UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Roazhon Park - Rennes Tuesday 8 December 2020 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Stade Rennais FC Group E - Matchday 6 Sevilla FC Last updated 10/03/2021 10:58CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 7 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Competition facts 18 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 Stade Rennais FC - Sevilla FC Tuesday 8 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/10/2020 GS Sevilla FC - Stade Rennais FC 1-0 Seville L. de Jong 55 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Stade Rennais FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 Sevilla FC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Stade Rennais FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lo Celso 41; Real Betis Balompié - Stade 1-3 21/02/2019 R32 Seville Bensebaini 22, Hunou Rennais FC agg: 4-6 30, Niang 90+4 Hunou 2, Javi García 10 (og), Ben Arfa Stade Rennais FC - Real Betis 14/02/2019 R32 3-3 Rennes 45+3 (P); Lo Celso Balompié 32, Sidnei 62, Lainez 90 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Falcao 38 (P), Álvaro Club Atlético de Madrid - Stade Domínguez 42, Arda 15/12/2011 GS 3-1 Madrid Rennais FC Turan 79; Mandjeck 86 Stade Rennais FC - Club Atlético Montaño 55; Juanfran 29/09/2011 GS 1-1 Rennes de Madrid 86 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 29/09/2005 R1 CA Osasuna - Stade Rennais FC Pamplona agg: 1-3 A. Frei 27, 74, Hadji 15/09/2005 R1 Stade Rennais FC - CA Osasuna 3-1 Rennes 84; Milošević 52 Sevilla FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/2016 GS Olympique Lyonnais - Sevilla FC 0-0 Decines 27/09/2016 GS Sevilla FC - Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Seville Ben Yedder 53 2 Stade Rennais FC - Sevilla FC Tuesday 8 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bodmer 17, Hoarau 02/12/2010 GS Paris Saint-Germain - Sevilla FC 4-2 Paris 20, 47, Nenê 45; Kanouté 32, 36 16/09/2010 GS Sevilla FC - Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 Seville Nenê 75 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Kanouté 29, Luís 15/03/2006 R16 Sevilla FC - LOSC Lille Seville agg: 2-1 Fabiano 45+2 Villeneuve 09/03/2006 R16 LOSC Lille - Sevilla FC 1-0 Dernis 24 d'Ascq UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Villeneuve 15/12/2004 GS LOSC Lille - Sevilla FC 1-0 Moussilou 77 d'Ascq Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Stade Rennais FC 3 1 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 2 11 10 Sevilla FC 4 3 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 3 1 4 6 7 3 Stade Rennais FC - Sevilla FC Tuesday 8 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes Match background Rennes will be looking to finish their maiden UEFA Champions League campaign with a first win as Group E runners- up Sevilla come to Brittany on Matchday 6. • The sides' respective finishing positions in the section are already confirmed following Matchday 5; Sevilla will finish runners-up to Chelsea after a heavy home defeat by the English club while Rennes lost at Krasnodar last time out, enabling the Russian side to secure third place at their expense. • Sevilla's Luuk de Jong scored the only goal of the teams' Matchday 2 meeting at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez- Pizjuán. Form guide Rennes • The Ligue 1 side opened their first UEFA Champions League campaign with a 1-1 draw at home to Krasnodar, Sehrou Guirassy scoring Rennes' first ever European Cup goal, but subsequently lost at Sevilla (0-1) and Chelsea (0- 3) before elimination was confirmed by a 2-1 home loss to the English side on Matchday 4. The 1-0 defeat at Krasnodar last time out ensured Rennes will end the group stage in fourth place. • Rennes are making their European Cup debut in 2020/21 having finished third in Ligue 1 last season. • This is Rennes' third successive season playing European football, a club first. • Having reached the UEFA Europa League round of 16 in 2018/19, Julien Stéphan's side finished fourth in their section in the same competition last season, picking up four points to finish behind Celtic, CFR Cluj and Lazio. • Rennes were 2-0 winners at home to Lazio on Matchday 6 in last season's UEFA Europa League, their only win in their last 12 European matches (D2 L9). • The Brittany side have won nine of their last 18 home European matches, losing only three. • Les Rouge et Noir are the 11th Ligue 1 club to take part in the UEFA Champions League group stage and the first French debutants since Montpellier in 2012/13. • Matchday 2 was the Brittany club's seventh meeting with a Spanish side and only their second defeat (W2 D3), the other a 3-1 reverse at Atlético de Madrid on Matchday 6 of the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage. • At home Rennes beat Osasuna 3-1 in their first encounter with Spanish visitors, in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup first round first leg (3-1 aggregate), but have drawn the two subsequent matches, most recently 3-3 against Sevilla's city rivals Betis in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg (6-4 aggregate). Sevilla • The Spanish side opened Group E with a goalless draw at Chelsea before home wins against Rennes and Krasnodar (3-2) and a 2-1 success in Russia on Matchday 4 that secured progress. However, last time out they suffered a 4-0 loss against Chelsea, their heaviest home European defeat – they had never previously lost by more than a two-goal margin – and one which ended their 14-match unbeaten European run at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. • This is Sevilla's sixth UEFA Champions League group stage campaign, and a first since 2017/18, when they reached the quarter-finals. They have now qualified for the knockout phase in all but one of their participations. • Julen Lopetegui's side won the UEFA Europa League in 2019/20, beating Internazionale 3-2 in the final. It was the club's record-extending sixth triumph in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, all since 2006. • Sevilla finished first in their UEFA Europa League group last season with 15 points having won all but one of their matches, then ousted CFR Cluj on away goals in the round of 32 (1-1 a, 0-0 h) before wins in one-off ties in Germany against Roma (2-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-0), Manchester United (2-1) and Inter. • Fourth in Spain in 2019/20, Sevilla won their section in each of their first two UEFA Champions League campaigns and, after finishing third in 2015/16 – when they went on to complete a hat-trick of UEFA Europa League wins – they have been group runners-up in their three most recent seasons in the competition, this one included. • In September, Sevilla lost 2-1 after extra time to European champions Bayern München in the UEFA Super Cup in Budapest. It was their fifth defeat in the match in six appearances. • The defeat by Chelsea on Matchday 5 was just Sevilla's sixth loss in their last 35 European matches (W24 D5). • Sevilla have won 19 of their 35 matches in the UEFA Champions League group stage, losing nine. • The Matchday 4 win at Krasnodar made it five away UEFA Champions League matches without defeat for Sevilla (W2 D3), since a 5-1 reverse at Spartak Moskva on Matchday 3 of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League. 4 Stade Rennais FC - Sevilla FC Tuesday 8 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes • The home defeat of Rennes was Sevilla's third win in their eight fixtures against Ligue 1 opponents, home and away (D1 L4). • Sevilla lost their first three matches away to French sides but drew the most recent, 0-0 at Lyon in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League group stage. Matchday 2 made it three successive clean sheets against French opponents. Links and trivia • Steven Nzonzi made 90 Liga appearances for Sevilla between 2015 and 2018 and was part of their UEFA Europa League-winning side in 2015/16. • Have also played in France: Diego Carlos (Nantes 2016–19) Jules Koundé (Bordeaux 2017–19) Lucas Ocampos (Monaco 2012–15, Marseille 2015–19) Karim Rekik (Marseille 2015–17) • International team-mates: Nayef Aguerd & Yassine Bounou, Youssef En-Neysri (Morocco) Latest news Rennes • Thirteen Rennes players made their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, on Matchday 1, including goalscorer Sehrou Guirassy.