Europa League: Get ready for the second leg of the Eintracht Frankfurt - West Ham United clash

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 05.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deutsche Bank Park

Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League Semi-finals between Eintracht Frankfurt and West Ham United. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

It's no vacation for neither Eintracht Frankfurt nor West Ham United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Eintracht Frankfurt form and stats

Eintracht Frankfurt was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Europa League.

Overall Bundesliga results playing at home this season for Eintracht Frankfurt are 4-6-6 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa League, Eintracht Frankfurt has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses.

Eintracht Frankfurt are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Bayer Leverkusen. Paciência, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated performer for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.3 (out of 10). Paciência hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hoffenheim that ended 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Eintracht Frankfurt perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Eintracht Frankfurt as a small favourite), we find six games. Eintracht has won three of these, drawn two and lost one.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Eintracht Frankfurt as they have a new game in only three days, a Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Borussia M'gladbach are visiting.

Eintracht Frankfurt are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. Eintracht's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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West Ham United form and stats

Playing away, West Ham United have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 8 defeats in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

Home advantage was not enough for West Ham United in their previous game as they lost hosting Arsenal, 1-2. Noble got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Noble dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 65 successful passes (of 68 total).

Prior to that match, the West Ham manager Moyes faced defeat when travelling to Chelsea and losing 0-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with West Ham United playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were three West Ham United wins, zero draws and one defeat.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Norwich City.

West Ham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 17 games (in the league). As opposed to that, West Ham United have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

West Ham UnitedJ. Bowen
J. Bowen
10 goals
West Ham UnitedM. Antonio
M. Antonio
8 goals
Eintracht FrankfurtR. Borré Amaury
R. Borré Amaury
7 goals

Eintracht Frankfurt missing players

West Ham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Eintracht Frankfurt West Ham United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
9 3   Won W   4 11
8 5   Drew D   1 4
8 5   Lost L   7 10
34 16   Scored S   16 36
33 18   Conceded C   18 31
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 76%
40% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 48%
28% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 28%
24% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 16%
60% 62%   BTTS BTTS   50% 56%
16% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 24%
32% 31%   Failed to Score F T   42% 20%
 
5.6 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.2
4.6 5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.2
2.1 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.4
4 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13 15   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 10.9
4.2 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.1
32% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 35%
 
11.5 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   17.3 14.7
4.4 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 32 24 3 5 93 33 16 13 1 2 46 13 16 11 2 3 47 20 60 75
2 Borussia Dortmund 32 20 3 9 80 50 16 12 0 4 50 27 16 8 3 5 30 23 30 63
3 Bayer Leverkusen 32 17 7 8 74 44 16 9 2 5 37 22 16 8 5 3 37 22 30 58
4 Freiburg 32 15 10 7 56 40 16 8 5 3 31 21 16 7 5 4 25 19 16 55
5 RB Leipzig 32 16 6 10 67 36 16 10 2 4 39 17 16 6 4 6 28 19 31 54
6 Köln 32 14 10 8 51 46 16 9 4 3 27 20 16 5 6 5 24 26 5 52
7 Union Berlin 32 14 9 9 43 41 16 9 5 2 22 15 16 5 4 7 21 26 2 51
8 Hoffenheim 32 13 7 12 55 51 16 8 4 4 32 20 16 5 3 8 23 31 4 46
9 Mainz 05 32 12 6 14 46 42 16 10 4 2 31 9 16 2 2 12 15 33 4 42
10 Borussia M'gladbach 32 11 8 13 48 59 16 7 4 5 28 26 16 4 4 8 20 33 -11 41
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 10 10 12 42 46 16 4 6 6 19 21 16 6 4 6 23 25 -4 40
12 Bochum 32 11 6 15 34 48 16 7 4 5 19 16 16 4 2 10 15 32 -14 39
13 Wolfsburg 32 11 5 16 40 52 16 7 2 7 23 19 16 4 3 9 17 33 -12 38
14 Augsburg 32 9 8 15 37 51 16 6 4 6 23 25 16 3 4 9 14 26 -14 35
15 Hertha BSC 32 9 6 17 35 67 16 6 3 7 23 31 16 3 3 10 12 36 -32 33
16 Stuttgart 32 6 11 15 37 56 16 5 4 7 26 31 16 1 7 8 11 25 -19 29
17 Arminia Bielefeld 32 5 12 15 25 50 16 2 9 5 14 22 16 3 3 10 11 28 -25 27
18 Greuther Furth 32 3 9 20 26 77 16 3 5 8 14 30 16 0 4 12 12 47 -51 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 34 26 5 3 84 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 63 83
2 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 86 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 82
3 Chelsea 34 19 9 6 68 29 16 8 5 3 32 18 18 11 4 3 36 11 39 66
4 Arsenal 34 20 3 11 54 41 17 11 2 4 28 15 17 9 1 7 26 26 13 63
5 Tottenham Hotspur 34 19 4 11 59 39 17 11 1 5 34 19 17 8 3 6 25 20 20 61
6 Manchester United 36 16 10 10 57 52 19 10 5 4 32 22 17 6 5 6 25 30 5 58
7 West Ham United 35 15 7 13 53 46 18 9 4 5 31 24 17 6 3 8 22 22 7 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 15 4 15 33 32 17 7 2 8 18 19 17 8 2 7 15 13 1 49
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 10 14 11 34 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -8 44
10 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 40 56 18 7 6 5 24 27 17 4 4 9 16 29 -16 43
11 Leicester City 33 11 9 13 48 54 16 8 4 4 26 20 17 3 5 9 22 34 -6 42
12 Crystal Palace 34 9 14 11 45 42 17 5 8 4 25 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 3 41
13 Aston Villa 33 12 4 17 44 46 16 6 3 7 26 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -2 40
14 Brentford 35 11 7 17 41 52 17 6 3 8 18 19 18 5 4 9 23 33 -11 40
15 Southampton 35 9 13 13 41 58 18 6 7 5 22 22 17 3 6 8 19 36 -17 40
16 Burnley 34 7 13 14 31 46 17 5 6 6 16 20 17 2 7 8 15 26 -15 34
17 Leeds United 34 8 10 16 38 72 17 4 5 8 18 34 17 4 5 8 20 38 -34 34
18 Everton 33 9 5 19 35 55 17 8 2 7 22 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -20 32
19 Watford 34 6 4 24 32 69 17 2 1 14 16 41 17 4 3 10 16 28 -37 22
20 Norwich City 34 5 6 23 22 71 17 3 3 11 12 34 17 2 3 12 10 37 -49 21

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 34 26 5 3 84 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 63 83
2 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 86 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 82
3 Chelsea 34 19 9 6 68 29 16 8 5 3 32 18 18 11 4 3 36 11 39 66
4 Arsenal 34 20 3 11 54 41 17 11 2 4 28 15 17 9 1 7 26 26 13 63
5 Tottenham Hotspur 34 19 4 11 59 39 17 11 1 5 34 19 17 8 3 6 25 20 20 61
6 Manchester United 36 16 10 10 57 52 19 10 5 4 32 22 17 6 5 6 25 30 5 58
7 West Ham United 35 15 7 13 53 46 18 9 4 5 31 24 17 6 3 8 22 22 7 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 15 4 15 33 32 17 7 2 8 18 19 17 8 2 7 15 13 1 49
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 10 14 11 34 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -8 44
10 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 40 56 18 7 6 5 24 27 17 4 4 9 16 29 -16 43
11 Leicester City 33 11 9 13 48 54 16 8 4 4 26 20 17 3 5 9 22 34 -6 42
12 Crystal Palace 34 9 14 11 45 42 17 5 8 4 25 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 3 41
13 Aston Villa 33 12 4 17 44 46 16 6 3 7 26 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -2 40
14 Brentford 35 11 7 17 41 52 17 6 3 8 18 19 18 5 4 9 23 33 -11 40
15 Southampton 35 9 13 13 41 58 18 6 7 5 22 22 17 3 6 8 19 36 -17 40
16 Burnley 34 7 13 14 31 46 17 5 6 6 16 20 17 2 7 8 15 26 -15 34
17 Leeds United 34 8 10 16 38 72 17 4 5 8 18 34 17 4 5 8 20 38 -34 34
18 Everton 33 9 5 19 35 55 17 8 2 7 22 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -20 32
19 Watford 34 6 4 24 32 69 17 2 1 14 16 41 17 4 3 10 16 28 -37 22
20 Norwich City 34 5 6 23 22 71 17 3 3 11 12 34 17 2 3 12 10 37 -49 21

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.