PSV vs Sevilla facts

PSV Eindhoven will look for their impressive home form to revive their UEFA Champions League campaign after a heavy opening defeat in Group B, their second fixture pitting them against Sevilla.

The Dutch side's first group stage fixture in five years ended in a 4-0 defeat at Arsenal on Matchday 1, when UEFA Europa League holders Sevilla experienced frustration of their own as they were held 1-1 at home by Lens despite taking a ninth-minute lead through Lucas Ocampos.

PSV scored nine goals in their two qualifying fixtures in Eindhoven and have won their last five home European games – a run that includes a 2-0 defeat of Sevilla in last season's Europa League, although the Spanish side still progressed in the tie. Both teams have swapped coaches since then, with Peter Bosz now in charge of PSV and José Luis Mendilibar at the Sevilla reins.

Previous meetings 

The side's only previous meetings came in February of this year.

Sevilla ended PSV's involvement in European competition in 2022/23 with a 3-2 aggregate win in the Europa League knockout play-offs, a team coached by Jorge Sampaoli doing the damage in the home first leg with a 3-0 victory thanks to a devastating burst of goals through Youssef En-Nesyri (45+2), Ocampos (50) and Nemanja Gudelj (55).

Ruud van Nistelrooy's PSV staged a late revival in Eindhoven thanks to goals from Luuk de Jong (77) and Fábio Silva (90+5) but were unable to find a third and lost Mauro Júnior to a red card after the final whistle.

Form guide

PSV

Record vs Spanish clubs: W6 D13 L17 F35 A56
Home record vs Spanish clubs: W5 D8 L5

PSV have considerable experience against Spanish opposition in UEFA competition, but last season's second-leg win against Sevilla was just their sixth victory. Five of those wins have been on Dutch soil, but they were without a victory in their previous seven games against Spanish visitors in Eindhoven (D3 L4), losing three in a row before drawing 2-2 with Real Sociedad in the 2021/22 Europa League group stage.

The most recent of PSV's 16 Champions League group campaigns came in 2018/19, when they finished fourth in their section having collected only two points.

The Eindhoven club have lost three times in qualifying since then, including play-offs defeats at the hands of Benfica in 2021/22 (1-2 a, 0-0 h) and Rangers last season (2-2 a, 0-1 h).

PSV were second behind Arsenal in Europa League Group A in 2022/23 having transferred across from the Champions League, winning four of their six games, but eventual champions Sevilla ended their run in the knockout round play-offs despite that second-leg fightback.

Second in the Eredivisie for the third season in a row in 2022/23, finishing runners-up to Feyenoord after two campaigns behind Ajax, PSV kicked off this European campaign in the Champions League third qualifying round, sweeping past Sturm Graz (4-1 h, 3-1 a) with De Jong scoring three goals in the tie.

Beaten by Rangers in the 2022/23 play-offs, PSV turned the tables at the same stage this season, another 2-2 away draw in the first leg preceding a 5-1 home second-leg success in Eindhoven.

De Jong's second-leg header against Rangers made him the first player in PSV's history to score in five consecutive European matches. Willy van der Kuijlen, Ralf Edström, Gerrie Deijkers, Romário and Balázs Dzsudzsák had all scored in four European games in a row.

PSV have won their last five home European matches, scoring 18 goals; last season's defeat by Rangers is the only reverse in their last eight (W6 D1).

The Dutch club are without a win in their last seven home Champions League games, group stage to final (D3 L4), since a 2-1 defeat of CSKA Moskva on Matchday 6 in 2015/16.

That is also PSV's last win in the Champions League group stage; their record since is D4 L9.

Sevilla

Record vs Dutch clubs: W2 D0 L3 F6 A6
Away record vs Dutch clubs: W0 D0 L2

Last season's loss in Eindhoven made it two 2-0 defeats in as many visits to the Netherlands for Sevilla, the other coming at Feyenoord in the group stage of their victorious 2014/15 Europa League campaign. They had won by the same scoreline at home.

Sevilla's only other game against Dutch opponents came in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage, when they were beaten 2-1 at home by AZ Alkmaar, conceding the decisive goal in the 93rd minute.

Sevilla have therefore played against Eredivisie opponents in three seasons – and gone on to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League in all of them.

This is Sevilla's ninth appearance in the Champions League group stage, and a fourth in succession. The Spanish club have reached the round of 16 or better on five occasions, although their last two campaigns have ended in the group stage.

Sevilla won a record-extending seventh UEFA Cup/Europa League in 2022/23, beating Roma 4-1 on penalties in the final at Budapest's Puskás Aréna following a 1-1 draw after extra time. The Andalusians had finished third in Champions League Group G on five points and moved into the Europa League knockout round play-offs. There they beat PSV before further victories against Fenerbahçe (2-0 h, 0-1 a), Manchester United (2-2 a, 3-0 h) and Juventus (1-1 a, 2-1 h aet).

Sevilla have won four more UEFA Cup/Europa Leagues than any other side – three-time champions Inter, Liverpool, Juventus and Atlético are their closest rivals.

Jesús Navas was named the 2022/23 Europa League Player of the Season.

Sevilla's best European Cup performances came in 1957/58 and 2017/18 when they reached the quarter-finals, losing to Real Madrid and Bayern München respectively.

The Andalusian club are without a win in 13 away European games (D7 L6), since a 3-1 success at Rennes on Matchday 6 of the 2020/21 Champions League.

Mendilibar's side lost 5-4 on penalties to Manchester City after a 1-1 draw in the UEFA Super Cup in Piraeus on 16 August. It was Sevilla's sixth Super Cup defeat, a competition record.

Sevilla finished 12th in La Liga last season and were knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage. It was their lowest Liga finish since 1999/2000, when they were relegated in bottom place.

Links and trivia

De Jong rejoined PSV from Sevilla in 2022 after a season on loan at Barcelona. He scored ten times in 69 Liga appearances for the Andalusian side between 2019 and 2021 and also found the net twice in the 2020 Europa League final against Inter Milan (3-2), earning the Man of the Match award.

De Jong's Sevilla team-mates included Navas, Fernando, Joan Jordán, Óliver Torres, Ocampos, Gudelj, En-Nesyri, Suso, Marcos Acuña and Ivan Rakitić.

Sevilla midfielder Gudelj played in the Netherlands for NAC Breda (2009–13), AZ Alkmaar (2013–15) and Ajax (2015–17). He faced PSV ten times in total (W3 L7).

Ocampos spent the first half of last season on loan at Eredivisie champions Ajax. He was an unused substitute in a 1-2 home defeat by PSV on 6 November 2022.

Torres was in the Atlético de Madrid side that drew 0-0 against PSV in the first leg of the 2015/16 Champions League round of 16.

Rakitić started two games for Barcelona against PSV in the 2018/19 Champions League group stage, providing an assist in a 4-0 win at the Camp Nou.

Sergiño Dest is on loan at PSV from Barcelona. During his time with the Azulgrana side he faced Sevilla three times (W2 D1).

PSV's Moroccan international midfielder Ismael Saibari was born in Terrassa, in the province of Barcelona.

Have played together:
Malik Tillman & Tanguy Nianzou (Bayern München 2021/22)
Patrick van Aanholt & Marcão (Galatasaray 2021/22)

International team-mates:
Johan Bakayoko & Dodi Lukebakio (Belgium)

Noa Lang and De Jong came off the bench in the Netherlands' penalty shoot-out defeat against Acuña's Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals. De Jong scored one of the penalties in the shoot-out.

PSV coach Bosz managed Gudelj at Ajax in 2016/17.

Latest news

PSV

Summer transfers 
In: Noa Lang (Club Brugge), Jerdy Schouten (Bologna), Ricardo Pepi (Augsburg), Malik Tillman (Bayern, loan), Sergiño Dest (Barcelona, loan), Hirving Lozano (Napoli), Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton, loan)

Out: Érick Gutiérrez (CD Guadalajara), Xavi Simons (Paris), Maximiliano Romero (Racing), Philipp Max (Frankfurt), Philipp Mwene (Mainz), Timo Baumgartl (Schalke), Anwar El Ghazi (released), Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest)

PSV made it seven wins from seven in the Eredivisie this season with a 3-1 home victory against Volendam on Saturday. They have scored 23 goals and conceded just two.

Guus Til scored for the third game in a row while Noa Lang made it four goals in six Eredivisie appearances and Malik Tillman found the net for the second time in three league appearances.

The Eindhoven club continued their perfect start to their Eredivisie 2023/24 campaign with a 3-0 victory against Go Ahead Eagles in Eindhoven on 27 September thanks to two goals from Luuk de Jong and one from Til.

De Jong now has 155 Eredivisie goals, taking him ahead of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar on 154 to become the highest scorer in the Dutch top flight in the 21st century.

Captain De Jong has 11 goals in all competitions this season.

Jerdy Schouten missed the match against Go Ahead Eagles because of a knock. Sergiño Dest was also absent through illness. The former was again absent on Saturday, when Dest was an unused substitute.

Armando Obispo and Mauro Júnior are still to play this season due to knee injuries.

Midfielder Ismael Saibari has signed a new contract until 2028. The Moroccan international broke through into the first team last season, after spending two years in the PSV youth set-up.

The clean sheet against Go Ahead Eagles means PSV only conceded one goal in their first six Eredivisie matches. It is the third time the Eindhoven club had achieved that, after 2002/03 and 2007/08 – in both seasons, they went on to win the league.

Before letting in a goal against Volendam on Saturday PSV had kept four successive clean sheets in the league, their longest run since a five-game run without conceding in September and October 2018.

PSV's 4-0 defeat at Arsenal on Matchday 1 is their only reverse so far this season. Their record otherwise in all competitions is W11 D1.

Peter Bosz's first match at the helm ended in a first trophy, his new side defeating Dutch champions Feyenoord 1-0 in the Johan Cruyff Schaal on 4 August thanks to a goal by Lang.

Walter Benítez is the only player not to have missed a minute of PSV's 13 matches so far this season.

Sevilla

Summer transfers
In: Loïc Badé (Rennes, loan made permanent), Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol), Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt), Federico Gattoni (San Lorenzo), Ørjan Nyland (Leipzig), Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha Berlin), Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester, loan), Mariano Díaz (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Paris)

Out: José Ángel Carmona (Getafe, loan), Karim Rekik (Al-Jazira), Rony Lopes (Braga, released), Iván Romero (Levante), Ludwig Augustinsson (Anderlecht, loan), Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal), Thomas Delaney (Anderlecht, loan), Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest, loan), Papu Gómez (released), Oussama Idrissi (released), Óscar Rodríguez (Getafe, loan), Jesús Manuel Corona (Monterrey)

On Friday Sevilla suffered their fourth Liga defeat of the season, a Sergio Ramos own goal sealing a 1-0 loss at Barcelona.

The Andalusian side also lost four of their first seven league matches in 2022/23; they have two more points than at the same stage of last season.

Having lost their first three Liga games of the campaign, Sevilla were unbeaten in three before Friday, drawing 0-0 at Osasuna on 23 September before a 5-1 home win against Almería three days later.

They were unbeaten in four games in all competitions (W2 D2) before losing in Barcelona.

The goalless draw against Osasuna was only Sevilla's second clean sheet of the season and the first time in all competitions they had failed to score a goal. They had not drawn a blank in consecutive games since March.

The defeat of Almería was the first time Sevilla had scored five goals in a game since 4 January.

Sevilla's summer signing Dodi Lukebakio got his second goal for the club against Almería. His first came on 17 September against Las Palmas and was enough to secure the first win of the season in all competitions.

Youssef En-Nesyri, who had not been on the scoresheet for Sevilla in La Liga since a 2-1 opening-day loss against Valencia on 11 August, got the first goal in the win over Almería. His other goal this season came in the UEFA Super Cup against Manchester City on 16 August.

Suso, who missed his first game of the season due to injury against Osasuna, and Kike Salas scored their first goals of the season against Almería.

Adnan Januzaj, who has not been included in the Champions League squad, played his first minutes of the season in all competitions when he was introduced in the second-half of the match against Almería. His previous Sevilla appearance had come on 13 November 2022.

Prior to defeating Almería Sevilla had only scored more than once in one other game this season in all competitions, a 4-3 defeat against Alavés on 21 August.

Sevilla's new goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland made his club debut in the draw against Osasuna.

En-Nesyri missed Friday's defeat at Barcelona with an ankle problem.

Tanguy Nianzou suffered an injury to his left hamstring in training on 5 August and has not played since.

Marcão has not played since last season's UEFA Europa League final due to a ruptured thigh muscle.

Marcos Acuña suffered a thigh injury in a 4-3 defeat at Alavés on 21 August, returning as a substitute on Friday.

Jesús Navas, who was sidelined by a hip injury between 26 August and 17 September, missing the Osasuna match after picking up an injury in the warm-up. He was back in the starting line-up against Almería and came on late in the defeat at Barcelona.

Ramos, who made his second Sevilla debut in the 1-0 win against Las Palmas on 17 September, 18 years 20 days after his first, missed the Osasuna game due to muscle strain. He was an unused substitute against Almería before playing 90 minutes on Friday.

Navas finished 11th in the UEFA Player of the Year voting with six points.

José Luis Mendilibar was seventh in the UEFA Coach of the Year vote. The Sevilla coach scored 28 points, 17 more than Lens counterpart Franck Haise, who finished 11th.

In addition to Player of the Season Navas, Yassine Bounou (now at Al-Hilal), Acuña and Ivan Rakitić were also included in the 2022/23 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season.

Bounou is one of the 30 nominees for the Ballon d'Or, the winner of which will be announced in Paris on 30 October.