UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán - Seville Thursday 13 December 2018 Sevilla FC 18.55CET (18.55 local time) FC Krasnodar Group J - Matchday 6 Last updated 15/03/2019 12:42CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 Sevilla FC - FC Krasnodar Thursday 13 December 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, Seville Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pereyra 72, 04/10/2018 GS FC Krasnodar - Sevilla FC 2-1 Krasnodar Okriashvili 88; Kaboré 43 (og) Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sevilla FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FC Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 Sevilla FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lenglet 30, Banega 01/11/2017 GS Sevilla FC - FC Spartak Moskva 2-1 Seville 59; Zé Luís 78 Promes 18, 90, Melgarejo 58, 17/10/2017 GS FC Spartak Moskva - Sevilla FC 5-1 Moscow Glushakov 67, Luiz Adriano 74; Kjær 30 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rondón 48, Hulk 72; 2-2 23/04/2015 QF FC Zenit - Sevilla FC St Petersburg Bacca 6 (P), Gameiro agg: 3-4 85 Bacca 73, Denis 16/04/2015 QF Sevilla FC - FC Zenit 2-1 Seville Suárez 88; Ryazantsev 29 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Perotti 41; Necid 39, 16/03/2010 R16 Sevilla FC - PFC CSKA Moskva Seville agg: 2-3 Honda 55 González 66; 24/02/2010 R16 PFC CSKA Moskva - Sevilla FC 1-1 Moscow Negredo 25 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 06/04/2006 QF FC Zenit - Sevilla FC St Petersburg Hyun 51; Kepa 64 agg: 2-5 Saviola 14, 80, Martí 30/03/2006 QF Sevilla FC - FC Zenit 4-1 Seville 54 (P), Adriano 90+2; A. Kerzhakov 45 Sevilla FC - FC Lokomotiv 2-0 Maresca 34, Puerta 23/02/2006 R3 Seville Moskva agg: 3-0 90 2 Sevilla FC - FC Krasnodar Thursday 13 December 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, Seville UEFA Cup FC Lokomotiv Moskva - Sevilla 15/02/2006 R3 0-1 Moscow Jordi 75 FC A. Kerzhakov 11, 88; 24/11/2005 GS FC Zenit - Sevilla FC 2-1 St Petersburg Saviola 90+3 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arshavin 35; Júlio 25/11/2004 GS FC Zenit - Sevilla FC 1-1 St Petersburg Baptista 71 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bengoechea 25, 2-1 07/11/1990 R2 Sevilla FC - FC Torpedo Moskva Seville Ramon 62; Savichev agg: 3-4 10 Tishkov 58, Zhukov 24/10/1990 R2 FC Torpedo Moskva - Sevilla FC 3-1 Moscow 81 (P), Shirinbekov 86; Polster 70 FC Krasnodar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 16/03/2017 R16 FC Krasnodar - RC Celta de Vigo Krasnodar Mallo 52, Aspas 80 agg: 1-4 Wass 50, Beauvue 09/03/2017 R16 RC Celta de Vigo - FC Krasnodar 2-1 Vigo 90; Claesson 56 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Krasnodar - Real Sociedad 3-0 Joãozinho 71 (P), 28/08/2014 PO Krasnodar de Fútbol agg: 3-1 Pereyra 88, Ari 90 Real Sociedad de Fútbol - FC 21/08/2014 PO 1-0 San Sebastian Xabi Prieto 71 Krasnodar Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sevilla FC 6 5 0 1 9 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 15 6 4 5 23 23 FC Krasnodar 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 3 6 6 3 Sevilla FC - FC Krasnodar Thursday 13 December 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, Seville Match background The pressure is on Sevilla to finish with a victory as they host Group J leaders FC Krasnodar in southern Spain. The Russian side are still not guaranteed to progress despite their tally of 12 points, but will be safe as long as they avoid a heavy defeat. • Sevilla were beaten for the second time in the group on matchday five, going down 1-0 away to Standard Liège, who they had overwhelmed 5-1 at home on matchday one. Nevertheless, the Andalusian side's head-to-head advantage over Standard (and potentially also in a three-way tie) means they will qualify for the knockout phase if they match or better the Belgian side's result away to bottom club Akhisar Belediyespor. • Krasnodar, who have won four of their five matches, need a point to qualify as group winners. Even if they are beaten and Standard win, leaving three teams tied on 12 points, Krasnodar would have to lose 4-0 or by a margin of five goals or more to be demoted to third place. Previous meetings • The clubs' first UEFA encounter went the way of Krasnodar, who overturned a half-time deficit with two late goals, the second a spectacular 88th-minute overhead kick from Georgian midfielder Tornike Okriashvili. • Krasnodar have encountered Spanish clubs twice in two-legged UEFA Europa League ties, overcoming Real Sociedad in the 2014/15 play-offs to reach the group stage for the first time, but going out to Celta Vigo in the 2016/17 round of 16. They lost both games in Spain. • Sevilla have now faced Russian opposition on 15 occasions, winning five of the six games staged in Spain including the only previous UEFA Europa League encounter, 2-1 against Zenit in the first leg of the 2014/15 quarter-final (won 4-3 on aggregate) en route to their successful trophy defence. Form guide Sevilla • Although they were UEFA Champions League quarter-finalists last term, seventh place in Spain's Liga meant that Sevilla's first match back in the UEFA Europa League since their 2016 final success against Liverpool was in the second qualifying round. They came through their opening tie, against Hungary's Újpest, with ease, winning both legs, and it was the same story in subsequent rounds against Žalgiris Vilnius and Sigma Olomouc. • This is Sevilla's fourth appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stage. They have always progressed through to the knockout phase, winning the competition in both 2013/14 and 2014/15. The hat-trick triumph of 2015/16 came after they had crossed over from the UEFA Champions League during the winter. • Sevilla have won all five European home games this season, scoring 19 goals and conceding just one, which has extended to 16 matches their winning run at home to non-Spanish opposition in the UEFA Europa League, qualifying included. Their last two home defeats in this competition have both been to fellow Liga sides – 1-2 against Athletic Club in the 2015/16 quarter-finals and 0-2 against city rivals Betis in the 2013/14 round of 16 – though Sevilla won both ties on penalties. The last non-Spanish team to deny them a home victory in this competition were Estoril, who drew 1-1 in the 2013/14 group stage. Krasnodar • Since making their European debut in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League, Krasnodar have qualified for the competition every season since, failing to make the group stage only in 2017/18, when they lost a play-off to Crvena zvezda on away goals. Fourth place in last season's Russian Premier League secured their group stage berth this term. • Krasnodar were unable to progress from their group at the first attempt, in 2014/15, but succeeded in both of the following two seasons, lasting until the round of 32 in 2015/16 and the round of 16 in 2016/17. • Victorious in seven of their last nine European outings, the Russian club have won one of their three away fixtures in each of their previous UEFA Europa League group campaigns – against Everton (1-0) in 2014/15, Gabala (3-0) in 2015/16 and Salzburg (1-0) in 2016/17. Barring a win in Seville, that pattern will continue this season thanks to their 1- 0 victory at Akhisar on matchday one. Links and trivia • Sevilla's Dutch forward Quincy Promes had four years in Russia with Spartak Moskva. He scored two goals as Spartak defeated Sevilla 5-1 in Moscow last season's UEFA Champions League group stage and also found the net home and away against Krasnodar in last season's Russian Premier Liga, making it four league goals against them in total. • Sevilla's matchday one win against Standard was the first time they had scored five goals at home in a European match. They then eclipsed that record on matchday three with a 6-0 demolition of Akhisar. 4 Sevilla FC - FC Krasnodar Thursday 13 December 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, Seville • Sevilla defender Daniel Carriço did not play against Krasnodar on matchday two, but he has been involved in the team's other four group games and has now stretched his all-time appearance record in the UEFA Europa League proper to 58 matches.