West Ham United vs Gent Predictions

Tip Reasoning

• West Ham have scored two or more goals in six of their eight Conference League games
• Gent have scored at least once in ten of their last 11 games in all competitions
• Both sides put four goals past their respective opponents in the second leg of the last round – which also saw West Ham at home and Gent away.

West Ham hunting for silverware

West Ham’s Europa Conference League campaign has been a welcome distraction from their Premier League struggles, with the Hammers looking to end a 43-year wait for silverware with their first European honour since their Cup Winners’ Cup win in 1965.

Despite struggling in the first leg against Gent, a game which saw David Moyes state ‘the result was better than the performance’, the Hammers came away with a draw, setting them up nicely for the second leg in London. The Hammers have scored two or more goals in six of their eight Conference League games, while their opponents Gent have scored at least once in ten of their last 11 games in all competitions – including the first leg. As a result, a prediction for over 2.5 goals stands out here.

A place in the semi-final awaits

Both West Ham and Gent will be looking to make the semi-final of the Conference League for the first time ever. West Ham were beaten in last year’s Europa League semi-final by eventual winners Frankfurt, and will be looking to better that here.

Gent travelled to Istanbul in the second leg of the last round, and emerged 4-1 winners against Basaksehir, a clear display that the pressure of away fixtures doesn’t phase them, but with West Ham coming from two behind against Arsenal in their last game, their confidence will be sky-high, and they should use the home advantage to their benefit. As a result, a correct score prediction of 2-1 West Ham stands out.