevilla scored seven points from their home games (3-0 vs Maribor, 2-1 vs. Spartak Moscow, 3-3 vs. Liverpool).
United are often inconsistent recently, especially when playing outside the cage. in his last five matches, Jose Mourinho's troops took turns victory and defeat. They won against Yeovil in the FA Cup, then lost to Tottenham in the league, then won 2-0 against Huddersfield, lost against Newcastle, and last won again over Huddersfield in the FA Cup.
the game against Sevilla would be a tough test for United.
Sevilla, which Vincenzo Montella has handled since December 2017, is in top form. Sevilla won his last three games, including beating Leganes to ensure they qualify for the Copa del Rey final, where they will face Barcelona.
Sevilla is a good enclosure. This season, they just lost once in Pizjuan.
the La Liga teams themselves are opponents that are less favored by United. In his last 11 games against representatives of Spain, the Red Devils only won twice, draw four, and were forced to swallow five defeats. including among them a 1-2 defeat against Real Madrid in the 2017 European Super Cup.
The order of Players :
Sevilla (4-2-3-1): Rico; Escudero, Lenglet, Mercado, Navas; Pizzarro, N'Zonzi; Nolito, Vazquez, Sarabia; Muriel.
united (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Young, Smalling, Bailly, Valencia; Pogba, Matic; Sanchez, Lingard, Eyes; Lukaku .