UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, November 30, 2023
West Ham United WLWWW 1
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FK TSC LLDLL 0
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Match Report

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West Ham advance in Europa League after late win over Backa

West Ham United secured a top-two finish in Europa League Group A after Tomas Soucek scored a late goal to secure a 1-0 win over Backa Topola in Serbia on Thursday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
2
58.3
Possession
41.7
7
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
538
Accurate Passes
360
619
Passes
448
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
27
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.2
44
Long Balls
62
26
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
4
Effective Tackles
7
11
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
8
11
Effective Clearances
24
11
Clearances
24

Head to Head

WHU leads series 1-0

Lineups

TSC · 5-3-2

  1. 12Veljko IlicG
  2. 18Nemanja StojicCD
  3. 4Josip CalusicCD-L
  4. 17Goran AntonicCD-R
  5. 30Nemanja PetrovicLB
  6. 29Milos CvetkovicRB
  7. 7Milan RadinCM
  8. 21Nikola KuveljicCM-L
  9. 35Ifet DakovacCM-R
  10. 32Aleksandar CirkovicCF-L
  11. 9Uros MilovanovicCF-R

WHU · 4-3-3

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 27Nayef AguerdCD-L
  3. 15Konstantinos MavropanosCD-R
  4. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  5. 2Ben JohnsonRB
  6. 28Tomás SoucekCM
  7. 10Lucas PaquetáLM
  8. 7James Ward-ProwseRM
  9. 45Divin MubamaF
  10. 22Saïd BenrahmaLF
  11. 8Pablo FornalsRF

Timeline

  1. 45' Nemanja Petrovic (Backa Topola) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 55' Pablo Fornals (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 63' Josip Calusic (Backa Topola) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Substitution, West Ham United. Maxwel Cornet replaces Saïd Benrahma.
  5. 67' Substitution, West Ham United. Danny Ings replaces Divin Mubama.
  6. 77' Substitution, Backa Topola. Jovan Vlalukin replaces Nikola Kuveljic.
  7. 77' Substitution, Backa Topola. Milos Pantovic replaces Uros Milovanovic.
  8. 77' Substitution, Backa Topola. Milos Vulic replaces Milan Radin.
  9. 79' Substitution, West Ham United. Thilo Kehrer replaces Ben Johnson.
  10. 79' Substitution, West Ham United. Emerson replaces Aaron Cresswell.
  11. 86' Substitution, Backa Topola. Bence Sós replaces Aleksandar Cirkovic because of an injury.
  12. 87' Emerson (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 89' Goal! Backa Topola 0, West Ham United 1. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxwel Cornet with a cross.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.