West Ham vs Bayer Leverkusen: Preview, predictions and lineups

West Ham United will have to do something this Thursday that no other team has done this season and that's beat Bayer Leverkusen.

If the Irons want to secure a place in the Europa League semi-finals, they will have to overturn a 2-0 defeat from their quarter-final first leg clash with the German side last week. Late goals from Jonas Hofmann and Victor Boniface mean that David Moyes' men now have a mountain to climb against Xabi Alonso's unbeaten Leverkusen.

West Ham may hope for a lapse in concentration from their visitors midweek after Leverkusen celebrated a first ever Bundesliga title on Sunday afternoon following a 5-0 thrashing of Werder Bremen. The newly-crowned champions will have undoubtedly had a few drinks after a first trophy since their DFB Pokal triumph in 1993.

Here is guide to West Ham vs Bayer Leverkusen this Thursday.

West Ham

Bayer Leverkusen

West Ham 0-2 Fulham — 14/04/24

Leverkusen 5-0 Werder Bremen — 14/04/24

Leverkusen 2-0 West Ham — 11/04/24

Leverkusen 2-0 West Ham — 11/04/24

Wolves 1-2 West Ham — 06/04/24

Union Berlin 0-1 Leverkusen — 06/04/24

West Ham 1-1 Tottenham — 02/04/24

Leverkusen 4-0 Fortuna Dusseldorf — 03/04/24

Newcastle 4-3 West Ham — 30/03/24

Leverkusen 2-1 Hoffenheim — 30/03/24

Country

TV channel / live stream

United Kingdom

TNT Sports 2, discovery+, discovery+ App

United States

Paramount+, ViX

Canada

DAZN

West Ham's hopes of an unlikely turnaround are not helped by their absentees for Thursday's clash, with Lucas Paqueta and Emerson unavailable after picking up suspensions.

Jarrod Bowen returned to training on Wednesday in a potentially huge boost, but it's remains to be seen whether he'll feature from the start. Kalvin Phillips has also trained after time out with a groin problem but Alphonse