Rennes vs Sevilla UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 💯
The only previous meeting between Rennes and Sevilla came on MD2 in this season’s UEFA Champions League, with Sevilla winning 1-0 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán.
This will be the fifth time Sevilla have faced a French opponent away from home in European competition, while they are winless across the previous four (D1 L3). They did avoid defeat in the most recent game in this run, however, drawing 0-0 against Lyon in the UEFA Champions League in 2016-17.
Rennes are unbeaten in the previous three games when they’ve hosted Spanish opponents in European competition (W1 D2), however this will be the first time they have done so in the UEFA Champions League.
Sevilla have never lost their final Champions League group stage game (W3 D2) - in the history of the competition, they’ve played more MD6 group stage games without defeat than any other side (incl. 2nd group phase).
If Rennes fail to win, they will be the second French team to remain without a victory in their maiden Champions League campaign, after Montpellier (2012-13).
No side has scored fewer goals than Rennes in the Champions League this season (2), while the French side have the lowest shot conversion rate in the competition so far (3.7% - 2 goals from 54 shots).
Sevilla are unbeaten in their last five Champions League away games (W2 D3) and are looking to pick up consecutive victories on the road in the competition for the first time since October 2009.
Sevilla’s 0-4 loss against Chelsea last time out was their joint-biggest margin of defeat in a Champions League match, with the Spanish side shipping more goals in that game than they had in their previous five combined in the competition (3).
Only Barcelona (92) have had more shots than Sevilla in the Champions League this season (90), though Sevilla have converted just 6.7% of their shots in the competition this term (6 goals).
No player has created more chances from set play this season than Rennes’ Benjamin Bourigeaud, with both of the French side’s goals in the competition coming from a set piece situation (1x penalty, 1x corner from which Bourigeaud provided the assist).
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