Eels chief executive Scott Seward has challenged supporters to make the crowd for Monday's clash with Wests Tigers the biggest in the NRL so far this season to help the club's campaign for a 32,000-seat stadium at Parramatta.

Not content with an anticipated record-breaking attendance at matches between the Eels and Tigers, Seward wants the crowd at ANZ Stadium to surpass the 43,255 who watched Canterbury beat South Sydney 15-14 at the same venue on Good Friday.

Hope and glory: The Parramatta Eels could save the NRL season. Credit:Getty Images

"I would love to think that we could potentially challenge the Good Friday crowd," Seward said."It's two big teams that are on the way back from where they have been the past few years, both of whom have good fan bases and are playing a good style of footy."

With more than 12,000 tickets pre-sold last Thursday night, the crowd is expected to eclipse the 34,272 attendance for the corresponding match in 2009 as the largest for a premiership clash between the Eels and Wests Tigers.