West Ham United vs Eintracht Frankfurt 4/28/22 UEFA Europa League Soccer Pick, Predictions, Odds

West Ham United is welcoming Eintracht Frankfurt to London Stadium in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League semifinals. West Ham has been inconsistent lately, they are not scoring a lot, and they have lost their last game against Chelsea. Eintracht might have knocked out Barcelona from the Europa League, they are solid in Bundesliga, but it will be hard to perform on that level again.

In their last 5 games, West Ham has only 1 win, 2 draws, and 2 losses, and their latest loss was against Chelsea in the EPL. West Ham was doing well in that game, but they conceded a red card towards the end of the game, and it cost them points. West Ham has lost this game 1-0. In their last Europa League game, West Ham was outstanding in the second leg against Lyon, and they have deservedly advanced to the semifinals. Bowen, Rice, and Benrahma are the leading goalscorers for West Ham in the Europa League with 3 goals each. West Ham is solid defensively right now, but they lack offense, a lot of it, and they better find it in this game if they want to advance.

Eintracht hasn’t lost many games over the last 2 months, only 2, but their form has been shaky, and it might cost them in this game. Eintracht is without a win in their last 5 Bundesliga games, including their last one against Hoffenheim which ended in a 2-2 draw. with 40 points, Eintracht is now in 9^th place in the Bundesliga standings. In that second leg game against Barcelona at Camp Nou, Eintracht was defending well, and they scored 3 goals, but they also got lucky to have 30000 German fans at Camp Nou and the fact that Barcelona couldn’t score a goal. Kamada is leading Eintracht with 4 goals in the Europa League so far, while Kostic has added 3 goals and 5 assists. Yes, Eintracht is doing well in the Europa League, but they have a few injuries, and they will need to repeat that performance against Barcelona, which is not going to happen.

This is the first game between these two teams. Neither team is consistent right now, neither team is playing well overall, which is why this will be a tight game. I think West Ham has the advantage here, they are the deeper team, and they were resting some players this past weekend.