Europa League Final 2016

May 18, St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland

First meeting between teams, but Liverpool have beaten Spanish opponents in two previous European finals

Liverpool v Spain
 
Won 14 Drawn 10 Lost 10

Sevilla v England

Won 3 Drawn 2 Lost 3

LIVERPOOL

Coach Jürgen Klopp

Captain Jordan Henderson

Europa League record

European pedigree

W78 D38 L29

European Cup winner
1977, 78, 81, 84, 2005

Europa League winner
1973, 76, 2001

Last season Europa League Last 32 (lost to Besiktas) Hoping to win first European title since comeback against AC Milan in 2005 – recovering 3-0 half-time deficit to win penalty shootout

SEVILLA

Coach Unai Emery

Captain José Antonio Reyes

Europa League record

European pedigree

Europa League winner 2006, 07, 14, 15

Last season Beat Dnipro 3-2 in final to claim fourth title, earning
qualification to Champions League

Four titles for Sevilla and two for Atletico Madrid have given Spain unprecedented domination of Europa League in last decade

Philippe Coutinho

Kevin Gameiro

ROUTE TO FINAL

Topped Europa League group B Third-place finish in Champions League

Round of 32 Augsburg 0-0 (a), 1-0 (h) Molde 3-0 (h), 0-1 (a)  

Round of 16 Man Utd 2-0 (h), 1-1 (a) Basel  0-0 (a), 3-0 (h)

Quarter-finals Dortmund 1-1 (a), 4-3 (h)  Athletic 2-1 (a), 1-2 (h) Win 5-4 on penalties 

Semi-finals Villarreal 0-1 (a), 3-0 Shakhtar (h) 2-2 (a), 3-1 (h)

TEAM STATISTICS (14 matches*)

Goals scored 18 22

Goals against 10 18

Shots on target 87 61

Shots wide 84 69

Passes completed 5891 5668

Corners 99 87

Average possession 55% 54%

WINNING FEELING Winner receives guaranteed place in Champions
League group stage next season

St. Jakob-Park Capacity: 36,000 Second smallest venue to host
Europa League final

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Mignolet Clyne Lovren Toure Moreno Milner Can Lallana Firmino Coutinho 
Sturridge

Soria Tremoulinas Carrico Rami Mariano N’Zonzi Krychowiak Vitolo Banega
Konoplyanka Gameiro

Sources: UEFA, Gracenote

*Includes Sevilla in Champions League

Pictures: Getty Images