Our prediction for this Europa League match:
West Ham
Match Time & Date:
07/04/2022
20:00
Prediction: 2-0
Lyon
West Ham United and Olympique Lyon face each other in London in what is expected to be an interesting Europa League game. The Hammers aim to build on a 2-1 win over Everton, and the bookies see them as slim favourites to beat les Gones in the first leg. As always, a man to watch in the home team will be Jamaica international Michail Antonio, but Jarod Bowen, who is enjoying a season to remember, should pose a big threat to the opposition back-line as well.
Angelo Ogbonna remains in the recovery room, but he should be the only absentee in the home team. The Ligue 1 side, on the other hand, head into the match following a 3-2 win over Angers, but seeing that they struggle on the travels, home win should be considered. The likes of Caqueret, Cherki, and Diomande should miss out with injuries for the away side, while Cameroon international Toko-Ekambi is a major doubt following his recent positive test for coronavirus.
Highlighted Player (Issa Diop):
After spending two years at Balma SC, Issa Diop joined Toulouse football academy in 2006 and he was making progress year by year. The 194-cm-tall defender made seven appearances for Toulouse B in the 2014/2015 season and he made his Ligue 1 debut with les Pitchouns on November 28, 2015 against Nice.
Issa Diop, who was born in Toulouse on January 9, 1997, scored his first ever goal in the French top flight in a 3-0 win over Troyes in December, 2015. Diop is a youth international for France at various levels, but seeing that his father Labysse Diop is of Senegal descent, the Toulouse footballer could represent les Lions de la Teranga at senior level.
The Toulouse defender scored two goals for les Pitchouns in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign and he made no less than 30 appearances for the club in the process. Issa Diop has a contract with Toulouse which expires on June 30, 2020.
Highlighted Team (Lyon):
Commonly referred to as Lyon, Olympique Lyonnais is the French club which play their games at the Parc Olimpique Lyonnais with a capacity just a pinch short of 60,000. Lyon is one of the most popular clubs in France with a vast fan base on par with Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille.
The club achieved moderate success during the 1960s and 1970s led by the likes of Bernard Lacombe and Jean Djorkaeff, while the golden era of the French side came at the start of the new millennium when Lyon began to achieve greater success both in France and on the international level.
It was not until 2002 that Lyon won their first ever Ligue 1 title which sparked an ongoing national record-breaking streak of seven successive titles. During that time Lyon were regular participants of the UEFA Champions League. The French club reached quarter-finals on two occasions, while they even played in the semi-finals in the 2009-10 season.
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