On Tuesday, starting with 17:55, the Krasnodar – Sevilla match will be played, within the group stage of the Champions League. Sevilla won the tour with 3-2, through the goals scored by Rakitic and En Nesyri (2), respectively Suleymanov and Berg (penalty). It was the second success of three direct meetings for the Spaniards, who lost only once to the Russians.
Krasnodar interrupted a series of 5 consecutive defeats in all competitions, defeating Tambov in the Russian first league, score 1-0 at the weekend. The group coached by Murad Musayev has only one point in the first 3 stages of the Champions League groups, after the draw with Rennes, score 1-1. In the previous two stages, Krasnodar lost to Chelsea, score 0-4 and Sevilla, score 2-3. Internally, the Russians rank 9th in the Premier League, with 21 points, 10 away from the Zenit leader, the participation in the Champions League leaving visible traces in obtaining performances.
On the other hand, Sevilla has 4 successes in the last 5 games of all competitions and comes after an impressive 4-2 with Celta Vigo. Julen Lopetegui’s students reach 13 points in La Liga, occupy the 7th place and hope that after a longer series of victories to reach the positions of the European cups. In the group from the Champions League, Sevilla obtained 7 points out of 9 possible, has a goal difference of 4-2 and is equal in points with the leader Chelsea, the beneficiary of a perfect goal average, 7-0.
Krasnodar is a debutant in the Champions League groups;
In the tour, Sevilla won 3-2 at home;
The Iberians got two victories in the three direct matches;
Krasnodar (4-2-3-1): Yevgeni Gorodov; Igor Smolnikov, Yegor Sorokin, Aleksandr Martynovich, Evgeniy Chernov; Yuri Gazinskiy, Tonny Vilhena; Shapi Suleymanov, Kristoffer Olsson, Cristian Ramirez; Marcus Berg
Sevilla (4-3-3): Tomas Vaclik; Aleix Vidal, Diego Carlos, Jules Kounde, Marcos Acuna; Joan Jordan, Fernando Reges, Oliver Torres; Lucas Ocampos, Youssef En-Nesyri, Munir El Haddadi
PREDICTION: Sevilla to win @ 1,70
