Head-to-heads
These clubs have never met in a European cup competition.
European history
Arsenal have won two European trophies in club history. In 1969-70 they won the Fairs Cup and in 1993-94 they conquered the Cup Winners' Cup. Their best result in the Champions league proper is finishing runners-up to FC Barcelona in 2005-06.
Sevilla join Slavia Prague as the only debutants in the Champions League this season.
Current European form
Arsenal secured a CL qualification berth by finishing fourth in the Premier League last season. In qualifying, they advanced at the expense of Sparta Prague, whom they beat 2-0 away and 3-0 at home. The Gunners have not lost any of their last 16 European home matches, since the 1-2 reverse by Chelsea on 6 April, 2004.
Sevilla earned a berth into the qualifying rounds by finishing third in the Primera Division last season. They crushed AEK Athens 6-1 on aggregate to become the 101st club in CL history to reach the group stage.
Player and disciplinary info
Jens Lehmann is Arsenal's most experienced player in the Champions league, having played 57 matches. Tomas Rosicky is the Gunners' most productive player, having scored eight career CL goals.
Sevilla's most experienced players are goalkeeper Andres Palop and striker Arouna Kone; both have made 11 appearances. Kone and Javier Chevanton lead Sevilla players in career CL goal scoring with two goals each.
Other miscellaneous facts
Arsenal lead the Premier League having taken 13 points from five matches.
With six points out of six, Sevilla are in second place in the Primera Division.
All four teams drawn into Group H have reached the group phase via the qualifying stages. Group H is the only group solely made up of qualifiers.
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