Sevilla vs Rennes UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Sevilla and Rennes will face off in European competition for the first time. Sevilla lost four of their first five European matches against French sides (W1), but have since gone unbeaten in their last two, keeping a clean sheet on both occasions (W1 D1).
Rennes haven‘t drawn any of their last 21 away games in European competition, losing 16 times in the process (W5) - this will be their first ever UEFA Champions League away game.
Sevilla have gone 12 games unbeaten at home in all European competition (W10 D2), since a 1-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League in April 2018.
Just two of the 10 previous French teams to play in the UEFA Champions League have won their first ever away match in the competition (D4 L4), with P86 in 1994-95 and Auxerre in 1996-97 doing so. Five of Sevilla‘s last seven UEFA Champions League games have ended in a draw (W1 L1), with their last two matches in the competition ending goalless.
Rennes had 20 shots in their 1-1 draw with FK Krasnodar on MD1, the most by a team in their first ever UEFA Champions League match since Manchester City in September 2011 (25).
Sevilla failed to register a single shot on target in the second half of their 0-0 draw with Chelsea on MD1. Sevilla boss Julen Lopetegui has won eight of his 10 UEFA Champions League home games in charge (D1 L1), losing only against Dynamo Kiev with FC Porto in November 2015.
Of all managers to have taken charge of 1 0+ home games in the competition, only Luis Enrique (94%, 1 5/16) and Jupp Heynckes (86%, 19/ 22) have a better home win rate than Lopetegui (80%).
Martin Terrier created six chances for Rennes against FK Krasnodar last time out, more than any other player on MD1 of this season’s UEFA Champions League.
The Frenchman had created just two goalscoring opportunities across his previous eight appearances in the competition with Lyon (400 minutes played).
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