West Ham head into Europa League knockout action on Thursday evening against high-flying Sevilla.

The Spanish side are currently second in La Liga and have plenty of history in the Europa League, as they are the most successful team ever to play in the competition.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of a huge game this evening.

Title

Sevilla v West Ham United – Europa League Round of 16 first leg.

Where?

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The game will kick off at 5:45pm in the UK on Thursday.

Stream/TV

The game will air live on BT Sport in the UK.

The match will be aired elsewhere in the world with a full list HERE and will be available on internet streams

Injury news – West Ham

Jarrod Bowen is injured. Vlad Coufal has a groin injury, while Andriy Yarmolenko and Angelo Ogbonna are both out. Declan Rice should be fit after shaking off his illness.

Last five games

The Hammers come into this game on the back of two defeats, to Liverpool in the league and Southampton in the FA Cup. The three games before saw one win, over Wolves, and two draws, against Newcastle and Leicester. Sevilla drew their last game 0-0 with Alaves, but beat Real Betis before that. They were also beaten 1-0 by Dinamo Zagreb in their last Europa League game but they had beaten them 3-1 in the first leg so progressed on aggregate. The other of their last five games saw them draw 1-1 with Espanyol.

Match Officials

Swiss referee Sandro Scharer will be the man in the middle.