Sevilla 1-0 West Ham: Hammers hopes of progressing hang in the balance after first-leg defeat

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West Ham's hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the Europa League hang in the balance after they fell to a narrow defeat at Sevilla in the first leg of their last-16 tie.

Munir El Haddadi scored the game's only goal for the six-time winners, sweeping in superbly from Marcos Acuna's free-kick on the hour mark.

Until that point David Moyes' West Ham side had more than held their own in their first knockout tie in a major European competition since 1981.

Nikola Vlasic headed an early opportunity straight at Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, Michail Antonio then missing his kick with the follow up from close range.

Croatian forward Vlasic also saw Bounou tip a low driven effort around the post with Tomas Soucek also testing the home goalkeeper and Manuel Lanzini seeing his close-range effort blocked as the Hammers tried to breach the meanest defence in La Liga.

An end-to-end affair also saw the hosts create several openings of note with Munir heading wide from Jesus Corona's cross, Youssef En-Nesyri going close and Lucas Ocampos flashing an effort across the face of the West Ham goal.

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Sevilla

Squad number13Player nameBono
Squad number16Player nameNavas
Squad number23Player nameKoundé
Squad number6Player nameGudelj
Squad number19Player nameAcuña
Squad number21Player nameTorres
Squad number8Player nameJordán
Squad number9Player nameJM Corona
Squad number11Player nameEl-Haddadi
Squad number5Player nameOcampos
Squad number15Player nameEn-Nesyri

Squad number3Player nameAugustinsson
Squad number12Player nameRafa Mir
Squad number22Player nameMartial

West Ham United

Squad number13Player nameAreola
Squad number31Player nameJohnson
Squad number15Player nameDawson
Squad number4Player nameZouma
Squad number3Player nameCresswell
Squad number28Player nameSoucek
Squad number41Player nameRice
Squad number10Player nameLanzini
Squad number11Player nameVlasic
Squad number9Player nameAntonio
Squad number8Player nameFornals

Squad number16Player nameNoble
Squad number22Player nameBenrahma
Squad number26Player nameMasuaku

Line-ups

Sevilla

Formation 4-2-3-1

13Bono
16Navas
23Koundé
6Gudelj
19Acuña
21Torres
8Jordán
9JM CoronaSubstituted forAugustinssonat 88'minutes
11El-HaddadiSubstituted forMartialat 75'minutes
5OcamposBooked at 90mins
15En-NesyriSubstituted forMirat 90+1'minutes

Substitutes

1Dmitrovic
3Augustinsson
10Rakitic
12Mir
22Martial
27Cruz Hernández
30Carmona
32Sánchez Velasco
33Pastor
36Romero
45Salas Valiente

West Ham

Formation 4-3-3

13Areola
31Johnson
15Dawson
4ZoumaBooked at 58mins
3Cresswell
28Soucek
41RiceBooked at 90mins
10LanziniBooked at 76minsSubstituted forNobleat 83'minutes
11VlasicSubstituted forBenrahmaat 67'minutes
9Antonio
8FornalsSubstituted forMasuakuat 90+3'minutes

Substitutes

1Fabianski
16Noble
22Benrahma
23Diop
24Fredericks
26Masuaku
33Král
35Randolph
42Alese
51Chesters
62Potts
64Perkins

Live Text

Match ends, Sevilla 1, West Ham United 0.
Second Half ends, Sevilla 1, West Ham United 0.
Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Martial (Sevilla) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Acuña.
Attempt blocked. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomas Soucek.
Substitution, West Ham United. Arthur Masuaku replaces Pablo Fornals.
Foul by Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla).
Kurt Zouma (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Sevilla. Rafa Mir replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card.
Declan Rice (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Sevilla. Ludwig Augustinsson replaces Jesús Corona.
Attempt missed. Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Navas.
Substitution, West Ham United. Mark Noble replaces Manuel Lanzini.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Youssef En-Nesyri.
Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Pablo Fornals.
Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Ben Johnson.
Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Joan Jordán (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United).