View: West Ham receive big Europa League boost with Anthony Martial injury
West Ham are set for a massive boost for their Europa League clash against Sevilla on Thursday (March 10) night.
The Hammers travel to the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium to face the Spanish outfit in the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 clash.
Anthony Martial hasn’t played since late February and is a big doubt for the Irons’ visit with AS reporting the Frenchman is still limping.
The 26-year-old has scored six goals against the Irons across all competitions, having only scored more goals against Everton (seven) during his time with the Red Devils – he just loves playing against them.
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This is great news for West Ham. The former Manchester United forward loved playing against them as his goal record proves.
Sevilla are a team with bags of quality which is evident as they sit comfortably in second place in LaLiga so missing as many first team players can only be a good thing for David Moyes’ side. Especially their marquee January signing in Martial.
However, the Hammers have their very own injury concerns. They will have a very tough task in dealing with the absence of Jarrod Bowen following his Anfield injury scare.
Declan Rice is expected to return and hopefully will be back to his best for the clash after missing the game against Liverpool which they might have won if he had featured.
This is the business end of the Europa League now and the Hammers simply can’t afford to lose regardless of who is playing.
In other West Ham news, Jamie Carragher shares Liverpool’s issue with signing Jarrod Bowen.
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