In this week 12 match, on Wed Oct 19th, Liverpool hosts West Ham United at Anfield in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. Liverpool is fresh off their 7-1 blowout win against Rangers. Scott Arfield scored the first goal for Rangers in the 17th minute, then in the 24th minute, Konstantinos Tsimikas sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Roberto Firmino Finally they completed the comback victory in the 55th minute on a goal by Roberto Firmino to cap off a wild match. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Liverpool should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, West Ham United recorded a 3-1 win against Fulham. Andreas Pereira scored the first goal for Fulham in the 5th minute, but Jarrod Bowen got the equalizer for West Ham United in the 29th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 62nd minute on a goal by Gianluca Scamacca. West Ham United is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Both Michail Antonio and Gianluca Scamacca have been the hottest scorers for West Ham United in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. In the last five matches, both Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 5 goals for Liverpool and look to continue their dominance.