Europa League semi final live: West Ham v Eintracht Frankfurt

So close for the Hammers. Bowen is sent charging clear on the keeper but his low shot flashes back off the post.

Frankfurt also faced London opponents in their last UEFA competition semi-final, losing 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 aggregate draw against eventual winners Chelsea in the 2018/19 Europa League (via UEFA).

The hosts are trying to settle and work their way back into this but it's the visitors who seem most composed so far.

The away side burst the home crowd's bubble almost immediately.

Soucek can't make a clear connection with a header and can only guide a left-wing free kick wide of target.

There's a real contrast of expressions on the touchline. Moyes looks stunned and shakes his head because of the way his side switched off so early.

Glasner jumps for joy and charges down the line in delight.

It's a rapid start from the visitors! Knauff makes a late dash to the far post to meet a cross from the left and head beyond Areola.

Frankfurt get us underway.

The Hammers' last appearance in the final four of UEFA competition came against this very opposition. Trevor Brooking's double inspired a 3-1 second leg home success to clinch a place in the 1975/76 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, after a 4-3 aggregate victory against the Eagles.

"I think West Ham are one of those teams who like dominating matches, having the ball, touching it a lot, doing more passes, and that’s how they have developed their own style. I know Fornals, who played for Villarreal, and Lanzini, who played for River Plate. I know the kind of players they are, how skilled they are and what they can bring to a team like West Ham."

"We always believed from the first game that we could achieve something in this competition. When you have that belief, along with that anticipation that you feel throughout the team, you can achieve something great."

"West Ham are very compact. They are physically very strong, prefer a quick game into the forwards and are enormously dangerous from set pieces. It's going to be a difficult game, but we're looking forward to the challenge."

"It's really special that two teams with a history – maybe not a recent history – are back together in Europe. When I heard they took 30,000 to Barcelona, I thought, "Wow".

'West Ham, we've now got a really good stadium, a fantastic crowd, and I hope we can show what we've got as well. When you become a manager, one of the biggest things is you want to make sure the supporters are getting a decent level of football. You want to give them something back. If we can get the London Stadium the way it was for Sevilla, it will take some doing."

David Moyes has proven himself at West Ham again, which might see him tempted to go for a bigger job. Instead, he should stay at the London Stadium, says Alexander Netherton.

"Winning the Europa League, would I come back? No - that's my honest answer. To end on that would be pretty special."

Djibril Sow and Almamy Toure are the only changes for Frankfurt from their 2-2 draw at Hoffenheim.

As expected, David Moyes restores some of his big names to the line-up following the 1-0 defeat at Chelsea at the weekend. Kurt Zouma is back from injury while Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, Manuel Lanzini and Michail Antonio also come back in. Alphonse Areola is given the nod between the sticks.