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It has been a poor campaign domestically for West Ham, as they continue to battle for points at the bottom end of the standings in the Premier League. However, in Europe, it has been a different story for the Hammers. They have eased through to the knockout rounds with little stress, and they reached the last eight after landing a huge 6-0 aggregate win over AEK Larnaca in the previous round. The Hammers were excellent in the second leg of that showdown, as they claimed a dominant 4-0 win at the London Stadium. Jarrod Bowen scored twice in the success, while there were also efforts registered by Gianluca Scamacca and Divin Mubama. West Ham has also kept clean sheets in each of their previous four matches in the Europa Conference League. This will already be Gent’s fifth match in the knockout stage of the Europa Conference League. They have lost just once across the matches that they have played to this point, but they overturned that defeat against Qarabag with a second leg success. In the previous round, they were considered underdogs against Istanbul Basaksehir. However, they claimed an excellent 4-1 win on the road against the Turkish side in the second leg. Gift Orban was in stunning form in that second leg, as he scored a three-minute first half hat-trick to stun their Turkish rivals.

Gent vs West Ham Head to Head

This will be the third clash between these two sides. However, it will be the first time that they have locked horns since October 1974. On that occasion, the teams played out a 1-1 draw in the UEFA European Cup Winners Cup. However, the first meeting between the sides saw West Ham land a 1-0 win in Belgium.

Gent vs West Ham Prediction

West Ham has been in excellent form throughout their run to this stage of the Europa Conference League. However, this is likely to be the most difficult match that they have played. We expect it to be a low-scoring affair, but we could see the Hammers registering a 1-0 win. Make sure to be on Gent vs West Ham with 22Bet!" ["post_title"]=> string(73) "Gent vs West Ham Prediction: Europa Conference League Match on 13.04.2023" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(36) "gent-vs-west-ham-prediction-13-04-23" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-04-11 18:54:04" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-04-11 15:54:04" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(32) "https://news.22bet.com/?p=241093" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }

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Anderlecht vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction: Europa Conference League Match on 13.04.2023

11th Apr 2023

Anderlecht vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction: Europa Conference League Match on 13.04.2023

Alex Dudley

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AZ Alkmaar to Win
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2.67
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An interesting first leg in the Europa Conference League last 16 will take place on Thursday, as Anderlecht plays host to AZ Alkmaar. Both teams will feel that they have solid chances of making the semi-finals of the competition this season, but which side will take advantage in the first leg on Thursday?

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Anderlecht will have the home advantage for the first leg in the Europa Conference League on Thursday. They have done extremely well to reach this stage of the competition, despite struggling throughout the group stage. Anderlecht won just two of their six matches in the group stage, while they were held to draws both home and away against FCSB.

However, they are certainly a team that have appeared incredibly competitive on the field since the knockout round got underway. There was only more evidence of that in their round of 16 clash against Villarreal in the previous stage. After being held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg, they claimed a historic 1-0 success in Spain in the return fixture.

AZ Alkmaar has certainly been one of the clubs that have gone under the radar in the Europa Conference League this term. They entered the competition in the second qualifying round, where they saw off Dundee United, Gil Vicente, and Tuzla City to reach the group stage. Since the start of the group stage, they have stepped up their performance levels, as they reached the knockout round after winning five of their six matches.

In the previous round, AZ produced one of the shocks of the tournament, as they managed to eliminate Serie A high flyers, Lazio. In both fixtures, AZ claimed 2-1 wins, including a success on Italian soil in the opening clash.

Anderlecht vs AZ Alkmaar Head to Head

This will be the third competitive meeting between the two sides. Each of the previous two has been won by AZ Alkmaar, with both being won by a 1-0 scoreline. However, the most recent of the clashes was staged in the Europa League in 2012.

Anderlecht vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction

This should be a wide-open first leg between these two sides, and both will feel that they could reach the semi-final stage. However, we will be siding with the away team for this first leg, and we could see AZ Alkmaar landing a 2-0 win to put themselves on course for a place in the final four.

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