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Victor Dias - May 8, 2023
West Ham vs AZ Alkmaar Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in UEFA Conference League on Thursday, 11 May 2023.
West Ham’s priority is to win the Conference League this season. This is one of the reasons why they are not focused on the Premier League matches. They defeated Gent by 5-2 on aggregate in the Quarterfinals round last time. Now they will take on AZ Alkmaar.
On the other hand, Alkmaar have played well in both their domestic league as well as the Conference League this season. They defeated Anderlecht on penalties in the previous round.
It is important to note that both teams will be playing against each other for the first time. West Ham recently celebrated an important win at home as they defeated Manchester United by 1-0.
It is important to understand that the hosts have played well in the Conference League this season starting from the group-stage fixtures. They defeated Gent comfortably in the previous round. At the same time, Alkmaar won on penalties in the last round. Therefore, we can back West Ham to win the first-leg of this tie.
The host have scored nine goals combined in their last three Conference League matches. Moreover, they played well against Manchester United in the Premier League last time as well. On the other hand, the visitors scored two goals against Anderlecht last time. Therefore, we can back over 2.5 goals criteria for this game.
The hosts have played well in this competition from the beginning. Moreover, they defeated Manchester United recently who were in the Europa League. You can back the following, as our first tip is that West Ham will win this game– the odd for this tip will be priced at 1.60 odd.
Moving on, our second tip for this game is that over 2.5 goals will be scored– the odd for this tip will be at 1.90. The main reason for this tip is that both teams have scored plenty of goals in the previous two rounds of this competition.
