West Ham vs Anderlecht

West Ham United will look to book their place into the knockout rounds of the Europa Conference League on Thursday evening when they take on Anderlecht ...

[Hammers](https://www.football.london/west-ham-united-fc/)’ injury list is low at present but the Jamaican international missed training on Tuesday and Wednesday due to an illness. football.london is at today's match at the London Stadium. [Hammers](https://www.football.london/west-ham-united-fc/) go into the match top of Group B in the competition by five clear points and a win would guarantee that they will reach the knockout rounds. West Ham boss David Moyes will be without winger Maxwel Cornet (calf) and centre-back Nayef Aguerd (ankle) through injury. The

“Somebody said to me the other day we might have played as many [recent] European games as any club,” said Moyes to BT Sport. “Obviously we'd like to be in ...

West Ham 2-0 Anderlecht Without Michail Antonio, the West Ham boss opts to go for a striker-less system, with Said Benrahma partnering Jarrod Bowen in attacking positions. Follow all of the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!

West Ham will all but secure top spot in their Europa Conference League group if they can see off Anderlecht tonight.The Hammers have won three from t.

Now, I play in every game in the Conference League and I think we are playing well. - West Ham United have won their last five games in all European competitions (inc. “For me, we have a team who can go all the way [in the Conference League]. I am sad because I thought we deserved more and we were unlucky in the last game because after 15 minutes we had one less player and in football now when you play with ten it’s very hard. I think the club has done very well to bring in players who can help do this for us and we expect big things. You can also listen via the [talkSPORT app,](https://talksport.com/listen/) on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

West Ham United's Jarrod Bowen spits water out of his mouth during the UEFA Conference League Bowen scores West Ham's second against Anderlecht (Photo: PA).

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Joe Cole said one West Ham United player was 'different class' vs Anderlecht in the UEFA Europa League tonight.

Exciting times indeed for the Hammers. [‘Special’ player was so close to leaving West Ham in the summer transfer window](https://www.hammers.news/club-news/west-ham-were-just-hours-away-from-selling-player-for-4-million-in-the-summer-transfer-window/) [‘Really good’: Fornals names the West Ham new signing who’s impressed him already](https://www.hammers.news/club-news/pablo-fornals-names-the-west-ham-new-signing-who-has-really-impressed-him-already/) [Alan Shearer recently raved about the Brazilian ace, highlighting how influential he is to this West Ham team.](https://www.hammers.news/news/alan-shearer-offers-huge-praise-for-lucas-paqueta-and-it-proves-david-moyes-completely-wrong/) Joe Cole absolutely raved about the West Ham play-maker, when speaking on West Ham have now qualified from Group B, and need just one point from our final two games against Silkeborg and FCSB in order to win the group. [Joe Cole](https://www.hammers.news/?s=Joe+cole) said one [West Ham](https://www.hammers.news/?s=west+ham) United player was ‘different class’ vs Anderlecht in the UEFA Europa League tonight.

Match report as West Ham qualify for the knockout stages of the Europa Conference League; Said Benrahma and Jarrod Bowen score first-half goals; ...

I controlled it well and then it was about shifting it, hitting the target and hitting it with power. On Bowen, Moyes added: "He's getting much closer and he's looking closer to exactly where he was last year. I think people look at me differently now but I just want more of the same from last year. Moyes said on the crowd trouble: "It's good for the press officer to stand up for the club. The penalty late on made it nerve-wracking for the last five minutes but we hung in there. "The form of Silkeborg at the moment looks a problem given the goals they're scoring so we still need a point to be winners of the group. The goal made Bowen West Ham's joint leading scorer in Europe with six, alongside Johnny Byrne and David Cross. I didn't have any interest in it as it's one of those things you don't want to talk about. I don't want to draw any more attention to it." Moyes said afterwards: "The players' job is to get on with it, and I thought they did. Angelo Ogbonna, Ben Johnson and Vladimir Coufal all came into the defence while Alphonse Areola took his place in goal. The more we look at it, we don't want any trouble.

West Ham have doubled their lead in their Europa Conference League clash with Anderlecht tonight thanks to a delightful strike from Jarrod Bowen.

[October 13, 2022]