Europa League fixtures on Thursday: Lyon vs West Ham (8pm), Rangers vs Braga (8pm); Europa Conference League fixture: PSV vs Leicester (5.45pm); follow the matches in our dedicated live blog
Thursday 14 April 2022 19:49, UK
Team news, stats and how to follow the Europa League and Europa Conference League quarter-final second legs on Thursday night.
European action resumes on Thursday evening for West Ham, Rangers and Leicester City, with the trio bidding for a place in the semi-finals of their respective competitions.
The Hammers' Europa League meeting with Lyon is nicely poised after the first leg finished 1-1 in East London, while Rangers must overturn a 1-0 deficit against Braga having reached the quarter-finals of a major European competition for the first time since 2007-08.
Leicester visit PSV Eindhoven for a place in the final four of the Europa Conference League after the first leg ended in a stalemate at the King Power Stadium, while AS Roma, Marseille and Feyenoord all remain in the hunt.
Team news: West Ham will be without defender Kurt Zouma (ankle) for Thursday night's quarter-final second leg against Lyon. Left-back Aaron Cresswell will also miss the game after being sent off in the first leg last week.
Centre-back Angelo Ogbonna continues to recover from knee surgery and Mark Noble will hope to recover from illness in time. Manuel Lanzini is also back from suspension.
Lyon have injury problems of their own after goalkeeper Anthony Lopes and midfielders Tanguy Ndombele - their goalscorer in the first leg - and Houssem Aouar went off against Strasbourg.
David Moyes admits losing Zouma is a huge blow to West Ham's Europa League hopes but has backed his side to rise to the challenge in Lyon.
France defender Zouma could face around a month on the sidelines after suffering a twisted ankle against Brentford on Sunday.
"We are still getting him assessed so I can't give a time, but he's not with us," said Hammers boss Moyes.
"It's a really big blow when you lose a French international and a World Cup winner, but it happens in football."
The talented but inconsistent Issa Diop is set to replace Zouma alongside Craig Dawson at the back.
Moyes added: "Issa's not going to let us down. He's come in at different times, we relied on him before when Kurt was out. If he gets that opportunity he'll be able to take it."
Michail Antonio will start in attack again despite having scored only one goal since New Year's Day.
"I'm disappointed I've not scored in a while, it's the longest streak not scoring in my career," said the striker.
"But it's about being a team player and that's what I'm doing, I'm bringing the team together. As much as I'm not scoring I feel I'm helping the team out."
How to follow on Sky Sports: Follow Lyon vs West Ham with our dedicated live blog.
Team news: Rangers defender Filip Helander has been ruled out for the rest of the season after picking up an injury in the 4-0 win over St Mirren last weekend. The Sweden international was left on crutches after limping out of the match in Paisley.
There was better news on John Lundstram though, who also went off injured against St Mirren, with the midfielder expected to be fit to face Braga in the Europa League quarter-final second leg at Ibrox on Thursday night.
Both Calvin Bassey and Ryan Jack are available.
Rangers boss Giovanni Van Bronckhorst is looking for a big performance from his side to get past Braga and into the semi-finals, where they will face either Atalanta or RB Leipzig, who drew 1-1 in their first-leg clash.
"We knew it was a very good opponent. We had a result which we can overcome tomorrow," said Van Bronckhorst.
"When you play an opponent you have a better view of the team and players individually. We have prepared well for tomorrow again.
"It is a big game which needs a big performance from everyone, but I am confident we can have a good result.
"Obviously the first game is different from the second game.
"We know what the task is, we know which areas we can improve, so for us it is just making sure we are playing the way we can, at our top, because you need it at this stage in Europe of course. We will be ready for tomorrow."
How to follow on Sky Sports: Follow Rangers vs Braga with our dedicated live blog.
Other Europa League quarter-final fixtures
RB Leipzig or Atalanta vs Braga or Rangers
West Ham or Lyon vs Eintracht Frankfurt or Barcelona
Team news: Jamie Vardy remains out for Leicester ahead of their Europa Conference League quarter-final second leg at PSV.
The striker is still battling a knee problem but boss Brendan Rodgers has no fresh injury concerns with the tie poised at 0-0.
Jonny Evans should return after being rested for the 2-1 Premier League win over Crystal Palace but Danny Ward, Ryan Bertrand and Wilfred Ndidi (all knee problems) are out while Nampalys Mendy is ineligible.
Kasper Schmeichel has urged Leicester to keep upsetting the odds ahead of their Europa Conference League quarter-final with PSV.
The goalkeeper said: "We probably aren't the biggest, flashiest club about but we have consistently been able to mix it with the big boys and have done a good job of it so far.
"As a club we have grown incredibly. We are sitting in the best training ground in the country, we have been in European competitions, we have won trophies and we are constantly trying to fight on all fronts."
Rodgers said: "We are a club unlike PSV, who have qualified for 48 European competitions on the trot which shows you the history they have. We are the complete opposite to that.
"This is a great opportunity for us. We are ready to grasp it. The first leg gives us great motivation we can do that and we will fight and do everything we can to get to the semi-final."
How to follow on Sky Sports: Follow PSV vs Leicester with our dedicated live blog.
Other Europa Conference League quarter-final fixtures
Leicester or PSV Eindhoven vs Bodo/Glimt or Roma
Feyenoord or Slavia Prague vs Marseille or PAOK
