Team facts

• Lisbon is around 310km away from Seville. Sevilla's journey to Turin is around 1400km, with Benfica's voyage slightly longer: around 1550km.

• Benfica are the first side to reach a UEFA Europa League final without losing a game. Since transferring from the UEFA Champions League group stage, they have won six and drawn two of their eight fixtures.

• Sevilla have made it all the way from the third qualifying round to the final, which will be their 19th game in this season's competition. They are the third side to follow this path, following 2009/10 runners-up Fulham FC and 2011/12 winners Club Atlético de Madrid.

• Benfica are bidding to become the third UEFA Europa League winners out of five to have crossed over mid-season from the UEFA Champions League, after Atlético (2009/10) and Chelsea FC (2012/13).

• Sevilla are on a quest to win the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League for the third time. Only three other sides have reached that mark before – Juventus (1976/77, 1989/90, 1992/93), FC Internazionale Milano (1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98) and Liverpool (1972/73, 1975/76, 2000/01).

• Sevilla qualified for the final exactly nine months after their first game in the tournament this season, a third qualifying round win against FK Mladost Podgorica.

• The Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica could briefly house both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League trophies if Benfica are triumphant, with the UEFA Champions League final to be held there on 24 May.

• Benfica are the highest-scoring team in the history of the UEFA Europa League with 68 goals in 37 games.

• Benfica claimed the Portuguese title on 20 April and on 7 May beat Rio Ave FC in the League Cup final; they will play the same opponents in the Portuguese Cup final on 18 May. Their success in reaching the finals of both Portugal's major cup competitions this season means they will end up playing 57 competitive games this season, their highest total ever.

• Benfica will be the fourth UEFA Europa League finalists from Portugal, and Sevilla the fourth from Spain. Only one other country, England, has been involved in the competition decider, with Fulham finishing runners-up in 2009/10 and Chelsea lifting the trophy in 2012/13.