Rapid Vienna vs West Ham: Europa League tips featuring 16/1 bet builder

Thursday night sees the return of the UEFA Europa League group stages which will see four British sides in action. We will have full previews of the Leicester and Rangers games on site for tomorrow here. 

West Ham United travel to Vienna to play Rapid in an empty Allianz Stadion after the Austrian government put the country back into a full national lockdown on Monday. David Moyes men know a win will see them top Group H and a point here will see them definitely qualify in the top two. With that in mind Moyes may look to finally rotate his squad with the trip to Manchester City to come on Sunday before a midweek home game vs Brighton. 

The game will be broadcast live on BT Sport and will kick off at 5.45pm BST.

We've ran our beady eyes over the betting markets and have picked out three tips including a 16/1 long-shot that could be of interest.

Saïd Benrahma and Michail Antonio look likely to be rested on Thursday evening which may well leave Jarrod Bowen to lead the line against the Green-Whites. He's had three shots in four games in Europe so far from a much deeper position and in the Premier league he's created 29 shots for himself in only 12 games - of those almost half (14) have hit the target. 

You can take him at 7/4 at Bet365 to score anytime in the 90 minutes.

Defender Maximilllian Hoffman loves a tackle. He's had three yellow cards from 8 fouls in the Austrian Bundesliga this year and picked up another in the Europa League. 

The 28-year-old Austrian will be up against it taking on Jarrod Bowen and I'm expecting him to find himself in the referees little black book again. 

You can take him at bet365 at the 9/4 mark. 

If you are fancying a longer shot then you can place the two bets above with the under 4 goal line in a bet365 bet builder for the princely odds of 16/1 which is great value. West Ham only need a point to qualify and won't be going gung-ho which could let Rapid back into the group. I'm expecting them to cruise to a low scoring win.

As always, please remember to gamble responsibly and good luck.