We have reached the second leg of the quarter final in the 2021/22 Europa League and on Thursday the 14th of April we have a match between Olympique Lyonnais and West Ham United.
The game will take place at the Groupama Stadium and the tie is currently level following the 1-1 draw in London last week.
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Lyon come into the match having been held to a 1-1 draw at Strasbourg in Ligue 1 on the weekend. The hosts opened the scoring after 20 minutes and Lyon were forced to wait until the 90th minute of the match to score the equaliser.
That result means Lyon are undefeated in each of their 5 most recent games in all competitions. However, they have been struggling to win matches and Lyon have recorded just a single victory from their last 6 fixtures. The only victory in their previous 6 games came at home against Angers in Ligue 1 and it was a close match, with Lyon scoring the winning goal in the 80th minute.
Form in the Europa League has been good and Lyon are undefeated in their 9 most recent games. They have won 2 and drawn 2 of their last 4 Europa League matches on home soil.
Under 2.5 goals have been scored in Lyon's last 4 matches in Europa League including each of their last 2 games played at home.
West Ham make the trip to the Groupama Stadium on the back of a 2-0 defeat at Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday. Both goals were scored in the second half and that result means West Ham have recorded a single victory from their last 4 matches in all competitions.
The win came at home against Everton in the Premier League and that was followed by the 1-1 draw in the first leg of this tie in the Europa League at the London Stadium.
West Ham have found victories difficult to come by in recent Europa League matches and they have recorded just one win from their last 4 games in the competition. The win was over Sevilla at home in extra time in the previous round of the Europa League.
Away form in the Europa League shows West Ham are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 games. They have seen under 2.5 goals in their 5 most recent Europa League matches and in their last 2 on the road.
Looking ahead to the team news and Lyon are without the injured trio of Maxence Caqueret, Rayan Cherki, and Sinaly Diomand. Goalkeeper Anthony Lopes went off injured at the weekend and is a doubt.
West Ham continue without the injured Angelo Ogbonna but Manuel Lanzini is back from suspension. However, Aaron Cresswell is now suspended and there are doubts over the fitness of Kurt Zouma and Craig Dawson.
We expect this to be another tight game and although both teams could find the back of the net, it is likely we will see under 2.5 goals. That means, the game could end 1-1, which will take us into extra time and the possibility of penalties.