West Ham United vs Genk

London Stadium is the venue as West Ham United take on Genk, looking to maintain their 100% record in the UEFA Europa League this season.

West Ham’s flawless Europa League group stage journey so far has seen them beat Dinamo Zagreb and Rapid Vienna by the identical 2-0 scoreline across their opening two Group H fixtures. Warm favorites to progress to the competition’s knock-outs from this group, David Moyes’ men are still on course of becoming the third English club to produce a 100% Europa League group stage campaign after fellow London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham. Yet to concede a goal in this season’s Europa League, the ‘Hammers’ have allowed their opposition just a single shot on target across their inaugural two Group H matches, highlighting their defensive prowess. Despite experiencing mixed fortunes across their five competitive home games this term (W2, D1, L2), there’s been plenty of entertainment across those encounters, as four of them have featured 3+ overall goals.

Meanwhile, Genk succumbed to a humiliating 3-0 home defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in the previous round, canceling out a narrow 1-0 away victory over Rapid Vienna on Matchday 1. The Belgian side head into proceedings amid a rough patch, having lost their last three competitive outings by an aggregate score of 8-2. Another underwhelming result looks probable here, as they’ve lost three of their four historical meetings with English opponents in European football (D1). Additionally, the visitors have suffered four defeats across their last six away games in all competitions (W2), conceding 2+ goals in each reverse in that run. That said, Genk have only lost four of their 19 Europa League fixtures on hostile turf (W7, D8). After beating Rapid in their Group H opener, Genk could win back-to-back Europa League away matches for the first time in the club’s history.