The Irons suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat in southwestern Germany last Thursday, when Michael Gregoritsch’s 81st-minute goal ended a affair at the Stadion am Wolfswinkel.
David Moyes’ men were largely calm after the break in Freiburg but had to regret missed chances from Dinos Mavropanos, Lucas Paquetá and Jarrod Bowen, as well as a debatable late decision not to award them a handball penalty after referee Alejandro Hernandez. He was called to the monitor for examination through the Carlos del Cerro Grande VAR.
However, it’s all up for grabs under the dawn lights at the London Stadium, with the Hammers to evoke the spirit of Sevilla, which saw them triumph over a similar deficit at this level of the festival two years ago.
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There are no scheduled disruptions to London Central and Jubilee Line Underground, Docklands Light Railway or Elizabeth Line shipping preventing in Stratford on Thursday evening.
The only disruption in Greater Anglia will see buses upgrade trains between Witham and Colchester for exits 2348, 0018 and 0046.
On the c2c network, the line between Stanford-le-Hope and Pitsea will be closed from 10:20 p. m. , with buses and trains starting at that time.
High-speed trains from the south-east to Stratford International will run as planned.
Stratford and Stratford City bus stations are close to the Stratford Exercise Station. The buses serving those stations have the numbers: 25, 86, 97, 104, 108, 158, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 425, 473, D8.
Fans of public transport are kindly requested to check out their adventure before travelling, resources such as the TfL Journey Planner and the TfL Go app. Fans may also wish to stop at National Rail’s website if they are travelling on the rail network.
There is no parking available at the London Stadium. Se restrictions will be put in place and enforced in the local area.
Thursday’s match will be broadcast in the UK on TNT Sports. The list of foreign broadcast partners of the UEFA Europa League can be found by clicking here.
You can follow the action on whufc. com and our official mobile app with a live blog, audio commentary, ongoing stats, and much more in our Match Center, while there will also be updates on our social media channels.
On the radio, you can watch the match in the UK on talkSPORT2 and BBC Radio London, while you can listen internationally on whufc. com and our official mobile app.
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Most likely, the Hammers will have an almost full squad for Thursday night’s second leg.
Lukasz Fabiański is expected back in goal, with Premier League goalkeeper Alphonse Areola back on the bench, while Michail Antonio is pushing to start after an impressive performance off the bench in Sunday’s 2-2 draw against Burnley.
Nayef Aguerd returned from a minor in that game and will compete with Kurt Zouma and Mavropanos for the center back spot.
Emerson, who withdrew last week’s draw in Germany with a groin problem, will have to be examined, while Maxwel Cornet has been sidelined in recent weeks with a hamstring injury.
Lucas Paqueta, Edson Alvarez and Emerson have all seen two yellow cards at the festival this season and, if they see a third before the end of the quarter-finals, they will have to serve a one-match ban.
The Hammers may never have faced SC Freiburg before this season, but they are now well acquainted with other clubs, as Thursday’s match marks the fourth between the two clubs this season.
And after beating the best at home and away in the Europa League qualifiers, the Irons will be hoping to get back to that form this week, following a 1-0 first-leg defeat.
The Brazilians of Breisgau are lately living the era of their 120-year history.
The origins of the club can be traced back to the formation of two groups in 1904. Freiburger Fußballverein 04 was formed in March of the same year, while FC Schwalbe Freiburg was founded two months later. Each would go through call adjustments in the following years, before coming. in combination to form Sportclub Freiburg in 1912.
The team first reached the Bundesliga in 1993 and finished third, only three-time winners of Borussia Dortmund, in their second season at the level. They were recently promoted to the German top flight in 2016, after spending one season in the 2. Bundesliga.
Freiburg finished fifth in the standings last season to qualify for the UEFA Europa League and will be hoping to break new ground in their sixth crusade on the continent.
However, this point does not worry Christian Streich’s team, as last season they went unbeaten in a Europa League organisation that included Olympiacos, Qarabağ and Nantes, before falling to a 3-0 aggregate defeat to Juventus in the round of 16.
This year, they had to overcome a play-off against RC Lens to reach the same stage, after finishing second in Group A, West Ham United, in which they also faced FK TSC Bačka Topola and Olympiacos again.
After a goalless first leg against the French, Freiburg sealed their third (and fourth) meeting of the season with a 3-2 extra-time win at home, thanks to a delayed goal from Gregoritsch.
They are in eighth place in their domestic league lately, having interspersed last week’s win over the Hammers with a 2-2 draw against Bayern Munich and a 2-1 win over long-suffering VfL Bochum on Sunday.
Before the 2023/24 season, West Ham had only faced Freiburg once: almost a hundred years ago, in a post-season match.
The Irons suffered a 5–2 defeat in May 1924 against Freiburger FC, at the time the city’s dominant club, at the end of their first season as a first-division team in the Football League. Vic Watson and John Campbell scored for Claret and Blue that day, which was the Club’s first away defeat to a European continental rival.
Most recently, goals from Lucas Paquetá and Nayef Aguerd helped the Hammers to a 2-1 win on their first visit to the Stadion am Wolfswinkel, and their first meeting with SC Freiburg, in October 2023.
Two months later, first-half goals from Mohammed Kudus and Edson Alvarez sealed an unanswered draw at the London Stadium, sealing the most sensible spot in the organisation and automatic passage to the last 16 of this season’s UEFA Europa League.
However, Freiburg ended the Hammers’ run last week, leaving Moyes’ men tasked with overcoming a one-goal deficit at home.
Referee: Marco Guida (ITA)Assistant Referees: Filippo Meli (ITA) and Giorgio Peretti (ITA)Fourth official: Daniele Chiffi (ITA)VAR: Aleandro Di Paolo (ITA)VAR Assistant: Luca Pairetto (ITA)
Suitable referees have been confirmed for the UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg at home to SC Freiburg on Thursday afternoon.
A full Italian contingent will be led by Marco Guida, a FIFA referee since 2014.
The 42-year-old, who was born in Pompeii, has refereed since 2007, before officiating his first Serie A match (a 1-1 draw between AC Chievo Verona and Bologna) in January 2010.
Guida has overseen nearly 400 matches domestically and abroad, including five Milan derbies between Inter and AC.
He has never refereed in a West Ham United match, he has been the midfielder in matches between Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester United and Leicester City.
In fact, Guida refereed RC Lens’ 2-1 win over the Gunners this season in the UEFA Champions League organising phase, and the French were then beaten by Freiburg in the round of 16 of the Europa League before this round of 16.
He has also officiated in England’s three foreign matches, most recently in the Three Lions’ 4-0 win over Bulgaria in UEFA European Championship qualifying in September 2019.
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