West Ham are on the verge of their first European final, after leading 2-1 from the first leg. The Hammers haven't had their best domestic season – but fans won't mind if it brings in a trophy and lands them qualification to the Europea League.
AZ Alkmaar lie fourth in the Eredivisie, putting them on track for the Europa Conference League again next year, and warmed up for this vital second leg by pummelling FC Emmen 5-1 at the weekend.
Kick-off is at 8pm BST.
Team news
Michail Antonio and Vladimir Coufal have travelled with the West Ham squad to Netherlands and are likely to be involved. Gianluca Scamacca is the Hammers only known absentee.
Form
West Ham: LWWLL
AZ Alkmaar: WLWWW
Referee
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Assistant Referees: Branislav Hancko (Slovakia) & Jan Pozor (Slovakia)
Fourth Official: Sven Jablonski (Germany)
VAR: Marco Fritz (Germany)
Assistant VAR: Christian Dingert (Germany)
Stadium
AZ Alkmaar vs West Ham will be played at the AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar, Netherlands.
In the US, kick-off time is 3pm ET / 12pm PT. The match will be shown onParamount+ in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Europa Conference League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a Europa Conference League fixture, then you won't be able to watch on your domestic streaming service as usual. The broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!) and blocks you from watching it. You can use a VPN to get around that, though, without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and will let you watch. And all the info going between is entirely encrypted, anonymous and safe – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there.For the Europa League, FourFourTwo currently recommends:
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International Europa Conference League TV rights
• UK: BT Sport are the rights holders for Europa Conference League matches.
• USA: You'll find all the games on CBS Sports.
• Canada: The way to watch Europa Conference League football in 2022/23 is DAZN, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Stan Sport will screen every game of the Europa Conference League season.
• New Zealand: Spark Sport are serving up all the matches.
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He supports Blackburn Rovers and holds a season ticket with south London non-league side Dulwich Hamlet. His main football passions include Tugay, the San Siro and only using a winter ball when it snows.
