2nd position in the Premier League table for Liverpool so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed West Ham United visits Anfield.
Liverpool have less rest than West Ham United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Anfield. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, West Ham United have had more rest.
Liverpool form and stats
As mentioned below, Liverpool are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Premier League games.
Liverpool's last game was hosting Midtjylland and winning 2-0. Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Sheffield United in a game that was won 2-1.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Liverpool home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Liverpool as they are travelling to their away game against Atalanta in the Champions League. That match is three days after this one.
Liverpool are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (9 goals in 3 games). Liverpool have conceded 5 from these games.
West Ham United form and stats
Things could have gone better for West Ham United in their Premier League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
There were no winners in Ham's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Manchester City (placed 13th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Tottenham Hotspur that ended 3-3.
Goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Manchester City. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where West Ham United played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ham are regular goalscorers on their travels. West Ham United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Liverpool-West Ham United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Liverpool six wins, West Ham United one win, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Salah Ghaly 6 goals |  S. Mané 4 goals |   M. Antonio 3 goals |
Liverpool missing players
West Ham United missing players
| Liverpool | West Ham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 | 61 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 42 | 77 |
| 41 | 20 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| 37% | 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 50% | 46% |
- All of Liverpool's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of West Ham United's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Liverpool has the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
- Liverpool has the most points (9) at home in Premier League
- Liverpool have scored in all their matches so far.
- Liverpool have won all their matches at home so far.
- Liverpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Ham United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- West Ham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Everton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Leeds United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Southampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | West Ham United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | Manchester City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Manchester United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 3 |
| 18 | Burnley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
| 19 | Sheffield United | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | Fulham | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
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