THE ALL TOO FAMILIAR 'MAKE OR BREAK' OF THIS COMPETITION

There is a different atmosphere in the UEFA Europa League. The seven teams who get through tonight, along with RB Leizpzig, will have their name in Friday's draw, aiming to get to the final in Seville. It is far from the first time that Sevilla FC find themselves in this position, however, maybe it's because they know very well what's at stake tonight in the London Stadium. Off the back of that huge performance and going into the game a goal to the good, Sevilla will be feeling optimistic. Julen Lopetegui's team come into the game with a substantial amount of missing players, but things are looking slightly better with the returns of both Montiel and Fernando. 

In regards to the home side, they will be completely aware that this could be one of the greatest nights in the club's recent history. In fact, their European feats are few and far between and the last time they lifted silverware was back in 1980. Now at a new stage in their history, it was a milestone achievement getting through the group stage of the UEL and they have no intention of giving up, knowing full-well of the levels of the opponents they may face. With Bowen still out for the second leg, West Ham are with further setbacks and will have to check whether Cresswell and Michail Antonio will be fit as they were both taken off in Sunday's game against Aston Villa. Ogbonna and Coufal are also on the list of absentees. 

Cresswell and Antonio trained by themselves yesterday and are still doubts 

The London Stadium is expected to be full. What formally was the stadium for the London Olympic Games, now adapted as a football stadium through its stands, will mark ten years since the Olympics took place in the summer of 2012. Although the upper tiers have been kept and the running track that can't be removed, distancing the fans from the pitch, this doesn't stop the fans from driving on the Hammers and being close to their team. In total, there will be 60,000 fans in attendance, a little over 1,000 of them Sevilla fans. Although, many fans will be arriving from the Andalusian capital, others will be coming from England itself and other central European countries, whose connections to London are very flexible. 

The experienced Clement Turpin, 39 years old and internationally qualified since 2010, will be in charge of refereeing tonight's game. It will be the fourth time Turpin has reffed a Sevilla game in his career, two in which have been wins and one draw. Those occasions have all coincided with the Champions League, with wins over Leicester (2-1) in the 2016/17 season and Istanbul Basaksehir (2-1) in the 2017/18 season. In that same season, now in the last sixteen, Turpin took charge of our first leg game against Manchester United that ended 0-0. West Ham will become the ninth Premier League team Turpin has referred in his career.