West Ham vs FK TSC 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

West Ham United

66': Mohammed Kudus
70': Mohammed Kudus
82': Tomás Soucek

FT
3 - 1

FK TSC

47': Petar Stanic

West Ham beat Serbia's Backa Topola 3-1 with own goal

An own goal by Backa Topola's Nemanja Petrovic helped West Ham United recover from a goal down to clinch a 3-1 home win over the Serbian side in a Europa League Group A match on Thursday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
32': Nikola Kuveljic (Backa Topola) is shown the yellow card.
41': Thilo Kehrer (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+4': First Half ends, West Ham United 0, Backa Topola 0.
45': Substitution, West Ham United. Emerson replaces Aaron Cresswell.
45': Second Half begins West Ham United 0, Backa Topola 0.
47': Goal! West Ham United 0, Backa Topola 1. Petar Stanic (Backa Topola) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
61': Substitution, West Ham United. Michail Antonio replaces Pablo Fornals.
66': Goal! West Ham United 1, Backa Topola 1. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) left footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Saïd Benrahma with a cross.
69': Substitution, Backa Topola. Vukasin Krstic replaces Mateja Dordevic because of an injury.
70': Goal! West Ham United 2, Backa Topola 1. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
77': Substitution, West Ham United. Tomás Soucek replaces Danny Ings.
80': Substitution, Backa Topola. Aleksandar Cirkovic replaces Ifet Dakovac.
80': Substitution, Backa Topola. Milos Vulic replaces Nikola Kuveljic.
81': Substitution, Backa Topola. Marko Rakonjac replaces Nemanja Petrovic.
82': Goal! West Ham United 3, Backa Topola 1. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
86': Substitution, West Ham United. Maxwel Cornet replaces Lucas Paquetá.
90'+2': Substitution, Backa Topola. Martin Mirchevski replaces Sasa Jovanovic.
90'+5': Second Half ends, West Ham United 3, Backa Topola 1.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: London Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 41,374

UEFA Europa League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+12	Lazio	8	19	1
+8	Athletic Club	8	19	1
+7	Manchester United	8	18	0
+8	Tottenham Hotspur	8	17	1

Full Table

Statistics

TSC		WHU
7	Fouls	7
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
4	Corner Kicks	12
5	Saves	3
28.2	Possession	71.8
9	SHOTS	24
4	ON GOAL	9
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
172	Accurate Passes	561
251	Passes	633
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
5	Accurate Crosses	10
8	Crosses	30
0.6	Cross %	0.3
46	Long Balls	57
20	Accurate Long Balls	40
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
1	Blocked Shots	6
13	Effective Tackles	7
17	Tackles	9
0.8	Tackle %	0.8
11	Interceptions	4
27	Effective Clearances	5
27	Clearances	5

Line-Ups

West Ham United (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukasz Fabianski (GK)
21	Angelo Ogbonna
15	Konstantinos Mavropanos
3	Aaron Cresswell
24	Thilo Kehrer
8	Pablo Fornals
10	Lucas Paquetá
7	James Ward-Prowse
18	Danny Ings
22	Saïd Benrahma
14	Mohammed Kudus

Substitutes:

Michail Antonio, Kurt Zouma, Nayef Aguerd, Vladimír Coufal, Joseph Anang, Ben Johnson, Alphonse Areola, Conor Coventry, Tomás Soucek, Maxwel Cornet, Divin Mubama, Emerson.

FK TSC (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Nikola Simic (GK)
18	Nemanja Stojic
17	Goran Antonic
25	Mateja Djordjevic
30	Nemanja Petrovic
29	Milos Cvetkovic
7	Milan Radin
21	Nikola Kuveljic
14	Petar Stanic
35	Ifet Dakovac
8	Sasa Jovanovic

Substitutes:

Milos Pantovic, Martin Mirchevski, Marko Rakonjac, Nemanja Jorgic, Jovan Vlalukin, Aleksandar Cirkovic, Uros Milovanovic, Bence Sós, Veljko Ilic, Vukasin Krstic, Milos Vulic.