Evening Standard
·18 April 2024
Evening Standard
·18 April 2024
West Ham must break Bayer Leverkusen’s 43-game unbeaten streak if they are to continue their Europa League campaign tonight.
They were thoroughly outplayed away at the BayArena last week, conceding 33 shots and only recording one of their own.
Determined defending and good goalkeeping by Lukasz Fabianski kept them in the tie until the 83rd minute, when Jonas Hofmann scored. Fellow substitute Victor Boniface headed in a second during injury time to extend the deficit to two goals.
West Ham have only won one of their last six league games, and face a team that has won 38 out of 43 matches across all competitions this season.
If West Ham want to make their third European semi-final in a row, they’ll have to defeat the only unbeaten team in Europe, although top scorer Jarrod Bowen may feature after a spell on the sidelines.