Spartak Moscow vs Sevilla Predictions, 17 Oct 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 5-1

Spartak Moscow v Sevilla Predictions for Tuesday's night kick-off Champions League group fixture facing Russian Premier League hosts Spartak Moscow and LaLiga side Sevilla at Otkrytiye Arena. Sevilla travel to Russia to face Spartak Moscow in a crucial Champions League (CL) clash.

Match status: 2017-18 Champions League - Group E
Kick-off: Tuesday 17 Oct 2017, 07:45pm GMT
Venue: "Otkrytiye Arena" in Moscow, Russia

Spartak Moscow v Sevilla Team News

Eduardo Berizzo’s side are sitting pretty at the top of Group C with 4 points from 2 games and will take a big step toward the knockout stages by defeating the Russian Premier League champions, who sit in 3rd place, level on 2 points with 2nd-placed Liverpool.

Spartak haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 14 CL games. They have won just 2 their last 18 home games in Europe’s top club competition, drawing 6 and losing 10.

Sevilla’s away record against Russian sides is P9, W1, D4, L2. Their only competitive win on Russian soil came in February 2006, when they beat Lokomotiv Moscow 1-0 in the last 32 of the UEFA Cup.

In-form Sevilla striker Wissam Ben Yedder is currently the CL’s joint-2nd top scorer with 4 goals to his name so far this campaign. He has found the net on 7 occasions across all competitions (9 appearances).

Just Bayern (31) have won more corners than Sevilla (17) in the CL so far this season. In contrast, Spartak have taken only 3 corners.

Teams' Possible Starting Lineups:

Spartak Moscow: Alexander Selikhov - Giorgi Jikia, Serdar Tasci, Salvatore Bocchetti - Dmitri Kombarov, Mario Pasalic, Fernando, Denis Glushakov, Andrey Eshchenko - Luiz Adriano, Quincy Promes (3-5-2 formation)

Sevilla: Sergio Rico - Gabriel Mercado, Simon Kjaer, Clement Lenglet, Sergio Escudero - Ever Banega, Guido Pizarro, Franco Vazquez - Joaquin Correa, Wissam Ben Yedder, Nolito (4-3-3 formation)