Dnipro and Sevilla go into the Europa League final in contrasting form as the two teams chase a trophy and a place in next season’s Champions League.

Holders Sevilla have won the competition three times since 2006 and are the favourites to make it back-to-back wins.

In contrast, Dnipro have not won any trophy since 1989, per Igor Linnyk of UEFA’s official website, and they will be playing in a European final for the first time.

Here’s all of the live streaming information you need for the game and the form of Dnipro and Sevilla ahead of Wednesday’s showdown at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland.

 

Date: Wednesday, May 27

Time: 7:45 p.m. (BST)/2:45 p.m. (ET)

Live Stream: ITV Player (UK), beIN Sports Connect (U.S.)

TV Info: ITV4 (UK), beIN Sports (U.S.)

 

Form Guide

Dnipro

Last 10 results in all competitions, per Soccerbase.com: WWLWDLWLDW

Myron Markevych’s team will head into the final on the back of a 3-2 win over Shakhtar Donetsk which kept Dnipro in the hunt for Champions League qualification.

Markevych rested several players in that match, ahead of the Europa League final. Linnyk, per UEFA’s official website, feels Yevhen Konoplyanka’s form has been key to Dnipro’s own performance, writing:

The coach’s rotation policy has allowed Dnipro to enter the final stages of the season as fresh as could be hoped, something reflected in their pleasing form, which unsurprisingly runs parallel with that of Konoplyanka. At the top of his game at the moment, the No10’s goal at AFC Ajax put the side into the quarter-finals and he expertly laid on the semi-final clincher against Napoli.

Dnipro, who lost over two legs to Shakhtar in the semi-finals of the Ukrainian Cup, have saved many of their best performances for Europe this season.

Their form in the knockout phase of the competition has been much better than in the group stage, once they got that far, that is. Dnipro’s European campaign started last July when they lost to FC Copenhagen in the Champions League qualifiers before overcoming Hajduk Split in the Europa League play-offs.

In the group phase, Dnipro failed to score in their first three games as they lost 1-0 at home to Inter Milan and FK Qarabag on either side of a 0-0 draw in Saint-Etienne. But an away win over Qarabag and a final-day success over ASSE secured the runners-up spot for Dnipro behind Inter.

After the winter, Dnipro really picked up in Europe as they beat Olympiakos 2-0 at home in the first leg of the last 32 before claiming a 2-2 draw away. Extra time and away goals helped Dnipro battle past Ajax in the last 16, and their quarter-final tie with Club Brugge was another tight affair. A 0-0 draw in Belgium was followed by a 1-0 home win in the second leg.

In the semi-finals, Dnipro came up against Napoli and were not given much chance to qualify. They managed a 1-1 draw in Italy, when Yevhen Seleznyov scored a late equaliser to set the tie up for the return in Ukraine. Seleznyov was again the hero as he scored the only goal to send Dnipro into the final.

With just five wins in 10 games in all competitions, Dnipro aren’t in the best form ahead of the final. But the way Markevych has rotated his squad can account in part for those results. At full strength, Dnipro have shown form in Europe to suggest they can pull off another shock.

Sevilla

Last 10 results in all competitions, per Soccerbase.com: DDWWLWDWWW

Unai Emery’s side could hardly be in better form, despite missing out on a Champions League place on the final day of the season in La Liga.

Sevilla have lost just once in their last 21 games in all competitions when a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick earned Real Madrid a 3-2 away win.

That impressive run of form had started with the resumption of the Europa League when Sevilla won 3-2 away to Borussia Monchengladbach in the second leg of their last-32 tie after winning 1-0 at home in the first leg.

In the group phase, Sevilla won all three of their home games against Feyenoord, Standard Liege and Rijeka, and it’s a record they have maintained in the knockout rounds.

Fellow Spanish opposition stood in their way in the last 16, but Villarreal proved to be no match. After winning 3-1 away from home, Sevilla completed the job in the second leg with a 2-1 home success.

In the quarter-finals, Sevilla beat Zenit St. Petersburg 2-1 at home in the first leg. Extra time beckoned in the second leg in Russia, but Kevin Gameiro scored five minutes from the end to secure a 2-2 draw.

A semi-final date with Fiorentina was likely to be a close affair on paper, but Sevilla destroyed their Italian opponents. Aleix Vidal scored twice in a 3-0 home win in the first leg before Sevilla won 2-0 in Italy.

Vidal, though, does not believe Sevilla’s form or reputation will count for much in the final, saying, per UEFA’s official website:

People can think what they want. Based on our name, people might say we are favourites, but if you think that a name guarantees you victory then you are wrong – because in a final the so-called better teams can lose. A final is unlike any other game. You can’t really know what it will feel like until you experience it. Here’s hoping you ask me next year and I’ll be able to tell you how it feels to win it.

On form, Sevilla are the likely winners, and their confidence from recent results cannot be higher, even allowing for missing out on fourth place in La Liga.

But Dnipro have shown how they can match more highly fancied opponents in Europe this season, and their recent form is unlikely to have much bearing on how they perform in Poland.

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