Sevilla vs Shakhtar: statistics, live text by Ukrinform tonight

You can follow online text of the game at Ukrinform.ua site in Ukrainian. The game begins at 22.05 Kyiv time.

Sevilla have faced Ukrainian soccer clubs six times and recorded four wins and two draws. In the final of last season's previous Europa League that was held in Warsaw, Poland, the Spaniards defeated Dnipro - 3:2.

Shakhtar have won 4 games, drawn six and lost 22 matches against Spanish clubs. Their overall statistics includes defeat to Barcelona (0:1) in the match for the UEFA Super Cup 2009 in Monaco.

Sevilla won the tournament in the last two seasons and are looking for a third consecutive triumph in the Europa League. No club has won a European trophy three times in a row since the time of Bayern Munich, which won the European Cup in the 1975/76 season for the third time.

Shakhtar have reached the semi-finals for the first time since 2009, when the club won the UEFA Cup final, which was then renamed the Europa League.

The match will be served by the team of Dutch referees led by Bjorn Kuipers.

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