Sevilla vs Leicester City – UEFA Champions League – Preview

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Sreya

Sevilla vs Leicester City – Leicester City travel to Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on 22nd February, Wednesday to face Sevilla in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie.

Leicester City topped Group G with thirteen points, finishing ahead of FC Porto, Kobenhavn and Club Brugge. Sevilla, meanwhile, finished behind Juventus in Group H with eleven points.

Leicester City have had a miserable domestic season and are one point off the relegation zone, struggling on the seventeenth position in the Premier League standings. Sevilla are third in the La Liga standings and will go into this match as clear cut favorites.

Team News

Benoit Tremoulinas and Michael Krohn-Dehli are sidelined through injuries for the home side. The visitors will be without the injured Islam Slimani.

Sevilla Possible Starting Lineup: Sergio Rico, Mariano, Clement Lenglet, Adil Rami, Sergio Escudero, Vicente Iborra, Steven N’Zonzi, Franco Vazquez, Samir Nasri, Vitolo, Stevan Jovetic.

Leicester City Possible Starting Lineup: Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Wilfried Ndidi, Daniel Drinkwater, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy.

Thoughts From Both Camps

“Our best defense will be linked to our attack and possession of the ball, knowing that the loss has to be in a place where we recover fast, knowing that if we enter a blow to blow with a team that surpasses us in that we will suffer.”

– Jorge Sampaoli, Sevilla.

“Sevilla could be the turning point, it could be everything.  We can lose – it’s OK, nothing happens. But if we win, if we do a very good game, something inside could change. We need one match like this.”

– Claudio Ranieri, Leicester City.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Sevilla vs Leicester City H2H Stats, these two clubs have never faced each other before. Sevilla have kept a clean sheet in 6 of their last 7 matches in the UEFA Champions League.

It should be a closely contested affair but Sevilla are likely to win 2-1.