*matches in all competitions

Sevilla last 5 matches:  

Sevilla last 3 home matches:

CSKA last 5 matches:

CSKA last 3 away matches:

One all result in aggregate before this decisive match will kick off and Sevilla has the motivation and support of the home crowd to go past the Russians from CSKA Moskva.

Sevilla is not doing so well these last few week with the team’s last victory dating back on 20 of February, almost one moth without the taste of success for this highly competitive Spanish side in all competitions. These latest performances let them fall to the 4th spot of the Primera Division and created a 3 point gap from third Valencia and mounted the pressure from next in line Mallorca and Deportivo for a spot in next season of the Champions League.

The goal scored in the first leg of the confrontation will give them a very important advantage over their competition as in theory they can settle for a goalless draw and still qualify. This would be a very risky strategy and Sevilla will most likely search for a goal before closing all paths to it’s own goalkeeper leading me to believe that this will be a match with few goals.

CSKA Moskva presence in this stage of the Champions League is enough reason to celebrate for them but we have to note the result obtained in the first leg as they had not played any official matches this year.

The Russian Premier League joust kicked off and for CSKA it was a good debut as they went past Amkar Perm one goal to nil. They have left the impression of a team concentrated on defense with little initiative in attacking fact supported by their recent result, only one goal per match scored in the last 3 played.

My tip:  Sevilla to win (and qualify, under 2.5 goals)