Sevilla vs Manchester United UEFA Europa League Match Preview or Key Statistics 🔥
Manchester United have progressed to the final from each of their last four semi-final appearances in major European competition (2007/08, 2008/09 & 2010/11 UEFA Champions League and 2016/17 UEFA Europa League), winning the trophy on two of those four occasions.This will be only the third European meeting between Manchester United and Sevilla - their other two games were in the last 16 of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League, with Sevilla winning 2-1 at Old Trafford in the second leg, after a goalless draw in the first leg.
Manchester United have been awarded 21 penalties in all competitions this season (four in the UEFA
Europa League), including Bruno Fernandes' extra time winner against FC København in the quarter
final more than any other side across Europe's top five leagues.
Sevilla have reached the UEFA Europa League semi-final on three previous occasions and gone on to win the tournament on all three occasions (2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16); in fact, the Spaniards have only
been eliminated in one of their last 20 knockout ties in the competition, Iosing 6-5 on aggregate to Slavia Prague in the last 16 in 2018/19.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær has won 49 of his 89 matches in charge of Manchester United. Victory in this game would see him become the third fastest manager to reach 50 wins in all competitions in the club's history after Ernest Mangnall (78) and José Mourinho (81).
Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in more UEFA Europa League goals this season than any other player (11 for Man Utd and Sporting CP combined). He has either scored (7) or assisted (4) in seven of his nine appearances in the competition this campaign.
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