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Sevilla out for revenge against City

Sevilla will look to avenge their last-gasp defeat at Manchester City when the sides meet again on matchday four with City eager to tighten their grip on a Group D qualifying spot.

Nicolás Otamendi tries to stop Yevhen Konoplyanka in Manchester
Nicolás Otamendi tries to stop Yevhen Konoplyanka in Manchester ©AFP/Getty Images

Sevilla FC host Manchester City FC looking to avenge their last-gasp defeat against the Premier League side last time out.

• Kevin De Bruyne's 91st-minute goal secured a 2-1 comeback win for City which lifted them three points above Sevilla in second place in Group D.

• For City winger Jesús Navas this should be a special occasion as he returns to his home city to take on the club where he spent ten years in the first team before joining City.

Match background

Sevilla
• The Andalusian side are looking to bounce back after back-to-back away defeats by Juventus and City. They have never before lost three successive games in a European campaign.

• Sevilla have won their last ten European home fixtures, including the 3-0 victory against VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium on matchday one.

• Sevilla last hosted Premier League opposition in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage when they defeated Arsenal FC 3-1 to gain revenge for a 3-0 defeat in London and helped secure first place in their group. Bacary Sagna appeared as a substitute for Arsenal.

• Sevilla won their first European trophy by defeating Middlesbrough FC 4-0 in the 2006 UEFA Cup final in Eindhoven.

Manchester City
• City will qualify for the round of 16 with two games to spare if they beat Sevilla and Juventus win at Mönchengladbach in the group's other fixture.

• The Premier League side already have one away victory to their name in Group D having prevailed 2-1 at Mönchengladbach on matchday two.

• City lost 1-0 at FC Barcelona on their last visit to Spain in last season's round of 16.

• Their overall record in Spain is W1 D1 L5. Their only victory was a 3-0 success at Villarreal CF in the 2011/12 group stage in which Yaya Touré scored twice.

Coach and player links
• Manuel Pellegrini's overall record against Unai Emery as coaches in Spain is W4 D2 L3.

• The Pellegrini-Emery head-to-head record includes fixtures between Villarreal and UD Almería (W0 D1 L1); Villarreal and Valencia CF (W1 D1 L0); Real Madrid CF and Valencia (W2 D0 L0); and Málaga CF and Valencia (W1 D0 L2).

• Pellegrini won two and lost seven of his ten matches at Sevilla as coach of Villarreal, Real Madrid and Málaga. His overall record against the Andalusian club when coaching in Spain was W5 D5 L9.

• With Valencia, Emery faced Manchester United FC in the 2008/09 group stage (0-1 h, 1-1 a). In 2011/12 his Valencia side met Chelsea FC in the UEFA Champions League group stage (1-1 h, 0-3 a) and Stoke City FC in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 (1-0 a, 1-0 h).

• Navas came through Sevilla's academy and made 393 appearances for the club, scoring 34 goals. His trophy haul at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán comprised two UEFA Cups, one UEFA Super Cup and two Spanish Cups.

• David Silva played under Emery at Valencia between 2008 and 2010.

• With Club Atlético de Madrid, Sergio Agüero hit the winning goal in a 2-1 Liga success at Sevilla in March 2008. He lost on his three other visits.

• José Antonio Reyes struck two late goals as a 72nd-minute substitute to earn Arsenal a 3-1 Premier League win at City in May 2006.

• Steven N'Zonzi's debut in English football was a 2-0 home defeat against City with Blackburn Rovers FC in August 2009. His debut for Stoke was another home game against City – 1-1 in August 2012. He only beat City once in 11 attempts, a 1-0 away success with Stoke in August 2014.

• Ciro Immobile scored in Borussia Dortmund's 2-0 home win over Arsenal in last season's group stage. He was in the Italy side that beat Joe Hart and Raheem Sterling's England at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

• Players who have played together:
Agüero, Pablo Zabaleta, Nicolás Otamendi, Martín Demichelis & Éver Banega (Argentina)
Silva & Sergio Rico, Vitolo (Spain)
Eliaquim Mangala & Benoît Trémoulinas (France)

Match facts

Sevilla
• Kevin Gameiro scored a hat-trick as Sevilla registered their biggest win of the season by defeating Getafe CF 5-0 at home on 24 October.

• Sevilla were awarded, and converted, three penalties against Getafe. They scored two of three spot kicks on matchday one versus Mönchengladbach.

Manchester City
• City have kept just one clean sheet in their last 11 games in all competitions – 0-0 at Manchester United FC on 25 October – having started the season with five in succession.

• The Citizens have won six out of seven since losing 4-1 to Tottenham Hotspur FC on 26 September.

• De Bruyne has scored eight goals in his last 11 outings for club and country.

• Zabaleta sustained medial knee ligament damage in the 5-1 League Cup fourth round triumph over Crystal Palace FC on 28 October.

• Yaya Touré was without a goal since the opening weekend of the season before converting penalties against Palace and then, decisively, late on in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Norwich City FC. Aleksandar Kolarov also missed from the spot in added time against Norwich.

• Agüero was ruled out for a month after sustaining a hamstring injury in Argentina's 2-0 FIFA World Cup qualifying defeat by Ecuador on 8 October.

• Silva limped off with a sprained ankle during Spain's UEFA EURO 2016 qualifier against Luxembourg on 9 October.

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