A big Premier League match on Wednesday night at the London Stadium, with our West Ham vs Liverpool prediction and stats preview.
West Ham United are currently in 13th place in the Premier League standings and have not been at their best this season. The Hammers thrashed Bournemouth by a 4-0 scoreline in their previous game and will need to work hard to achieve a similar scoreline this week.
Liverpool, on the other hand, are in seventh place in the league table at the moment and have been inconsistent this season. The Merseyside outfit edged Nottingham Forest to a 3-2 victory over the weekend and will look to take it up a notch in this match.
West Ham United vs Liverpool Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Liverpool have an excellent record against West Ham United and have won 80 out of the 146 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to West Ham United’s 29 victories.
- West Ham United won this fixture by a 3-2 scoreline last season and last won home league games in consecutive seasons in Liverpool seven years ago.
- Liverpool have won 10 of their last 12 matches against West Ham United in the Premier League, with their previous defeat coming away from home in 2021.
- Liverpool have won only one of their six games away from home against teams from London in the Premier League this season, with their only such victory coming against Tottenham Hotspur in November last year.
- After a run of three consecutive defeats at home in the Premier League, West Ham United have lost only one of their last six such games in the competition.
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Team News
There has been little movement in the West Ham infirmary lately, and Moyes should only be working without misfiring striker Gianluca Scamacca as the Italian recovers from knee surgery – the Hammers boss admitted that he knew little about what exactly the procedure entailed, though.
Angelo Ogbonna was passed fit to make the bench against Bournemouth after shaking off a back problem, which he sustained in the first leg against Gent, and Moyes should see no reason to disrupt the harmony of a winning team, forcing ex-Liverpool man Danny Ings to accept a substitute role against his former club.
However, Fornals should certainly give Moyes food for thought in the final third following his sublime finish against Bournemouth, and the Spaniard enjoys playing Liverpool more than any other Premier League team, having struck three goals against them in the past.
As for Liverpool, Klopp revealed before the win over Forest that Roberto Firmino would miss the Reds’ next three games with a muscular problem, joining Naby Keita (muscle) Stefan Bajcetic (adductor) and Calvin Ramsay (knee) on the sidelines.
The Reds boss will therefore be working with the same group of players from the nervy win over Forest, and he is spoiled for choice up top despite Firmino’s absence, as Darwin Nunez fights to earn a recall to the firing line.
The Uruguayan may get his wish in place of Cody Gakpo, as Klopp should be in no position to demote Jota, who could now become the first Liverpool player to score three successive Premier League braces since Luis Suarez in 2013.
West Ham United possible starting lineup:
Fabianski; Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Cresswell; Soucek, Rice, Paqueta; Bowen, Antonio, Benrahma
Liverpool possible starting lineup:
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Jones, Fabinho, Henderson; Salah, Nunez, Jota
Prediction: West Ham United 1-1 Liverpool
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