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AZ Alkmaar travel to London Stadium to face West Ham on Thursday for the first of two meetings in the Semi Finals of the Europa Conference League.

West Ham booked their place in this round by knocking out Gent in the Quarter Finals-final. Their win in the second leg was a strong follow-up to the draw in the first encounter, as they finished on an aggregate score of 5-2.

AZ Alkmaar pulled off a strong comeback to make it through the Quarter Finals against Anderlecht. After losing the first leg, AZ Alkmaar claimed a win in the return leg to set the aggregate score at 2-2. In the following penalty shoot-out AZ held their nerve against Anderlecht to seal a place among the last four.

West Ham have reached a European Semi-final for the second year running. They'll be extremely motivated not to miss out on the final once again. Last year they lost to eventual champions Eintracht Frankfurt. While not to be underestimated, AZ seem a slightly less daunting task.

West Ham are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Europa Conference League, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.4 goals on average per match, or 24 goals in total, while allowing six goals against, for an average of 0.6 per outing. They managed five clean sheets along the way in this tournament.

Ahead of their upcoming Europa Conference League match, AZ Alkmaar have an ample average of 1.8 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament. They scored a tolerable 18 goals, while also conceding ten times. That amounts to an average of one per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring twice.

West Ham vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction

West Ham Form

In their last three games, West Ham lost 4-3 against Crystal Palace, got defeated 3-0 by Manchester City before winning 1-0 against Manchester United. West Ham took six wins in their last six Europa Conference League matches on home soil, as they scored 17 and let in four goals.

AZ Alkmaar Form

AZ Alkmaar look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last three matches saw them gaining seven points. They ran out 2-0 and 3-0 winners against Anderlecht and RKC Waalwijk, respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Ajax, who claimed a point in a 0-0 draw. AZ Alkmaar performed a very admirable four wins in six Europa Conference League away matches, drawing none but losing twice as well. They scored seven times, while also conceding six goals.

West Ham are the bookies favourite to claim the win, when AZ Alkmaar arrive at London Stadium, and we believe the home side will prevail.

West Ham vs AZ Alkmaar Stats

• West Ham have scored in 18 of the last 20 home matches
• West Ham have scored in 15 of the last 17 matches
• West Ham have not lost 8 of the last 9 matches
• West Ham have not lost 8 of the last 9 home matches
• In the last 3 matches in a row West Ham played, both teams scored

• AZ Alkmaar have scored in 28 of the last 30 matches
• AZ Alkmaar have scored in 22 of the last 24 away matches
• In 13 of the last 15 AZ Alkmaar matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
• In the last 7 AZ Alkmaar away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
• AZ Alkmaar have conceded in 6 of the last 7 matches

West Ham vs AZ Alkmaar Team News

West Ham could have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their match at home with AZ Alkmaar this coming Thursday.

Alphonse Areola, Manuel Lanzini, Gianluca Scamacca, Vladimir Coufal, Kurt Zouma and Maxwel Cornet nurses various injuries and won't take part for West Ham against AZ Alkmaar at London Stadium.

West Ham vs AZ Alkmaar H2H

This is the inaugural encounter between West Ham and AZ Alkmaar in the Europa Conference League. They have never previously been drawn against each other before.

West Ham vs AZ Alkmaar Results

West Ham vs AZ Alkmaar Betting Tips

West Ham against AZ Alkmaar is also a battle between Michail Antonio and Evangelos Pavlidis with both in decent form. The former scored four while the latter has five Europa Conference League goals in their last six games respectively.

West Ham were able to win five of their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing three of the games. They suffered defeat in two of these outings. AZ Alkmaar won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and suffered defeat in three of them. AZ Alkmaar managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches away from home.

West Ham scored an average of 1.8 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened seven times. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of AZ Alkmaar's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.