chelsea vs Sevilla pre match insights and game facts

This will be the first ever European encounter between Chelsea and Sevilla.

Chelsea have won just one of their last nine UEFA Champions League matches against Spanish opponents (D5 L3), a 2-1 win at Atlético Madrid in September 2017.

Sevilla have won each of their last three major UEFA European matches against English teams, beating Manchester United in March 2018 in the Champions League last 16, Wolves in August 2020 in the Europa League quarter-final and Man Utd again also in August 2020 in the Europa League semi-final.

Chelsea have lost their last two UEFA Champions League matches – the Blues have never lost three games consecutively in major UEFA European competition.

Sevilla have won just one of their seven away major UEFA European matches in England (D3 L3), a 2-1 win at Old Trafford in March 2018. All seven of their away games have been against different teams – Bolton, Tottenham, Arsenal, Man City, Leicester, Liverpool and Man Utd.