The Ligue 1 official website has confirmed Lyon injury blow and named the likely team for West Ham 48 hours early.
West Ham face Lyon in France on Thursday night for their big Europa League quarter-final second leg clash.
The last eight tie is delicately balanced at 1-1 after a first leg in which West Ham played with 10 men for the entirety of the second half.
A huge second leg looms in Lyon on Thursday night with the victors facing either Eintracht Frankfurt or Barcelona in the semi-final.
West Ham have injury and suspension issues with Kurt Zouma and Aaron Cresswell out of the game.
But David Moyes will be boosted by the availability of Manuel Lanzini who was banned for the first leg.
The Scot will also be boosted it seems but a triple injury blow suffered by Lyon ahead of the game.
And perhaps by having a clear idea of the team West Ham will face too.
That’s after the Ligue 1 official site confirmed the Lyon injury blows and named the likely team for West Ham 48 hours early.
A match preview on the official Ligue 1 website states that Lyon are sweating on the fitness of key duo Tanguy Ndombele and Houssem Aouar for West Ham while goalkeeper Anthony Lopes is out to add to the absence to Maxence Caqueret.
But the site appeared to suggest that both Ndombele and Aouar will likely be fit to play when naming the team that could face West Ham tomorrow night.
“The midfielder (Ndombele) – back on loan at Lyon from the Hammers’ London rivals Tottenham Hotspur – was one of three players who went off injured as OL drew 1-1 at RC Strasbourg Alsace on Sunday, with Aouar and goalkeeper Anthony Lopes also withdrawn before time was up,” the Ligue 1 official website states.
“Jan Pollersbek and recent signing Tete are obvious replacements for Lopes and Aouar, but with Maxence Caqueret harbouring a long-term knee injury of his own, Ndombele will be given until the last minute to prove his fitness and take up his role in central midfield…
“Possible team Lyon: Pollersbeck, Dubois, Boateng, Lukeba, Emerson, Mendes, Ndombele; Faivre, Paqueta, Aouar, Dembele.”
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