Thursday Football Tips: Anderlecht can produce shots profit

West Ham v Anderlecht
Thursday 13 October, 20:00
Live on BT Sport 2

While West Ham were deserved winners of last week's reverse fixture, Anderlecht showed enough to suggest they can compete at the London Stadium on Thursday night.

The Hammers will again make wholesale changes which the Belgians will look to exploit.

On-loan Wolves man Fabio Silva certainly gave that much-changed defence a few problems and was a tad unlucky not to score a late equaliser in that first game.

He fired off a total of six attempts at goal and is certainly worth a look in those shots markets - the Portuguese is 35/1 for a repeat here.

Silva hit seven in one of Anderlecht's other Europa Conference League games and while this is clearly their toughest match in the group, he's still worth siding with.

2+ shots, something he's managed in six of his last eight games in all competitions, looks a solid base for our Bet Builder.

I'll add another player to catch the eye last week and that's Yari Verschaeren.

He played alongside Silva in a forward role and got three shots away. The 21-year-old also took a free kick from just outside the box which helps show why I think he's a touch of value at 6/4 for 2+ shots in this contest.

He's landed this in five of his last six starts.

The Bet Builder double pays just shy of 3/1.

That looks fine but for those expecting West Ham to make it four wins out of four in the competition - and I wouldn't really disagree - you can add the home victory which almost doubles the odds.

Another option to consider is game featuring few cards.

French referee Willy Delajod has been pretty lenient this season and six of his nine games (in all competitions) have seen under 3.5 cards, something which is odds-against here.

Only Manchester City saw fewer cards in last season's Premier League than West Ham, while they are already in the top five of the fair-play table this term.

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