Europa League

West Ham v Sevilla 17.03.2022 betting tips

West Ham find themselves 1-0 down heading into the home leg of their Europa League against La Liga giants, Sevilla. Both teams have a lot of players missing through injury and we’re expecting a tight and tense 90-minutes between the pair on Thursday night.

After both sides have had very good seasons on the domestic front it looks like they’ll fall short of the ambitious targets that have been talked about by outsiders during their campaigns. That puts this competition into a position of greater importance for both.

• West Ham United and Sevilla met each other for the first time ever seven days ago in Spain.
• Sevilla won 1-0 on the occasion, courtesy of a goal from Munir El Haddadi just at the hour-mark at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
• West Ham have won 4 of their last 5 home games, with the other game ending in a draw
• Sevilla have failed to win their last 7 away games now
• The Hammers are without a clean sheet in their last 4 games
• 5 of Sevilla’s last 6 games have ended in under 2.5 goals being score;

David Moyes’ men warmed up for this make-or-break clash with a well-deserved 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Sunday, in a game which brought up both of my London Stadium selections.

Despite occupying second spot in La Liga, trailing leaders Real Madrid by 10 points, Julen Lopetegui’s team have won just two of their last eight league matches. Sunday’s stalemate at Rayo Vallecano was their fifth league draw in seven games, although another all-square affair here would be enough to send Sevilla one step closer to May’s showpiece which will take place at their Ramón Sánchez base.