Backa Topola v West Ham

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Serbian hosts, Backa Topola, look to have a mountain to climb on Thursday night despite holding home advantage at their TSC Arena as they play host to Premier League side, West Ham, with the hosts sitting rock-bottom of the Group A table while West Ham sit joint-top with Freiburg having collected a total of nine points to date in the group stage compared to just a single point collected by Backa Topola.

Backa Topola will be hoping they can transfer some of the form which brought them a rousing and comprehensive 4-0 win away from home at Partizan on the weekend in the Serbian Super Liga into this upcoming Europa League tie but having managed to muster just two wins from their previous 13 games overall in all competitions, the hosts still look like facing a tough challenge here on Thursday night.

Backa Topola's only other highlight within this 13-game period came in the form of a 2-0 win away from home at Cukaricki in the domestic top flight but the hosts have also been dealt six defeats as well, making this upcoming clash with West Ham a potentially tricky one for Zarko Lazetic's side.

West Ham grabbed a third win on the trot in all competitions on the weekend when they recorded a 2-1 win away from home at Burnley in the Premier League which followed previous important wins against Olympiakos 1-0 in the Europa League and a 3-2 win against Nottingham Forest in the English top flight to hand The Hammers useful winning momentum heading into matchday 5 of this competition.

The London club had previously stumbled to four defeats, three of which were inflicted upon them in the Premier League but only one was in the group stage of the Europa League which came in the shape of a 2-1 defeat away from home at Olympiakos, but that has been David Moyes' side's only defeat in their opening four games of Group A.

The visitors have accumulated three wins so far in the group phase with victories gained over Backa Topola 3-1 at home, a 2-1 win away from home at German club Freiburg and a 1-0 home win against Olympiakos, thus avenging their previous defeat to the Greek club.

It's true that results away from home have been a little hit and miss where West Ham have been concerned but having picked up five wins from their last nine outings on the road in all competitions, West Ham look to have enough about them to get a result here.

Backa Topola v West Ham Verdict

With three defeats in their opening four games, Backa Topola look to have their work cut out here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Over 3.5 goals @ 2.10

Other side bets worth considering:

West Ham win & Over 3.5 goals @ 2.37

Correct Score: West Ham 3-1 @ 10.00