West Ham will be out to continue on their best get started to the Europa League when they travel to choose on Olympiakos this week.
The Hammers have gained both of their video games so significantly, beating Backa Topola and Freiburg to place by themselves at the leading of Team A.
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After getting topped European champions by winning the Europa Meeting League previous campaign, David Moyes’ side have turn out to be professionals on the continent.
And they’ll be aiming to continue to keep up that variety in Greece against an Olympiakos side that are still to win in the levels of competition so far.
Olympiakos vs West Ham: talkSPORT protection
This Europa League Team Group A clash will acquire on Thursday, Oct 26.
Kick-off at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki in Piraeus, Greece is scheduled for 5:45pm.
The game will be broadcast dwell on TNT Sports 1.
talkSPORT 2 will have also reside coverage of the sport.
Commentary comes from Alex Crook and previous Republic of Ireland international Andy Townsend.
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Olympiakos vs West Ham: Group news
The hosts will be with no Doron Leidner is out with an ACL harm even though centre-back Nicolas Freire could also be absent.
Former Nottingham Forest defender Omar Richards is carrying an issue and is anticipated to overlook out on this clash.
As for West Ham, Ben Johnson and Aaron Cresswell are the only absentees.
The defenders have each returned to training soon after groin and hamstring injuries respectively, but a comeback this Thursday is far too shortly.
Moyes has the luxurious of nearly a totally in shape squad and he will be in a position to subject a sturdy aspect in Greece need to he choose to do so.
Olympiakos vs West Ham: What has been mentioned?
West Ham were being beaten by Aston Villa at the weekend but Jarrod Bowen is eager to shift on from that and return to winning methods.
The England intercontinental claimed: “When you drop a match, the future sport you want to gain, of training course.
“You go into every single sport seeking to earn, but when you occur off a final result like Sunday’s the most important point is to place it proper in the subsequent video game.
“That’s what we’ll be operating to for Thursday.”
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Olympiakos vs West Ham: Match facts
- West Ham’s James Ward-Prowse has made 10 probabilities in this season’s UEFA Europa League, extra than any other player, whilst he has 3 assists so considerably the very last English player to history much more helps in a single team phase in the competition was Bukayo Saka for Arsenal in 2019-20 (4).
- West Ham have won each and every of their very last 8 main European competitiveness team phase games – six in last season’s UEFA Europa Meeting League and two in this season’s UEFA Europa League. The only English side to delight in a longer team phase successful operate in significant European opposition are Arsenal, who received 10 in succession in the UEFA Europa League from Oct 2020 to October 2022.
- Olympiakos continue being winless in their very last 11 UEFA Europa League video games (D3 L8) this is their longest at any time run devoid of a gain in big European competition (excl. qualifiers).
- Olympiakos are with no a gain in their past 6 home game titles in opposition to English golf equipment in major European competitions (D2 L4) due to the fact beating Manchester United 2- in the UEFA Champions League in February 2014.1
- Olympiakos and West Ham last confronted in the 1965-66 Cup Winners’ Cup very last 16, with the Hammers progressing 6-2 on combination about two legs in what stays their only earlier experience with Greek opposition in Europe.
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