Sevilla v Shakhtar preview

Sevilla can book their place at a third-consecutive Europa League final with victory against Shakhtar Donetsk on Thursday.

The 2014 and 2015 winners remain in the hunt for an unprecedented hat-trick of Europa League crowns and are in good shape to make the final in Basel following their 2-2 semi-final first leg draw in Ukraine.

Victory for Unai Emery’s side at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan would see them become the first side since Juventus in 1998 to reach three consecutive European finals – Juventus reached four between 1995 and 1998.

Shakhtar, won lifted the trophy in 2009, will have other ideas and head to Sevilla having won their last three European games on the road.

Team news

Sevilla will be without Jose Antonio Reyes (unspecified) and Michael Krohn-Delhi, who severely injured his knee in the first leg in Lviv.

Shakhtar, meanwhile, are missing Marcio Azevedo (knee), while Dentinho and Oleksandr Hladkyy (both unspecified) are doubtful for the trip to Spain.

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