Sevilla FC will be eager for a repeat performance in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals as they take on FC Zenit for the second time at this stage of the competition.
Previous meetings
• The sides have met in four previous European games, leaving both sides with the record W1 D2 L1. Three of those encounters came during Sevilla’s triumphant 2005/06 UEFA Cup campaign, when Juande Ramos’s lost 2-1 away to Vlastimil Petržela’s Zenit in the group stage then beat the Russian side 5-2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.
Form guide
• Sevilla’s record at home against Russian sides is W3 D0 L1. The wins were all in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, with the lone defeat coming in the UEFA Champions League.
• Zenit have won only twice in 14 encounters with Spanish sides, and are without a victory in their last seven games against Liga opponents. They have lost all six of their previous games in Spain.
• Sevilla have lifted this trophy every time they made it to the last eight. Zenit also won the competition the last time they reached this stage, in 2007/08.
• Sevilla are on a seven-game European winning streak at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan, which began in last season’s quarter-finals.
• Zenit have gone 19 games without a draw on the road in Europe (W8 L11) since being held 0-0 at FC Porto in a December 2011 UEFA Champions League group stage game. They have not drawn in 12 away games in this competition (W6 L6) since their game at FC Bayern München in the 2007/08 semis finished 1-1.
