View from France: Why Lyon can burst West Ham's Europa League bubble

West Ham are set for one of the biggest nights in their history on Thursday as they host Lyon in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final.

With the French side languishing down in ninth in Ligue 1 and having conceded 12 goals in their last nine league games, the Hammers' first European quarter-final since 1981 looks a favourable one.

But Lyon have been a different animal in the Europa League this season, with Peter Bosz's side unbeaten in the competition after knocking out Portuguese league leaders Porto in the last round.

Sky Sports talks to French football expert Jonathan Johnson to get the lowdown on Les Gones, whom he believes can burst West Ham's Europa League bubble…

It's hugely important, make no bones about it. It's not gone Lyon's way so far this season. The appointment of Peter Bosz hasn't worked out, there's been well-documented issues within the club at leadership level, so it's quite an unbalanced ship at this moment in time.

For Lyon to have another season without Champions League football is really unthinkable and it does look unlikely they'll get it via Ligue 1, so winning something like the Europa League is quite a good alternative.

I think it's going to be a tough game for them against West Ham, but also Lyon tend to have saved their best form for the Europa League this season.

I think there's a lot of complacency within the squad. There's a lot of players who feel that they're capable of better than where Lyon are at present, but don't necessarily realise that unless the collective clicks into gear they're not actually going to get back to those heights.

Some of the key players perhaps felt they could have moved on at various points in the past, so they're not necessarily as focused on