FCSB vs West Ham United live stream, Thursday 3 November, 8pm
West Ham United’s form in the Premier League has fluctuated so far this season as David Moyes has looked to bed in several new signings.
They have one of the best defensive records in the division but have struggled for goals, taking just 14 points from their opening 13 games.
But it’s been a different story altogether in the Europa Conference League, where the Hammers have topped their group with five straight wins.
They have the chance to complete a clean sweep on Thursday as they face bottom side FCSB, formerly known as Steaua Bucharest.
West Ham faced the Romanian giants in the first round of fixtures, winning 3-1 at the London Stadium after an early scare.
The hosts fell behind to Andrei Cordea’s strike but made a stirring fightback in the second half with goals from Jarrod Bowen, Emerson Palmieri and Michail Antonio.
Competing on the European stage has given Moyes more opportunity to test out his summer recruits and help them settle in.
It’s certainly benefitted Gianluca Scamacca, who has scored four goals in the competition already, including vital contributions to wins over Silkeborg and Anderlecht.
After West Ham’s exertions against Manchester United on Sunday, and with big home games against Crystal Palace and Leicester City on the horizon, Moyes will surely rotate his team for the trip to Bucharest.
Stalwarts like Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek, Aaron Cresswell and Kurt Zouma were rested at home to Silkeborg last time out in the Europa Conference League and the same could happen again.
Academy graduate Conor Coventry and Nayef Aguerd, a £30million signing recovering from injury, were a couple of the players to step in.
Kick-off is at 8pm on Thursday 3 November and the game is being shown on BT Sport 3. See below for international broadcast options.
Use a VPN to watch Europa Conference League football from outside your country
(Image credit: Getty)
If you’re out of the country for a round of Europa Conference League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
But assistance is on hand. To get around that, all you have to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and won't automatically block the service you've paid for. All the info going between is entirely encrypted – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there, including:
(Image credit: Future)
ExpressVPN including a 30-day, money-back guarantee
FourFourTwo’s brainy office mates TechRadar love its super speedy connections, trustworthy security and the fact it works with Android, Apple, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, PS4 and loads more. You also get a money-back guarantee, 24/7 support and it's currently available for a knockdown price. Go get it!
Sean Cole is a freelance journalist. He has written for FourFourTwo, BBC Sport and When Saturday Comes among others. A Birmingham City supporter and staunch Nikola Zigic advocate, he once scored a hat-trick at St. Andrew’s (in a half-time game). He also has far too many football shirts and spends far too much time reading the Wikipedia pages of obscure players.
