West Ham United v FCSB live stream, Thursday 8 September, 8pm
West Ham will be looking to begin their Europa Conference League campaign with a win against FCSB on Thursday.
The Hammers booked their spot in this competition by finishing seventh in the Premier League last term. They only narrowly missed out on a top-six finish and Europa League qualification, with a failure to beat Brighton on the final weekend ultimately proving costly.
West Ham reached the semi-finals of the Europa League last term, and David Moyes will probably take the Conference League seriously this time around too. The Hammers are among the early favourites to win the trophy, and there is no reason why they cannot go deep in this competition.
West Ham now have experience of balancing domestic and European commitments, although the compact nature of the schedule will make that even tougher this term, with all six group games set to be held over an eight-week period ahead of the 2022 World Cup. As well as their upcoming opponents, West Ham will face Anderlecht and Silkeborg in Group B.
FCSB, the club originally known as Steaua Bucharest, narrowly missed out on the Romanian title last season. They overcame Saburtalo Tbilisi and DAC Dunajska Streda and Viking in the qualifying rounds, with West Ham getting the better of Viborg to reach the group stage.
The Hammers will have to make do without Nayef Aguerd, Aaron Cresswell, Craig Dawson and Ben Johnson on Thursday night. Gianluca Scamacca will need to be assessed after illness, but Moyes is hopeful that he can be involved.
The West Ham boss will probably shuffle his pack with an eye on this weekend's Premier League game against Newcastle, so we could see the likes of Maxwel Cornet, Manuel Lanzini and Angelo Ogbonna handed an opportunity to impress from the kick-off. Alphonse Areola will hope to be picked between the sticks ahead of Lukasz Fabianski.
Kick-off is at 8pm BST on Thursday 8 September and is being shown on BT Sport 2. See below for international broadcast options.
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VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Europa Conference League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a round of Premier 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.
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UK TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for UK subscribers
Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
US TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for US subscribers
NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season, with other matches split between NBCSN channel, CNBC and the over-the-air NBC broadcast channel. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
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Canada TV rights
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Australia TV rights
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Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
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Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
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