Wolverhampton Wanderers Vs Sevilla Preview: How to watch, kick off time and predicted line-ups

Wolverhampton Wanderers further look to make club history when they face Sevilla in the quarter- finals of the Europa League at the MSV Arena.

With the encounter being one legged, a win in Duisberg tomorrow will seal a spot in the semi- finals of the competition against the winner of Manchester United vs Copenhagen.

However, it will be by no means an easy task for Nuno Espírito Santo’s side as they are coming up against a team that have won the competition the joint amount of times, alongside Atletico Madrid with three.

As a matter of fact, the three times that Sevilla have won the Europa League came in consecutive years from 2014- 2016.

For Wolves, this season is the first campaign that they have ever competed in the Europa League and last week’s victory over Olympiacos, marked the first time since the 1971-72 campaign that they have reached the quarter- finals of a European contest.

Therefore, there is no doubt that Tuesday’s clash is indeed a big one for Santo, and as a result is an occasion that he will be desperate to come out of with a win.

How Wolves progressed through to the quarter-finals

Wolves Europa League campaign began all the way back on the 25^th July 2019 and after beating on aggregate Crusaders, Pyunik and Torino, the Wanderers qualified through to the group stages of the competition.

After Santo’s team were drawn in Group K alongside SC Braga, SK Slovan Bratislava and Besiktas, they managed to comfortably qualify in second place only a point behind group winners Braga.

In the round of 32, Wolves were drawn against Espanyol, where they comfortably ran out 6-3 winners on aggregate largely thanks to an emphatic 4-0 victory in the first leg at Molineux.

Then in the round of 16, they faced Olympiacos and despite drawing 1-1 in the first leg, a Raul Jiminez early converted penalty was enough to seal a place for Wolves in the quarter final stages of the competition.

How Sevilla progressed through to the quarter-finals

In comparison, after finishing sixth in La Liga at the end of the 2018/19 campaign, it enabled Sevilla to qualify straight through to this season’s group stages.

The Spanish outfit were drawn in Group A with Apoel, Qarabag and Dudelange and after earning five wins out of six, they easily finished as group winners with 15 points.

In the round of 32 stage they played CFR Cluj, and despite drawing 1-1 on aggregate, they narrowly progressed through to the round of 16 on away goals.

Due to the break in football because of the covid- 19 crisis, their round of 16 tie against Roma had to also be one legged and was played in the same arena that tomorrow’s game will take place in.

Nevertheless, strikes by Sergio Reguilon and Youssef En- Nesyri confirmed a 2-0 win for Julen Lopetegui’s side- setting up tomorrow’s tie against Wolves.

Team news

The Wanderers will be without the services of forward Daniel Podence as he is suspended following the yellow card that he picked up last time out against Olympiacos.

Furthermore, wing back Jonny Castro is absent after he suffered a serious knee injury during the same match.

Therefore, Ruben Vinagre is likely to come in to replace the Spaniard and midfielder Leander Dendoncker could be recalled to the starting line-up if Santo decides to revert back to a 3-52 system.

If this is the case, Diogo Jota would most likely replace Adama Traore, a player who this campaign has proved to cause problems to opposition defences when coming off the bench.

On the other hand, Sevilla only have midfielder Nemanja Gudelj out of tomorrow’s quarter- final after he recently tested positive for coronavirus.

Consequently, it appears likely that Lopetegui will name the same team that started in the victory at Roma, although it is possible that Munir El Haddadi could come in to replace Suso on the wing.

Additionally, Luuk De Jong will be pushing for a starting spot ahead of En- Nesyri, but since that the latter has netted ten times in all competitions this season, that would certainly be a brave decision to make.