Sevilla vs. Inter: everything you need to know ahead of tonight's match

COLOGNE – Tonight's the night! Sevilla vs. Inter kicks off at 21:00 CEST tonight, with the Nerazzurri taking to the pitch at the Stadion Köln for the Europa League final. The other side contending for the trophy will be Julen Lopetegui’s Sevilla. But first, here’s everything you need to know ahead of tonight’s match!

WHERE YOU CAN WATCH INTER VS. SEVILLA ON TV

The Europa League final, scheduled for this evening at 21:00 CEST, will be broadcast in Italy on the following channels: Sky Sport 1, Sky Calcio 1 and Sky Sport Football (channels 201, 203 and 251 with a satellite receiver and channels 472 and 482 on digital terrestrial TV). The match will also be broadcast on the free-to-air channel TV8. It will also be possible to watch Sevilla vs. Inter on streaming platforms Now TV and Sky Go.

FACTS AND FIGURES

Tonight’s match will be the first ever meeting in European competition between Inter and Sevilla. This is the sixth time in eleven seasons of the Europa League in its current format that the two finalists have never previously faced one another in European competitions. Inter have made 13 appearances against Spanish sides in the UEFA Cup/Europa League so far, with five wins, three draws, and five losses, scoring 17 goals and conceding 19. Meanwhile, Sevilla have faced Italian sides on 13 occasions, with six wins, two draws and five losses.

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THE KITS FOR THE EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL

Inter will be taking to the pitch in their classic Nerazzurri (black and blue) colours with a special badge for the final, with black shorts and white socks. Meanwhile, Sevilla will be wearing white shirts and shorts and black socks. The Inter keeper will be wearing a full-orange kit, while the Sevilla keeper will be wearing yellow. The referee will be wearing a pink shirt and black shorts.

OUR OPPONENTS

Sevilla are coming into this game with their longest ever unbeaten run in all competitions (20 matches, eleven wins and nine draws) and of all the clubs in La Liga, only Real Madrid achieved a better run this season (21 matches between October and February). The Spanish side have won the Europa League more times than anyone else, having reached six finals (including tonight’s match) and they have won the trophy five times. Julen Lopetegui’s side finished the La Liga season with a total of 70 points in 38 matches, with 19 wins, 13 draws and six defeats, netting 54 times and conceding 34.

KÖLN CALLING: WHEREVER YOU ARE, JOIN US IN COLOGNE IN SPIRIT

This evening, wherever you are, make sure you’re with us in spirit in Cologne for the Europa League final: to take part in Köln Calling, all you need to do is to set your location to Cologne on social media to show your support for the team, so you can make your presence felt ahead of the final, even if only digitally. The initiative is open to fans from across the world: all you need to do is publish something, either as a post or using the Stories feature of Instagram or Facebook, set your location to Cologne, and tag Inter’s official social media accounts.

TRIVIA

Inter striker Romelu Lukaku has scored in each of his last seven matches for Inter in European competitions (eight goals and four assists). In all competitions, the Belgian striker has scored 33 goals this season. The last Nerazzurri player to do better was Samuel Eto’o in 2010/11 (37).

In the semi-final, Suso and Luuk de Jong have become the tenth and eleventh Europa League goal-scorers in the current competition, and excluding own-goals, only Manchester United (12) have seen more different players get on the scoresheet this season.

THE WORDS OF ANTONIO CONTE

"We wanted to become protagonists and we've managed to be competitive in all the competitions we've been involved in. I saw that we were making progress through our work, that our ideas were taking root. We believed and became braver. The fact that we had more courage meant that our chances of winning the Europa League increased. We need to demonstrate this out on the pitch against a team that is used to winning this competition. It won’t be easy, but we’ll do all that we can to bring joy to our fans."

THE WORDS OF HANDANOVIC AND GODIN

HANDANOVIC: “We’re good together as a group, then the wins are something else. It’s winning that brings you confidence, courage and awareness, it helps you to correct the smallest of mistakes and that’s how we’ve improved. The team has a desire to improve, to make sacrifices and to win games. This group has been strong, solid and compact since the start of the year.”

GODIN: All of us want the same thing: to win, and to do that we have to do everything we’ve prepared and play with our hearts, from the first whistle until the end of the game, facing the game as a team. We have to play as we’ve prepared in training plus something more, we have to do everything to win this game and take home the trophy, that’s what everyone wants; the team, the staff, the Club and all of the fans, who are by our side despite the current situation.”

TONIGHT'S REFEREE

Dutch referee Danny Makkelie will be overseeing proceedings in Sevilla vs. Inter, the Europa League final, scheduled for Friday 21 August at 21:00 CEST at the RheinEnergieStadium in Cologne. 

The Dutch referee's assistants will be Mario Diks and Hessel Steegstra, while the Fourth Official will be the Greek Tasos Sidiropoulos. Joche Kamphuis will be overseeing the VAR system with assistance from Kevin Blom, Paweł Gil and Paweł Sokolnicki.