Sevilla vs Roma Europa League Match Preview or Key Statistics
✅This will be the first ever competitive meeting between Sevilla and Roma; Indeed, Sevilla have won each of their last two encounters against Italian opposition, beating Lazio both home and away in last season’s Europa League last 32.
✅Roma have won just one of their last seven encounters against Spanish sides (D1 L5), failing to score in five of those matches.
✅Roma have scored 8 goals in their last 3 matches.
✅Roma haven't drawn in their last 4 matches.
✅Since the competitions re-branding in 2009-10, Sevilla have reached the quarter finals of the Europa League on three occasions, going on to win the competition each time (2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16).
✅Roma have lost just one of their last nine matches in the Europa League (W4 D4) and will be aiming to reach the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup/Europa league for the first time since 1998-99 (lost both home and away to Atlético de Madrid).
✅Sevilla have recorded more high turnovers (55 - sequences that start in open play and begin 40m or less from the opponent's goal) than any other side in this season’s Europa League, with 10 of those resulting in a shot and three of those being scored.
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