David Moyes wants the Hammers to take another step towards relieving the heavy fixture congestion they are under when they take on Anderlecht this evening at the London Stadium.

A win would avoid having to add two fixtures to their packed schedule by finishing top of their Europa Conference League group.

The runners up in each group gave to play a two-legged knockout tie to reach the last 16, whereas the top teams automatically make it through.

The Hammers lead Group B with three wins from three and face Anderlecht at home tonight with a win the only priority in the manager’s world at this stage of things following the victory in Belgium.

Gianluca Scamacca scored the winner away to the Belgians last week as a substitute and the £35.5million striker is expected to start tonight, with Michail Antonio suffering from the flu.

Asked how beneficial that would be, the Scot added: ‘It really would. The week after we’ve got a game Monday, Thursday, Sunday, which sounds ridiculous but that’s the way the fixture list has got it.