On Wednesday the first round of the UEFA Champions League will finish - after that, 16 teams in the tournament will start preparing for the second leg matches. Tonight there will be two more matches, in which intriguing battles are expected. In Ukraine, Donetsk's "Shakhtar" will host "Roma", while "Manchester United" will try to prove their advantage against "Sevilla" in an away game. The latter match will be reviewed in more detail by the portal "EuroFootball.com". Results of the teams Both teams are not currently demonstrating miracles on the field, but the coaches of both teams should not be dissatisfied with their sporting form. In this pair, the advantage of the "Manchester United" club is noticeable, but "Sevilla" under Vincenzo Montella is returning to its old ways and has been showing quite good results lately. "Sevilla" has enjoyed victory three times in the last five matches, suffered a painful defeat once, and settled for a draw. It is interesting that all three victories were won in the last three matches, so the Andalusians are in a great streak. Before facing "Sevilla", "Las Palmas", "Girona" and "Leganes" fell. The multiple UEFA Europa League champions suffered a painful defeat only to "Eibar", who scored five goals against them. However, there has been an improvement in the defense of the team led by V. Montella - only one goal was conceded in the last three matches. Manchester United's pupils also show similar results, with three wins and two losses in the last five matches. In the last match, "Man Utd" defeated "Huddersfield" eleven, but before that, they lost to the "Newcastle" club. The "Red Devils" defeated "Huddersfield" eleven with the same result of 2-0 in the Premier League. Another setback was received by the Manchester team in London, where they were forced to admit the superiority of "Tottenham" with a result of 0-2. The last fifth match, which took place in the FA Cup, ended with a crushing victory for "Man Utd" over the modest "Yeovil Town" club. As usual, "Man Utd" does not have big problems in defense - they conceded two goals to "Spurs" and one to "Newcastle". The UEFA Europa League winners cannot boast of high goal-scoring either - four goals in the last four matches. Group stage "Sevilla" began their Champions League journey from Group E, where they fought for advancement against "Liverpool", Moscow's "Spartak" and "Maribor". The Andalusian team did not have an easy journey - two wins, three draws, and one loss. "Sevilla" only fell unexpectedly to "Spartak", while with "Liverpool", who topped the group, they drew both matches. Manchester United had an easier time in Group A, leaving behind three clubs: "Basel", Moscow's CSKA, and Lisbon's "Benfica". The "Red Devils" celebrated victory five times in all group matches and were defeated only once by the "Basel" team. In total, the "United" team scored 12 goals and conceded only three successful strikes from their opponents. Team news The "Sevilla" team does not have many absences ahead of this match - the team will definitely not be helped by the injured Daniel Carrico, who is a very important player in defense. There are still doubts about Joaquin Correa's ability to appear on the field, as the talented Argentine did not finish the match against "Las Palmas" last weekend due to ankle problems. In the ranks of "Man Utd", the list of injured players is much longer. Jose Mourinho did not include the injured Marouane Fellaini and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the squad, and due to sporting reasons, Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo were left behind. It is also unclear whether Paul Pogba, who has not played in recent matches, is fully ready for the match. There are also question marks about the readiness of Marcus Rashford and Andrea Herrera to take the field. It is unknown whether both coaches are ready to surprise each other, but from the predictions, it can be judged that the teams will play with their usual line-ups. The starting line-up for Manchester United will largely depend on Paul Pogba, but in this case, it is expected that the Frenchman will be put on the field. Predicted starting line-ups: "Sevilla": (4-3-3) Sergio Rico; Gabriel Mercado, Johannes Geis, Clement Lenglet, Sergio Escudero; Steven N'Zonzi, Guido Pizarro, Franco Vazquez; Luis Muriel, Wissam Ben Yedder, Pablo Sarabia. "Man Utd": (4-2-3-1) David De Gea; Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Ashley Young; Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic; Alexis Sanchez, Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial; Romelu Lukaku. Interesting facts This will be the first official encounter between the "Sevilla" and "Manchester United" clubs in a European tournament. The teams only met once in friendly matches in 2013, where the representatives from Spain triumphed. Jose Mourinho is well acquainted with the "Sevilla" stronghold - as the coach of Real Madrid, he achieved eight victories and only once was defeated by the opponents. The English visitors should pay attention to the "Sevilla" forward Ben Yedder, who has scored six times in the Champions League this season. "Sevilla" plays impressively at home this season - in 19 matches, they have won 13 times, drawn five times, and only lost once. "Manchester United" have only suffered two defeats in their last 18 European matches - they lost to Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup and Basel in the group stage. In total, the "Red Devils" have faced Spanish clubs in Europe 50 times. They have 13 wins, 20 draws, and 17 defeats to their name. The "Sevilla" team's last encounter in the Champions League quarter-finals with an English club ended unsuccessfully - last season they lost 4-1 on aggregate to the "Leicester City" team. In the last nine Champions League matches at home, "Sevilla" has celebrated victory six times, lost once, and settled for a draw twice.
