Sevilla vs PSV facts

Sevilla's UEFA Champions League prospects are hanging by a thread as they take on PSV Eindhoven three points adrift at the bottom of Group B.

The Spanish side have picked up only two points in this season's competition – one in the Netherlands on Matchday 2, when they conceded an added-time equaliser to draw 2-2 – and are three points behind both PSV and Lens.

PSV's total of five points was boosted by their first Group B victory last time out, 1-0 at home to Lens, as the Dutch club attempt to stay in touch with Arsenal, who have nine points.

Previous meetings 

PSV wins 1
Sevilla wins 1
Draws 1
PSV goals 4
Sevilla goals 5

It was an eventful ending in Eindhoven on Matchday 2, when Nemanja Gudelj gave visitors Sevilla a 68th-minute lead. Their former striker Luuk de Jong levelled from the spot with four minutes left but parity lasted less than 60 seconds as Youssef En-Nesyri restored the Sevilla advantage only for Jordan Teze to snatch a point for PSV five minutes into added time.

The sides' only other meetings came in February of this year.

Sevilla ended PSV's involvement in European competition in 2022/23 with a 3-2 aggregate win in the Europa League knockout play-offs, a team coached by Jorge Sampaoli doing the damage in the home first leg with a 3-0 victory thanks to a devastating burst of goals through En-Nesyri (45+2), Lucas Ocampos (50) and Gudelj (55).

Ruud van Nistelrooy's PSV staged a late revival in Eindhoven thanks to goals from De Jong (77) and Fábio Silva (90+5) but were unable to find a third and lost Mauro Júnior to a red card after the final whistle.

Form guide

Sevilla

Record vs Dutch clubs: W2 D1 L3 F8 A8
Home record vs Dutch clubs: W2 D0 L1

Last season's home defeat of PSV made it successive victories against Dutch visitors for Sevilla, the other a 2-0 victory against Feyenoord in the group stage of their victorious 2014/15 Europa League campaign.

Sevilla's only other game against Dutch opponents came in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage, when they were beaten 2-1 at home by AZ Alkmaar, conceding the decisive goal in the 93rd minute.

Sevilla have therefore played against Eredivisie opponents in three seasons – and gone on to win the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League in all of them.

This is Sevilla's ninth appearance in the Champions League group stage, and a fourth in succession. The Spanish club have reached the round of 16 or better on five occasions, although their last two campaigns have ended in the group stage.

Sevilla won a record-extending seventh UEFA Cup/Europa League in 2022/23, beating Roma 4-1 on penalties in the final at Budapest's Puskás Aréna following a 1-1 draw after extra time. The Andalusians had finished third in Champions League Group G on five points and moved into the Europa League knockout round play-offs. There they beat PSV before further victories against Fenerbahçe (2-0 h, 0-1 a), Manchester United (2-2 a, 3-0 h) and Juventus (1-1 a, 2-1 h aet).

Sevilla have won four more UEFA Cup/Europa Leagues than any other side – three-time champions Inter, Liverpool, Juventus and Atlético are their closest rivals.

Jesús Navas was named the 2022/23 Europa League Player of the Season.

Sevilla's best European Cup performances came in 1957/58 and 2017/18 when they reached the quarter-finals, losing to Real Madrid and Bayern München respectively.

The Andalusian club are without a win in 15 away European games (D8 L7), since a 3-1 success at Rennes on Matchday 6 of the 2020/21 Champions League.

Sevilla were beaten 2-0 at Arsenal last time out having drawn 2-2 in Eindhoven on Matchday 2; at home they drew 1-1 with Lens before losing 2-1 to Arsenal.

The Andalusian club have managed only four victories in their last 15 home Champions League matches (D4 L7).

Sevilla had, however, won five successive home European games, scoring 13 goals and conceding only one, before being held by Lens on Matchday 1 and then losing to Arsenal.

José Luis Mendilibar's side lost 5-4 on penalties to Manchester City after a 1-1 draw in the UEFA Super Cup in Piraeus on 16 August. It was Sevilla's sixth Super Cup defeat, a competition record.

Sevilla finished 12th in La Liga last season and were knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage. It was their lowest Liga finish since 1999/2000, when they were relegated in bottom place.

The Andalusian club parted company with Europa League-winning coach Mendilibar on 8 October, appointing former Uruguay coach Diego Alonso as his replacement two days later.

PSV

Record vs Spanish clubs: W6 D14 L17 F37 A58
Away record vs Spanish clubs: W1 D5 L11

PSV have considerable experience against Spanish opposition in UEFA competition, but last season's second-leg win against Sevilla was just their sixth victory. Only one of those victories has been in Spain – a 1-0 win at Granada on Matchday 6 of the 2020/21 Europa League. They have lost 3-0 on each of their last two visits, a 3-0 defeat at Real Sociedad in 2021/22 ending their Europa League interest at the group stage.

The most recent of PSV's 16 Champions League group campaigns came in 2018/19, when they finished fourth in their section having collected only two points.

The Eindhoven club have lost three times in qualifying since then, including play-off defeats at the hands of Benfica in 2021/22 (1-2 a, 0-0 h) and Rangers last season (2-2 a, 0-1 h).

PSV were second behind Arsenal in Europa League Group A in 2022/23 having transferred across from the Champions League, winning four of their six games, before eventual champions Sevilla ended their run in the knockout round play-offs despite a second-leg fightback (0-3 a, 2-0 h).

Second in the Eredivisie for the third season in a row in 2022/23, finishing runners-up to Feyenoord after two campaigns behind Ajax, PSV kicked off this European campaign in the Champions League third qualifying round, sweeping past Sturm Graz (4-1 h, 3-1 a) with De Jong scoring three goals in the tie.

Beaten by Rangers in the 2022/23 play-offs, PSV turned the tables at the same stage this season, another 2-2 away draw in the first leg preceding a 5-1 home second-leg success in Eindhoven.

De Jong's second-leg header against Rangers made him the first player in PSV's history to score in five consecutive European matches. Willy van der Kuijlen, Ralf Edström, Gerrie Deijkers, Romário and Balázs Dzsudzsák had all scored in four European games in a row.

PSV kicked off the group stage with a 4-0 loss at Arsenal; after drawing with Sevilla, they picked up four points from their two games against Lens (1-1 a, 1-0 h).

That Matchday 4 victory against Lens ended PSV's 15-game run without a win in the Champions League group stage, home and away, since a 2-1 defeat of CSKA Moskva on Matchday 6 in 2015/16; their record between those two results was D5 L9.

The Matchday 1 loss at Arsenal was one of only three in PSV's last 13 European away games, winning four.

However, the Dutch club are without a win in their last 15 away matches in the Champions League proper (D5 L10), since a 1-0 victory at CSKA on 27 November 2007.

Links and trivia

De Jong rejoined PSV from Sevilla in 2022 after a season on loan at Barcelona. He scored ten times in 69 Liga appearances for the Andalusian side between 2019 and 2021 and also found the net twice in the 2020 Europa League final against Inter Milan (3-2), earning the Man of the Match award.

De Jong's Sevilla team-mates included Navas, Fernando, Joan Jordán, Óliver Torres, Ocampos, Gudelj, En-Nesyri, Suso, Marcos Acuña and Ivan Rakitić.

Sevilla midfielder Gudelj played in the Netherlands for NAC Breda (2009–13), AZ Alkmaar (2013–15) and Ajax (2015–17). He faced PSV ten times in total (W3 L7).

Ocampos spent the first half of last season on loan at Eredivisie champions Ajax. He was an unused substitute in a 1-2 home defeat by PSV on 6 November 2022.

Torres was in the Atlético de Madrid side that drew 0-0 against PSV in the first leg of the 2015/16 Champions League round of 16.

Rakitić started two games for Barcelona against PSV in the 2018/19 Champions League group stage, providing an assist in a 4-0 win at the Camp Nou.

Sergiño Dest is on loan at PSV from Barcelona. During his time with the Blaugrana he faced Sevilla three times (W2 D1).

PSV's Moroccan international midfielder Ismael Saibari was born in Terrassa, in the province of Barcelona.

Have played together:
Tanguy Nianzou & Malik Tillman (Bayern München 2021/22)
Marcão & Patrick van Aanholt (Galatasaray 2021/22)

International team-mates:
Dodi Lukebakio & Johan Bakayoko (Belgium)

On 15 November Johan Bakayoko played the first half of Belgium's 1-0 home friendly win against Serbia, for whom Gudelj started. Lukébakio came on for Bakoyoko at the interval.

Noa Lang and De Jong came off the bench in the Netherlands' penalty shoot-out defeat against Acuña's Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals. De Jong scored one of the penalties in the shoot-out.

PSV coach Bosz managed Gudelj at Ajax in 2016/17.

Latest news

Sevilla

Sevilla have managed one win in 11 games in all competitions (D6 L4). They were beaten 2-1 at Real Sociedad on Sunday, finishing the game with ten men after both Sergio Ramos and Jesús Navas were sent off in the closing stages.

On 12 November Sevilla came from behind to draw 1-1 at home to city rivals Real Betis thanks to a late Ivan Rakitić equaliser.

Rakitić has scored two goals in his last four Liga appearances – as many as in his previous 51 league outings.

That was Sevilla's fifth successive La Liga draw. Three of those have come at home; coupled with the defeat by Arsenal on Matchday 3, Sevilla are without a win in home matches, since beating Almería 5-1 on 26 September.

Diego Alonso has just one win in his eight games as Sevilla coach (D4 L2) – a 3-0 victory at sixth-tier side Quintanar 3-0 in the first round of the Copa del Rey on 1 November.

That is one of only three Sevilla wins in all competitions in 2023/24 (D9 L7) and the only one since the victory against Almería.

It was also the first time Sevilla had kept a clean sheet since the 0-0 draw at Osasuna on 23 September. At home, they have only kept one clean sheet in their nine matches, the 1-0 defeat of Las Palmas on 17 September.

Sevilla have gone 2-0 down in five of their last nine games across all competitions, including on Sunday.

Youssef En-Nesyri is Sevilla's top scorer with five Liga goals and has eight in all competitions, including their only goal on Sunday.

The 5-1 defeat of Almería on 26 September was only the second time this season Sevilla had scored more than one goal in a game. They have now managed two or more in five of their last 12 matches.

On 8 October Sevilla parted company with coach José Luis Mendilibar, who had taken charge on 21 March and overseen 28 games in all competitions. Two days later, Alonso agreed a deal until the end of the season as Mendilibar's replacement.

Alonso, who played in Spain for Valencia (2000–02), Atlético de Madrid (2001/02 loan), Racing Club (2002/03 loan), Málaga (2003/04 loan) and Real Murcia (2005/06), has previously coached in Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico and the United States, winning the CONCACAF Champions League with Mexican sides Pachuca in 2017 and Monterrey two years later. He was last in charge of Uruguay at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Goalkeeper Marko Dimitrović started the Matchday 4 defeat at Arsenal, his first appearance since Matchday 1, and has kept his place since; he scored an own goal on Sunday.

Erik Lamela has been out since Matchday 4 with a calf injury while Suso missed the weekend defeat with an adductor problem.

Summer signing Ørjan Nyland, who made his debut in the 0-0 draw with Osasuna on 23 September and played the next nine games, has been sidelined by a thigh injury since a 1-1 draw at Celta Vigo on 4 November.

Marcão has not played since the UEFA Europa League final due to a tear in his quadriceps, although he was an unused substitute for the 2-2 draw against Rayo Vallecano on 7 October before picking up an adductor injury on 27 October.

Sergio Ramos made his second Sevilla debut in the 1-0 win against Las Palmas on 17 September, 18 years 20 days after his first. He returned on Sunday having not played since 28 October due to a calf injury.

Lucas Ocampos missed Argentina's 2-0 defeat by Uruguay in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying on 16 November with a muscle injury and was an unused substitute in the win in Brazil five days later. He started for Sevilla at the weekend.

Nemanja Gudelj played 90 minutes as Serbia drew 2-2 at home to Bulgaria on 19 November to reach UEFA EURO 2024.

Navas set up Spain's first goal in the 2-0 home win against Scotland on 12 October, becoming the oldest player to provide an assist for the national side aged 37 years 325 days. Three days later, he was an unused substitute in Spain's 1-0 win away to club-mate Nyland's Norway that clinched qualification for UEFA EURO 2024. In his next international game, a 3-1 win away to Cyprus on 16 November, Navas marked his 50th cap by captaining Spain.

Now at Al-Hilal, Yassine Bounou finished 13th in the voting for the 2023 Ballon d'Or on 30 October and was third in the Yashin Trophy poll for best goalkeeper.

PSV

PSV's flawless start to their Eredivisie 2023/24 campaign continued on Saturday with a 3-0 victory at Twente, Joey Veerman and Johan Bakayoko both scoring their third league goals of the campaign.

Including his last two league matches in charge at Ajax in 2017, Peter Bosz has won his last 15 Eredivisie matches, the longest winning run for a coach since Louis van Gaal in 1995.

On 12 November PSV had recorded a 4-0 victory at home to Zwolle that made it 12 wins from 12.

Luuk de Jong had found the net in four games in all competitions before drawing a blank at the weekend.

Hirving Lozano scored against Zwolle and has four goals in his last four Eredivisie games.

Guus Til was also on target in that game and has scored in six of his last nine league appearances.

Malik Tillman was on the scoresheet in successive Eredivisie matches before failing to find the net on Saturday, when he was a second-half substitute.

The victory against Zwolle made PSV the first side to score three or more goals in 11 consecutive Eredivisie matches; they made it 12 at Twente.

The only time this season they have failed to do so was on the opening day, when they registered a 2-0 win against Utrecht.

The Eindhoven club have scored 48 goals in 13 Eredivisie games.*

De Jong's goal against Zwolle took his tally for the season in all competitions to 17. He is PSV's top scorer.

PSV were 5-2 victors at home to Ajax on 29 October having gone behind twice and trailed 1-2 at half-time despite Lozano's equaliser. However, second-half goals by Ismael Saibari, De Jong and two more from Lozano wrapped up another win for Bosz's side.

Lozano's hat-trick was PSV's first against Ajax since Mark van Bommel in March 2005.

De Jong has now scored in six successive matches against Ajax, the first player ever to do so; Spitz Kohn and Dirk Kuyt both struck in five games in a row.

Noa Lang was a late substitute on Saturday, his first appearance since suffering a hamstring injury in a 4-0 victory at Sparta Rotterdam on 8 October.

Armel Bella-Kotchap has missed PSV's last seven matches with a shoulder injury.

Armando Obispo and Mauro Júnior are still to play this season due to knee injuries although both were on the bench on Saturday.

Jerdy Schouten started for the Netherlands against the Republic of Ireland in Amsterdam on 18 November, Joey Veerman coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1-0 victory that confirmed a place at UEFA EURO 2024.

Substitute Ricardo Pepi scored the United States' first goal against Trinidad & Tobago on 16 November in a 3-0 victory in the CONCACAF Nations League quarter-final first leg; he also started the subsequent 2-1 away defeat.

Midfielder Ismael Saibari has signed a new contract until 2028. The Moroccan international broke through into the first team last season after two years in the PSV youth set-up.

PSV's 4-0 defeat at Arsenal on Matchday 1 is their only reverse so far this season. Their record otherwise in all competitions is W18 D3.

The only matches they have failed to win have been in Europe, the defeat at Arsenal and 2-2 draws against Rangers in the play-offs and Sevilla on Matchday 2 plus the 1-1 draw at Lens.

Bosz's first match as PSV coach ended in a first trophy, his new side defeating Dutch champions Feyenoord 1-0 in the Johan Cruyff Schaal on 4 August thanks to a goal by Lang.

Walter Benítez is the only player not to have missed a minute of PSV's 22 matches so far this season.