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INTRODUCTION

Both sides are playing in the Europa League this season and now they will face each other in the second round derby clash. Sevilla has not qualified for the group stage of the Europa League yet, but they have one foot there after the win over Sigma Olomouc in the first leg away from home. Sevilla won away from home beating Rayo Vallecano in their first match of the season. Villarreal will go straight into the group stage as they finished fifth in La Liga last season. They started their first match rather poorly and lost at home against Real Sociedad despite taking the lead in that match.



SEVILLA

They started their season in the Super Cup with a 2-1 defeat to Barcelona, but that was expected. They had to play the Europa League qualifiers and they easily beat the likes of Ujpest and Zalgiris. In midweek they managed to beat Czech Sigma by 1-0 away from home and will be looking to complete the job on home soil. They will not have any problems in the second leg which means they will be in the group stage of the Europa League this season. They have won the Europa League a few times before so they will be looking to go all the way this time once again in the competition. They started their season against newcomers Rayo Vallecano away from home and won by 1-4 on their travels. The player to watch will be striker An.Silva who came from Milan and scored three goals in that match. They also recently signed midfielder Gonalon and he played last Thursday in their Europa League tie against Czech Sigma.



VILLARREAL

They did not get a chance to play in the Europa League qualifiers as they will go straight into the group stage so they only played one competitive match and lost at home to Real Sociedad by 1-2. They started well and took the lead through striker G.Moreno, who came from Espanyol, but they were still beaten in the end. Coach Calleja has started with a lot of new players and Funes Mori started center-back while Pedraza on the left back. Other then that, Caseres was in midfield, together with youngster Morlanes from the second team of Villarreal and veteran Cazorlo, while striker G.Moreno was in attack and their other new signing in Toko Ekambi. They also had a nother new signing from Milan which is Bacca, while Castillejo went in the opposite direction. As for the team news, we could now see Bacca in the starting lineup as well as J.Costa, V.Ruiz, and Triguero, which formed the core of the team from last season.



PAST MEETINGS

The last two meetings at this stadium ended in draws.