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West Ham put their poor Premier League form behind them to reach the group stage of the Europa Conference League.
The Hammers, who have lost their opening three domestic games, demolished Viborg 6-1 on aggregate in the play-off round.
Leading 3-1 from the first leg, David Moyes’ side extended their lead on aggregate through Italy forward Gianluca Scamacca in Denmark.
Said Benrahma made it 2-0 on the night before Tomas Soucek added a third.
The Hammers will discover their group-stage opponents on Friday, with Moyes’ side now facing six Europa Conference League games between 8 September and 3 November.
Hammers cruise into group stage
This was a welcome win for Moyes and his players, who are bottom of the Premier League table without a point or a goal.
They have lost to Manchester City, Nottingham Forest and Brighton but made easy work of seeing off Viborg, who are sixth in Denmark’s top flight.
Scamacca struck at the near post from a cross for his second goal in West Ham colours since joining in a £30.5m deal from Sassuolo last month.
Algeria winger Benrahma raced onto Maxwel Cornet’s forward pass to slot into the far corner to make it 2-0.
The Czech Republic midfielder Soucek struck from close range to seal an emphatic aggregate win for last season’s Europa League semi-finalists.
Line-ups
Viborg FF
Formation 4-3-3
1Lund
2Gaaei4Bürgy5Zaletel7Sørensen
17Bonde13Grønning14Leemans
30Said11Grot8Lonwijk
- 1Lund
- 2Gaaei
- 4Bürgy
- 5Zaletel
- 7Sørensen
- 17BondeSubstituted forZamburekat 60′minutes
- 13Grønning
- 14LeemansSubstituted forSøndergaardat 77′minutes
- 30SaidBooked at 58minsSubstituted forBergerat 77′minutes
- 11GrotSubstituted forJattaat 61′minutes
- 8LonwijkSubstituted forMortimerat 60′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Lauritsen
- 6Søndergaard
- 10Mortimer
- 12Jatta
- 18Thorsen
- 19Zamburek
- 20Kiilerich
- 21Berger
West Ham
Formation 3-4-1-2
13Areola
24Kehrer21Ogbonna3Cresswell
2Johnson28Soucek10Lanzini8Fornals
22Benrahma
7Scamacca14Cornet
- 13Areola
- 24Kehrer
- 21Ogbonna
- 3CresswellBooked at 58minsSubstituted forZoumaat 82′minutes
- 2Johnson
- 28SoucekSubstituted forDownesat 68′minutes
- 10LanziniSubstituted forOko-Flexat 82′minutes
- 8Fornals
- 22BenrahmaSubstituted forCoventryat 68′minutes
- 7ScamaccaSubstituted forAntonioat 68′minutesBooked at 87mins
- 14Cornet
Substitutes
- 4Zouma
- 9Antonio
- 12Downes
- 20Bowen
- 32Coventry
- 35Randolph
- 40Oko-Flex
- 46Ekwah
- 47Hegyi
- 58Simon-Swyer
- 72Mubama
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