S. Grahovac enters the game and replaces R. Ljubičić.
O. Strunz enters the game and replaces T. Fountas.
Ljubicic comes on for Grahovac.
Fountas is replaced by Strunz.
88'
As we near the end of the 90 minutes, it's looking less and less likely that we will see any late drama.
86'
Fountas sends another effort well over. In general, the visitors have kept the hosts to mostly shots from distance.
84'
West Ham are trying to kill the game by keeping hold of the ball.
82'
Ballo sends a poor shot flying over Areola's goal from the edge of the box.
78'
S. Perkins enters the game and replaces N. Vlašić.
Vlasic is replaced by Perkins.
The impressive Masuaku is off for Fredericks.
77'
R. Fredericks enters the game and replaces A. Masuaku.
Rapid Vienna are looking for an opening and will need to find a goal soon if they are to get back into this game.
75'
T. Ballo enters the game and replaces K. Arase.
Arase comes off for Ballo.
74'
Coufal slips in Benrahma brilliantly but the Algerian forward drags his effort wide of the target.
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71'
Yarmolenko is played in towards the byline but can't reach the ball before it goes out of play for a goal kick.
69'
Grull strides forward with the ball and reaches the edge of the box before being tackled by Kral.
65'
Pablo Fornals enters the game and replaces M. Lanzini.
A. Král enters the game and replaces T. Souček.
S. Benrahma enters the game and replaces J. Bowen.
Moyes puts on Fornals for Lanzini.
Soucek comes off for his countryman Kral.
Bowen is replaced by Benrahma.
63'
Soucek finds Yarmolenko with a lovely crossfield ball but the Ukrainian's delivery into the box is poor and cleared away.
61'
How have they not scored!? Yarmolenko latches onto a loose pass by the Rapid Vienna defence and charges towards goal before laying it to his right to Soucek. The midfielder shoots but Gartler makes a good save.
59'
E. Kara enters the game and replaces K. Kitagawa.
M. Grüll enters the game and replaces C. Knasmüllner.
Kitagawa is replaced by Kara.
Grull comes on for Knasmullner.
54'
Fountas sends an effort over from distance.
52'
Can the hosts find a goal that will get them back in the game? They will certainly need to find more attacking threat than they have so far.
48'
The lively Arase runs into the box but his choice of pass is poor and Soucek hacks it clear.
46'
The teams have made their way back onto the pitch and the second half is under way!
45' +3
HALF-TIME: RAPID VIENNA 0-2 WEST HAM
45' +2
Penalty goal scored by M. Noble for West Ham United!
He makes no mistake and it's 2-0 to the Hammers!!! It's a fantastic penalty by Noble as he sends it into the top right corner past the diving Gartler.
45'
There will be one minute of additional time at the end of this first half.
43'
Are the Hammers on their way to three points that will confirm them as group winners?
41'
Coufal is nearly in down the right but Hofmann gets across to make a vital sliding challenge.
39'
A. Yarmolenko has scored a goal for West Ham United! Assist by N. Vlašić.
The Hammers take the lead!!! It's Yarmolenko with the goal as Vlasic digs a cross out to the back post and the Ukrainian forward is there to nod it back across goal and into the net. West Ham lead 1-0.
Bowen drives to the byline and cuts a cross back but nobody can turn it in.
It was Vlasic who sent over the perfect ball from the left for Yarmolenko to head home.
35'
Stojkovic has the ball in a good crossing position but he tries to be too clever with the pass and it's hacked away.
33'
There's been a real lack of quality when it has come to the final third so far. Which of these two will be able to find that bit of magic to break the deadlock?
31'
Masuaku is temporarily down with a knock after a coming together with Stojkovic. He is up soon enough though and play continues.
29'
Bowen tries to find Coufal, who is in acres of space at the back post, but his crossfield ball is poor and easily headed away.
27'
Arase weaves into the box and cuts onto his right foot but the direction on his shot is poor and straight at Areola, who makes no mistake with the save.
26'
Coufal has the ball on the right byline but his cross is poor and straight at Gartler, who easily catches it before punting it upfield.
22'
A fantastic ball down the line by Coufal sets Yarmolenko away down the right and the Ukrainian man lifts a cross to the back post, where Stojkovic does well to nod the ball away from Vlasic.
18'
The Rapid Vienna bench aren't happy after a heavy tackle by Coufal which the referee believes warrants a free-kick.
16'
Fountas has the hosts' first attempt of the evening with a shot from the edge of the area, but it's easily blocked and cleared by the defence.
8'
Masuaku is really causing issues for the hosts already. He sends another decent cross in but Bowen is crowded out as he tries to get a shot away.
4'
The visitors are having most of the early possession here, but another corner comes to nothing.
2'
The Hammers get an early corner but it's easily dealt with.
1'
The visitors get us underway.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Europa League group stage match between Rapid Vienna and West Ham.
The visitors meanwhile are unbeaten and currently sit top of the group. A win in either of their remaining two matches will confirm that they go through as group winners.
The hosts come into this game bottom of Group H having only picked up three points so far. They face a tough ask qualifying for the next round of the competition, but three points here would be a big hand.
RAPID VIENNA (4-2-3-1): Paul Gartler; Filip Stojkovic, Maximilian Hofmann, Emanuel Aiwu, Martin Moormann; Dejan Petrovic, Robert Ljubicic; Kelvin Arase, Christoph Knasmullner, Taxiarchis Fountas; Koya Kitagawa.
SUBS: Ercan Kara, Marco Grull, Oliver Strunz, Thierno Ballo, Thorsten Schick, Srdjan Grahovac, Jonas Auer, Lukas Sulzbacher, Marko Dijakovic, Maximilian Ullmann, Laurenz Orgler, Niklas Hedl.
WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Alphonse Areola; Vladimir Coufal, Craig Dawson, Issa Diop, Arthur Masuaku; Mark Noble, Thomas Soucek; Manuel Lanzini, Andriy Yarmolenko, Nikola Vlasic; Jarrod Bowen.
SUBS: Daniel Chesters, Pablo Fornals, Alex Kral, Declan Rice, Said Benrahma, Aaron Cresswell, Ajibola Alese, Ben Johnson, Kurt Zouma, Ryan Fredericks, Sonny Perkins, Darren Randolph.
Home caretaker manager Steffen Hofmann makes four changes as Stojkovic replaces Ullmann in the back four while Kitagawa starts ahead of Kara up front. Fountas and Petrovic are the other two to come in.
The two sides make their way out onto the field of play.
Visiting boss David Moyes also goes with four alterations from the 2-2 draw with Genk as Soucek comes in for Rice in midfield and Bowen is restored to the lineup. Yarmolenko and Vlasic also start.
As it stands, the Irons are going to qualify as group winners if they maintain their lead. Will Moyes play it safe in this second half or will he go for the jugular?
Thanks for joining us for this live coverage of West Ham's 2-0 win over Rapid Vienna in Group H of the Europa League.
That win for West Ham means that they are confirmed as group winners. They will host Dinamo Zagreb in their final game of the group stage before they look ahead to the knockout round. The visitors meanwhile remain bottom of the group and will travel to Genk in their last match. They can lift themselves off the bottom with a win there.
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