Eintracht Frankfurt vs. West Ham: UEFA Europa League probable line-ups, match stats and LIVE blog!

bundesliga.com, 4 May 2022, 07:33
Eintracht Frankfurt and Rafael Borre hold the advantage ahead of their UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg at home to West Ham United and Declan Rice on Thursday (kick-off: 9pm CEST).
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Frankfurt put one foot in the final with an excellent 2-1 first leg victory in London, and they know that a spot in Seville awaits as long as they avoid defeat at the Deutsche Bank Park. On-loan Borussia Dortmund man Ansgar Knauff got the opener last week before Daichi Kamada hit the winner, and both will have major roles to play again in support of Borre. Behind the Colombian, Kamada should be joined by Jens Petter Hauge after Jesper Lindstrom was withdrawn through injury after an hour at the London Stadium, while Filip Kostic is nailed on to operate from the opposite flank to Knauff. Defender Evan Ndicka and midfielder Kristijan Jakic have served their European suspensions and are expected to come into the starting XI. Coach Oliver Glasner will be hoping that Martin Hinteregger and Sebastian Rode are available after missing the meeting with Bayer Leverkusen on Monday night.

While Frankfurt's sole European success was the 1980 UEFA Cup, West Ham have to go even further back for their only continental trophy, which came in the 1965 Cup Winners' Cup against 1860 Munich. They have to win in Frankfurt if they are to remain in contention to emulate the likes of Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. That will be no easy feat against am Eintracht side that have not lost in the Europa League all season (W6, D5) and have found the back of the net in all 11 of their matches on the continent in 2021/22 thus far. Andriy Yarmolenko is the only former Bundesliga man in the Hammers' ranks having swapped Dortmund for West Ham in 2018 after a one-year stay that saw the winger make 26 appearances in all competitions for BVB. The Ukraine international will have been proud to see his former club raise €400,000 in support of his country through a charity match against another of Yarmolenko's former clubs, Dynamo Kyiv, last week.

Match stats

Frankfurt have won all four of their Europa League games in which Borre has scored or assisted, including the last two.

Kostic has a tournament-leading five assists to his name in this season's Europa League. He's set to make his 40th appearance in the competition.

Kamada - Frankfurt's five-goal top scorer in this season's Europa League - is one of 11 surviving members of the Eintracht team that reached the 2018/19 semi-finals, where they lost to eventual winners Chelsea on penalties.

Frankfurt are bidding to reach their first UEFA competition final since beating Borussia Mönchengladbach over two legs in the 1979/80 UEFA Cup.

Eintracht are second only to semi-finalists Rangers for tackles won (105) and balls recovered (519) in this season's competition.

West Ham have never won a UEFA fixture in Germany, losing 3-1 to Dortmund in the 1965/66 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals and 2-1 in Frankfurt at the same stage 10 years later.

Probable line-ups

Frankfurt: Trapp (c) - Tuta, Hinteregger, Ndicka - Knauff, Sow, Jakic, Kostic - Hauge, Kamada - Borre

Out: Durm (ineligible), Ilsanker (ineligible), Lindstrom (hamstring), Ramaj (knee)

Doubtful: -

Coach: Oliver Glasner

West Ham: Areola - Johnson, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell - Soucek, Rice (c) - Bowen, Lanzini, Fornals - Antonio

Out: Diop (ankle), Ogbonna (knee)

Doubtful: -

Coach: David Moyes

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