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West Ham vs Gent live stream and match preview, Thursday 20 April, 8pm BST
West Ham vs Gent live stream and match preview
Looking for a West Ham (opens in new tab) vs Gent live stream? We’ve got you covered. West Ham vs Gent is on BT Sport in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Europa Conference League with your subscription (opens in new tab) from anywhere.
West Ham’s quest to reach a second successive European semi-final sees them entertain Gent after a 1-1 draw in Belgium last week.
The Hammers led the first leg of this quarter-final at half-time through a Danny Ings goal but were pegged back as Gent racked up 20 shots to their four. Nonetheless, David Moyes and his team will back themselves to get the job done in front of a passionate home crowd at the London Stadium – where they recovered from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Premier League leaders Arsenal on Sunday.
Gent are appearing in the last eight of a European competition for only the second time in their history. Hein Vanhaezebrouck’s side have recorded only one away win in the Europa League this term – although that was a big one: 4-1 against Istanbul Basaksehir in the second leg of the last 16, with striker Gift Orban scoring a 205-second hat-trick, the quickest in UEFA competition history.
Kick-off is at 8pm BST.
Team news
West Ham have just the one confirmed injury absentee in striker Gianluca Scamacca.
As for Gent, they remain without injured midfielder Hjulsager, while centre-forward Darko Lemajic is a doubt.
Form
West Ham’s draw with Arsenal earned them another crucial point in the battle to avoid relegation. After a bumpy start to 2023, the Hammers have won four and drawn three of their last seven games in all competitions.
Gent are arguably in even better nick, though: currently third in the Belgian top flight, the Buffalos are unbeaten in nine matches in league and cup – winning five of those – and have lost only one of their last 12.
Stadium
West Ham vs Gent will be played at the 66,000-capacity London Stadium in London.
Kick-off and channel
West Ham vs Gent kick-off is at 8pm BST on Thursday 20 April in the UK. The game is being shown on BT Sport 2, BT Sport Ultimate, the BT Sport website and the BT Sport app (opens in new tab).
In the US, kick-off time is 3pm ET / 12pm PT. The match will be shown on Paramount+ in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
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:
International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports (opens in new tab) and BT Sport (opens in new tab) are the two main players once again, but Amazon (opens in new tab) also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium (opens in new tab) streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription (opens in new tab) for the games not on Peacock Premium, you’ll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV (opens in new tab), which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport (opens in new tab) will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box (opens in new tab) and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport (opens in new tab) are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
