West Ham vs. Genk score: Europa League knockout stages in sight for David Moyes after third straight win

Craig Dawson, Issa Diop and Jarrod Bowen scored in a comfortable win for West Ham

LONDON -- With half of their group stage left to play a spot in, the Europa League round of 16 is already within touching distance for West Ham after a 3-0 win over Genk at the London Stadium.

After three games, West Ham have maximum points to their name, seven goals scored and none conceded. Results elsewhere mean all three of Genk, Rapid Vienna and Dinamo Zagreb have a six-point gap to make up on David Moyes' side. A win and a draw from their next three games is the maximum they need to guarantee top spot in Group H, and with it a bye through the first knockout round of this reshaped competition.

The Hammers were hardly at their vintage best in open play, but scarcely needed to be against a Genk side unable to deal with the threat they posed from dead balls, Craig Dawson and Issa Diop scoring headers either side of halftime before Jarrod Bowen added gloss to the scoreline with a driving run through a ramshackle defense.