Liverpool and Sevilla face-off at the St. Jakob-Park, Basel in the finals of UEFA Europa League 2015/16; kick-off at 19:45 UK time, 20:45 European time.
After a disappointing season in respective leagues, Sevilla and Liverpool hope to qualify for next season’s European competition by winning the Europa League title. Liverpool finished 8th and Sevilla 7th in their respective leagues. Both teams want to put behind their disappointing league campaign by winning the title at Basel on Wednesday night.
The defending Champions Sevilla will be looking for the third successive time and looking to equal Bayern Munich’s record of three straight European Champion Clubs’ Cup in 1975/76. Liverpool on the other hand, have won this title three times, in 1973, 1976 and 2001
Form Guide
Liverpool are coming on the back of a 4 match unbeaten run in all competitions. They managed 2 draws and a win in their last three games, with a squad mainly stuffed with young fringe players.
Liverpool have a strong record in this season’s Europa League and they have lost only once, 1-0 at Villarreal in the first leg of the semi-finals. They overall record this season reads 6 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss from 14 matches.
Sevilla are coming on the background of a poor ending to their season as they lost 3 of their last 4 games. The only win during the period was the 3-1 home win against Shakhtar in the second leg of the semifinal.
Sevilla reached Europa League knock-out stage by finishing third in their Champions League group which contained Juventus and Manchester City. They managed just 2 wins then, losing 4 of the 6 matches. Sevilla’s record in the Europa League this season is 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss; one of the wins were in penalty shoot-out against Athletic Bilbao.
After a disappointing season in respective leagues, Sevilla and Liverpool hope to qualify for next season’s European competition by winning the Europa League title. Liverpool finished 8th and Sevilla 7th in their respective leagues. Both teams want to put behind their disappointing league campaign by winning the title at Basel on Wednesday night.
The defending Champions Sevilla will be looking for the third successive time and looking to equal Bayern Munich’s record of three straight European Champion Clubs’ Cup in 1975/76. Liverpool on the other hand, have won this title three times, in 1973, 1976 and 2001
Form Guide
Liverpool are coming on the back of a 4 match unbeaten run in all competitions. They managed 2 draws and a win in their last three games, with a squad mainly stuffed with young fringe players.
Liverpool have a strong record in this season’s Europa League and they have lost only once, 1-0 at Villarreal in the first leg of the semi-finals. They overall record this season reads 6 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss from 14 matches.
Sevilla are coming on the background of a poor ending to their season as they lost 3 of their last 4 games. The only win during the period was the 3-1 home win against Shakhtar in the second leg of the semifinal.
Sevilla reached Europa League knock-out stage by finishing third in their Champions League group which contained Juventus and Manchester City. They managed just 2 wins then, losing 4 of the 6 matches. Sevilla’s record in the Europa League this season is 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss; one of the wins were in penalty shoot-out against Athletic Bilbao.
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