Arsenal vs Sevilla Match Stats Preview
Arsenal have won just three of their 11 UEFA Champions League group stage games against Spanish sides (D2 L6). However, two of those victories have come in their three games against Sevilla, including a 3-0 home win in September 2007.
Sevilla have won just one of their 11 away games against English sides in all European competition (D5 L5), beating Manchester United 2-1 in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League round of 16.
Following their 2-1 victory at Sevilla on MD3, Arsenal are looking to win both UEFA Champions League group stage games against a fellow big five European league side for the fourth time, previously doing so in 2006-07 (against Hamburger SV), 2012-13 (against Montpellier) and 2013-14 (against Marseille).
Sevilla are looking for their first away victory in the UEFA Champions League since December 2020 (3-1 v Rennes), having failed to win any of their last eight away trips in the competition (D6 L2).
Arsenal won 4-0 in their first UEFA Champions League home game under Mikel Arteta (v PSV), while the Gunners haven’t lost at home in the group stage of the competition since September 2015 v Olympiakos, going unbeaten in the last six (W5 D1).
Arsenal have only failed to score in one of their last 26 UEFA Champions League matches, a 2-0 home loss to Barcelona in the 2015-16 round of 16. They’ve scored in their last 20 group stage matches in the competition, and in their last 14 at the Emirates in the group stages.
Sevilla have won just two of their last 17 matches in the UEFA Champions league (D8 L7), with both of those victories coming at home. They had been on a run of four wins in five games in the competition before this (L1).
Gabriel Jesus has been directly involved in four of Arsenal’s seven goals so far in the UEFA Champions League this season (3 goals, 1 assist). He could become the first player to score in each of his first four appearances in the competition for the Gunners.
Declan Rice has made 18 progressive carries of 10+ metres in the UEFA Champions League this season – the most of any Arsenal player. Indeed, through the opening three rounds of the current tournament, Manchester City’s Rodri (28) is the only midfielder who made more.
Sevilla are the team with the oldest starting XI in terms of average age in the UEFA Champions League this season (30y 354d), with Juanlu Sánchez (20) being the only player aged under 23 to have appeared for them in the competition this term.
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