West Ham vs Viborg FF Preview 18/08/2022

West Ham vs Viborg FF – 18/08/2022

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West Ham will attempt to put a poor begin to the Premier League season behind them on Thursday as they welcome Denmark’s Viborg to the London Stadium for the primary leg of their Europa Convention League playoff tie.

Viborg certified for the Europa Convention League after a seventh-place end within the Danish Superliga final time period. The Danes then went on to qualify for the Europa Convention League preliminary rounds courtesy of a home playoff recreation.

On paper, West Ham have a far superior squad to the one Viborg possess. Supervisor David Moyes is prone to play the strongest squad he has out there. Moyes might be determined to get a win to kickstart the Hammers’ marketing campaign.

West Ham failed to attain of their two opening video games of the season. The Hammers misplaced 2-0 to Manchester Metropolis to begin the Premier League marketing campaign. They adopted it up with a shock 1-0 defeat away to newly-promoted Nottingham Forest.

Viborg have performed 9 video games this season in all competitions. They’ve began properly with 7W-0D-2L in all competitions. Though Viborg have began the Europa Convention League properly, their wins have come in opposition to groups removed from West Ham’s power.

The Greens defeated Suduva 2-0 on mixture earlier than defeating B36 Torshavn 5-1 on mixture within the Europa Convention League. Thursday’s conflict might be West Ham’s first look within the competitors this time period.

West Ham reached the semifinals of the Europa League in 2021-22 earlier than being crushed by eventual champions Eintracht Frankfurt. The variety of video games and a scarcity of squad depth doomed West Ham down the stretch within the Europa League and domestically.

Moyes might be with out summer time signing Nayef Aguerd as a result of an ankle harm. In the meantime, defenders Angelo Ogbonna and Craig Dawson are nearing returns from their respective accidents.

Viborg supervisor Jacob Friis doesn’t have any new harm points heading into the sport. The membership has some thrilling gamers resembling Nicolas Burgy and Nils Mortimer. Each arrived in the summertime to strengthen the squad. Viborg don’t have anything to lose and may play with out worry.

The worry ought to truly be in West Ham. They’ve began the Premier League season properly and stress will improve on Moyes if the Hammers fail to win versus Viborg.

Friis will seemingly use an attacking 4-3-3 formation with Jay Roy Grot taking part in via the center. Moyes will seemingly favour a 4-2-3-1 formation, which hasn’t resulted in a objective but this marketing campaign.

Viborg may pull off a shock on the London Stadium with the sport ending 1-0 to the Danes.