UEFA Europa League - West Ham United VS Bayer Leverkusen Prediction
UEFA Europa League - West Ham United VS Bayer Leverkusen
Match Time: 19-04-2024 03:00 Friday (GMT+8)
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West Ham United - DLDWLL
The West Ham United boss David Moyes doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all before this match thanks to a completely healthy squad available to select from. Lucas Paquetá cannot play in this game through suspension.
We think that The Hammers will probably use a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game featuring Lukasz Fabianski, Vladimir Coufal, Kurt Zouma, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell, Edson Alvarez, Tomas Soucek, Mohammed Kudus, Danny Ings, James Ward-Prowse and Michail Antonio.
West Ham United will be looking for an improved result here after the 0-2 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Fulham.
In that game, West Ham United managed 58% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Fulham had 18 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. Andreas Pereira (9', 72') scored for Fulham.
It’s been seldom in recent times where West Ham United have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that West Ham United have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 10 goals on the way.
Bayer Leverkusen - WWWWWW
Due to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso has no fitness concerns at all before this clash.
From our viewpoint, Leverkusen will likely begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 lineup using Lukas Hradecky, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah, Josip Stanisic, Jeremie Frimpong, Alejandro Grimaldo, Granit Xhaka, Exequiel Palacios, Florian Wirtz, Amine Adli and Victor Okoh Boniface.
Bayer Leverkusen go into this encounter following a 5-0 Bundesliga 1 win with the downing of Werder Bremen in their most recent outing.
In that game, Bayer Leverkusen managed 56% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 10 on target. For Bayer Leverkusen, the goalscorers were Victor Boniface (25'), Granit Xhaka (60') and Florian Wirtz (68', 83', 90'). For their opponents, Werder Bremen had 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
Indicating their penchant for action-packed encounters, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the prior six games in which Bayer Leverkusen have taken to the field, giving a mean average of 3.33 goals each fixture. Opposition teams have hit 5 of this grand total. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern might be replicated in this game or not.
West Ham United possible starting lineup:
Fabianski; Zouma, Aguerd, Cresswell; Coufal, Alvarez, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Johnson; Kudus, Antonio
Bayer Leverkusen possible starting lineup:
Hradecky; Kossounou, Tah, Stanisic; Frimpong, Xhaka, Palacios, Grimaldo; Wirtz, Adli; Boniface
West Ham United vs Bayer Leverkusen Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
*Bayer Leverkusen have an excellent record against West Ham United and have won both the matches that have been played out between the two teams on the European stage.
*Bayer Leverkusen have progressed from each of their last 13 ties in which they have pulled off a lead of at least two goals in the first leg in the knockout stages of European competitions.
*West Ham United have won three of their last four matches at home against German opponents in the UEFA Europa League and have won two such games against SC Freiburg in the competition this season.
*Bayer Leverkusen have won only one of their last 10 matches away from home against teams from England in European competitions, with their previous such victory coming by a 1-0 margin against Tottenham Hotspur in November 2016.
Prediction: West Ham United 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen (Leverkusen win 5-1 on aggregate)
The weekend's energy-sapping title celebrations may be felt by Alonso's men at the London Stadium, but the German champions have a near fully-fit squad and plenty of candidates for rotation, which spells serious danger for a ravaged West Ham outfit. Conceding shots at an alarming rate and with Bowen still not at 100%, the Irons' continental adventure should end with a whimper, as the indomitable Leverkusen continue their quest for a domestic and European double.
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