UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 3-1) Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán - Seville Thursday 19 March 2015 Sevilla FC 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Villarreal CF Round of 16, Second leg Last updated 09/06/2015 20:47CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 18 Legend 20 1 Sevilla FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 19 March 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vietto 48; Vitolo 1, 12/03/2015 R4 Villarreal CF - Sevilla FC 1-3 Villarreal Mbia 26, Gameiro 50 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 Villarreal CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 Sevilla FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/08/2014 F Real Madrid CF - Sevilla FC 2-0 Cardiff Ronaldo 30, 49 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Feghouli 14, Beto 26 3-1 01/05/2014 SF Valencia CF - Sevilla FC Valencia (og), Mathieu 69; agg: 3-3 ag Mbia 90+4 24/04/2014 SF Sevilla FC - Valencia CF 2-0 Seville Mbia 33, Bacca 36 0-2 20/03/2014 R4 Real Betis Balompié - Sevilla FC agg: 2-2 (aet, 3- Seville Reyes 20, Bacca 75 4pens) Baptistão 15, Sevilla 13/03/2014 R4 Sevilla FC - Real Betis Balompié 0-2 Seville 77 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Riera 28, Jônatas 115 2-2 16/05/2007 F RCD Espanyol - Sevilla FC Glasgow ET; Adriano 18, (aet, 1-3pens) Kanouté 105 ET 2-0 Luís Fabiano 37, 03/05/2007 SF Sevilla FC - CA Osasuna Seville agg: 2-1 Renato 53 26/04/2007 SF CA Osasuna - Sevilla FC 1-0 Pamplona Soldado 55 UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Renato 7, Kanouté 25/08/2006 F FC Barcelona - Sevilla FC 0-3 Monaco 45, Maresca 90 (P) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bakero 62, G. 3-1 05/12/1995 R3 FC Barcelona - Sevilla FC Barcelona Popescu 79, Roger agg: 4-2 García 81; Moya 80 2 Sevilla FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 19 March 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville UEFA Cup 21/11/1995 R3 Sevilla FC - FC Barcelona 1-1 Seville Šuker 45; Hagi 65 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Paya 22, Pahuet 29; 23/02/1958 QF Sevilla FC - Real Madrid CF Seville agg: 2-10 Pereda 48, 62 Di Stéfano 10, 55 (P), 23/01/1958 QF Real Madrid CF - Sevilla FC 8-0 Madrid 85, 88, Kopa 37, 73, Marsal 48, Gento 81 Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Club Atlético de Madrid - Ibagaza 47, García 24/08/2004 F agg: 2-2 (aet, 1- Madrid Villarreal CF Calvo 58 3pens) Roger García 56, Villarreal CF - Club Atlético de 10/08/2004 F 2-0 Villarreal Gonzalo Rodríguez Madrid 77 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 06/05/2004 SF Valencia CF - Villarreal CF Valencia Mista 16 (P) agg: 1-0 22/04/2004 SF Villarreal CF - Valencia CF 0-0 Villarreal UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 27/08/2002 F Málaga CF - Villarreal CF Malaga Roteta 32; Aranda 66 agg: 2-1 13/08/2002 F Villarreal CF - Málaga CF 0-1 Villarreal Gerardo 8 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sevilla FC 5 2 2 1 6 2 0 4 3 1 1 1 14 5 3 6 19 25 Villarreal CF 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 7 1 2 4 4 8 3 Sevilla FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 19 March 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Match background Sevilla FC might do well to recall their last all-Spanish encounter as they take on Villarreal CF in their UEFA Europa League round of 16 decider, holding a two-goal lead. What they say Unai Emery, Sevilla coach: "We have to retain the belief we had in the match in Villarreal but we have to understand that it isn't over yet. We have to compete from the first minute to the last. What we have done before doesn't mean anything now – we still have to play better than them. Our squad is strong. We have a lot of hope for this competition, especially since the winners get to play in the Champions League next season. We have to maintain Sevilla's good relationship with this competition." Marcelino, Villarreal coach: "We have 90 minutes and must put all our faith in getting through to the next round. Obviously people think Sevilla are favourites as they are the current Europa League holders and they had a good result in Villarreal. We have to be at our best. This competition looks like the Champions League with the quality of teams participating. If we are eliminated I would like Sevilla to win the Europa League." Previous meetings • The fastest goal in UEFA Europa League history set the holders on their way to first-leg victory, Vitolo on target after just 13.21 seconds at El Madrigal, beating the previous record of 15.19 seconds set by AEK Athens FC's Ismael Blanco in the inaugural season of the competition on 5 November 2009. • Stéphane Mbia (28) and Kevin Gameiro (50) then struck either side of Luciano Vietto's effort for the hosts to complete the heaviest UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League home defeat in Villarreal's history. • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition, but have come together in 33 competitive games in Spain: 17 Sevilla wins, eight Villarreal wins and eight draws. • Sevilla's record against Spanish sides in Europe is W5 D3 L6. They have won their last four UEFA ties against Liga opponents: CA Osasuna (2006/07 UEFA Cup semi-finals), RCD Espanyol (2006/07 UEFA Cup final), Real Betis Balompié (2013/14 UEFA Europa League round of 16) and Valencia CF (2013/14 UEFA Europa League semi-finals). • In that game against neighbours Betis, Sevilla recovered from a 2-0 first leg home defeat – the same challenge Villarreal must meet if they are to reach the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, Sevilla lost 3-1 in the return match to Valencia, but went through on away goals by virtue of their 2-0 victory in the teams' encounter a week earlier. • Villarreal have met Spanish opponents in seven UEFA games with the record W1 D2 L4. In terms of two-legged ties, their record against their fellow countrymen is W1 L2. Form guide • Sevilla have won their last six European home games since that aforementioned 2-0 loss to Betis. • Villarreal have won three of their five European away games this season (W3 D1 L1), with all of those victories coming by margins of two goals or more (3-0, 2-0, 3-1). • Villarreal are through to the round of 16 for the first time since 2010/11 when they made it as far as the semi-finals, going out to eventual winners FC Porto. Trivia and links • Vietto's goal in the first leg means the Villarreal striker is among six players on six goals in this season's UEFA Europa League. Only Alan (FC Salzburg: 8) and Romelu Lukaku (Everton FC: 7) have scored more, and nobody can match Vietto's six assists in this season's competition. • Villarreal's Denis Cheryshev spent last season on loan at Sevilla but only managed to make five appearances in all competitions, his spell at the club blighted by a series of injuries. • Sevilla reserve goalkeeper Mariano Barbosa was at Villarreal from 2005–07, making 25 appearances, including both legs of the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League semi-final against Arsenal FC. • Villarreal winger Joel Campbell spent 2012/13 on loan with Sevilla's city rivals Betis. • Sevilla forward Gerard Deulofeu and Villarreal midfielder Jonathan dos Santos played together for FC Barcelona B from 2010–12. • Villarreal are the highest scorers among the sides left in the competition with 21 goals in their nine games since the start of the group stage – an average of 2.33 per game. • Portuguese defender Daniel Carriço made his 43rd UEFA Europa League outing in Sevilla's win at Villarreal and will equal the competition appearance record, currently held by Paraguayan striker Óscar Cardozo, if he plays in the 4 Sevilla FC - Villarreal CF Thursday 19 March 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville second leg. • Sevilla (2006, 2007, 2014) are one of five former UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League winners in the round of 16 along with SSC Napoli (1989), FC Internazionale Milano (1991, 1994, 1998), AFC Ajax (1992) and FC Zenit (2008). • Sevilla's Grzegorz Krychowiak is one of six Polish nationals left in the competition who still have the chance of a dramatic homecoming when the UEFA Europa League final takes place in Warsaw on 27 May.