West Ham United vs Eintracht Frankfurt Match Analysis and Prediction

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Eintracht Frankfurt are on the road to the London Stadium to take on West Ham United for the first leg of their Europa League semi-finals on Thursday.

The hosts currently sit seventh in the Premier League standings having picked up 52 points from their 34 matches played, eight points adrift of Arsenal and two behind Manchester United in the last Europa League qaulification spot.

In their last game in the Premier League action, they went down to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Champions League defending champions Chelsea, with Christian Pulisic scoring the only goal of the game in the 90th minute.

The Hammers now divert their attention to the Europa League, where they qualified for the semi-finals after defeating Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 on aggreagate in the quarter-finals.

After playing out a 1-1 draw in the first leg at home, they secured a 3-0 victory in the return match on the road, with Craig Dawson, Declan Rice and Jarrod Bowen scoring in the second-leg win.

Meanwhile, Eintracht Frankfurt head into Thursday contest sitted ninth in the Bundesliga standings on 40 points from 31 matches, 10 points adrift of sixth-placed Union Berlin.

The Eagles played out a 2-2 draw at home with Hoffenheim in their last game in Bundesliga action. Obite N’Dicka and Daichi Kamada got on the scoresheet for Eintracht Frankfurt, while N’Dicka’s own goal and Georginio Rutter’s effort helped the visitors salvage a point from that game.

Frankfurt defeated Barcelona 4-3 on aggreagate in the quarter-finals. After playing out a 1-1 draw in the first leg at home, they ran out 3-2 victors in the return match, with Filip Kostic leading his side with a brace in the second leg.

They enter the contest unbeaten in away matches in the competition this season, with four wins and one draw on the road.

West Ham United vs Eintracht Frankfurt head to head

The two teams have not previously met on any occasion, and this will be the first time they meet in a competitive game. They go head to head in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final tie on Thursday April 28.

West Ham United latest home form

West Ham have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their eight most recent matches. They played out a 1-1 draw with Lyon on April 17 in the Europa League. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded four.

West Ham United 2-1 Aston Villa 13/03/22

West Ham United (E)2-0 Sevilla 17/03/22

West Ham United 2-1 Everton 03/04/22

West Ham United 1-1 Lyon 07/04/22

West Ham United 1-1 Burnley 17/04/22

West Ham United latest away form

West Ham have been on a poor run of form on the road, having won just one of their seven most recent matches. They managed to defeat Lyon 3-0 on April 14 in the Europa League. In their last five away matches, they have scored four goals and conceded seven.

Sevilla 1-0 West Ham United 10/03/22

Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 West Ham United 20/03/22

Brentford 2-0 West Ham United 10/04/22

Lyon 0-3 West Ham United 14/04/22

Chelsea 1-0 West Ham United 24/04/22

Eintracht Frankfurt latest home form

Frankfurt have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having been winless in their six most recent matches. Their last home victory came on March 13 when they defeated Bochum 2-1 in the league. In their last five macthes, they have scored five goals and conceded six.

Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Numberg 24/03/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Greuther Furth 02/04/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Barcelona 07/04/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2 Freiburg 10/04/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2 Hoffenheim 23/04/22

Eintracht Frankfurt latest away form

Frankfurt lost their last away game 2-0 to Union Berlin in the league. Howeever, they have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their four matches prior to that. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded six.

Hertha Berlin 1-4 Eintracht Frankfurt 05/03/22

Real Betis 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt 09/03/22

RB Leipzig 0-0 Eintracht Frankfurt 20/03/22

Barcelona 2-3 Eintracht Frankfurt 14/04/22

Union Berlin 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt 17/04/22

West Ham United news

Kurt Zouma picked up an ankle injury in the game against Brentford on April 10, and he is expected to miss out on Thursday, as he is set to make a return early in May.

Issa Diop is also on injury table, and is out for the season with a ligament injury.

Eintracht Frankfurt news

Frankfurt will have to make do without the services of key man Evan Ndicka through suspension for their clash with West Ham on Thursday.

Kristijan Jakic is also expected to miss out through suspension, while goalkeeper Diant Ramaj is expected to make a return early in May from a knee injury.

Predicition and Odds

Entracht Frankfurt head into Thursday’s clash encouraged by their performance against Barcelona last time out in the Europa League quarter-final.

However, West Ham are a tough team to defeat at the London Stadium, and will their capability of scoring at least once, we back them to gain a first-leg advantage.

Odds: 1 2.15 X 2.05 2 2.30