In this week 21 match on Jan 31st, West Ham United will host Liverpool at London Stadium in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. In their last match, 5th placed West Ham United, recorded a 3-2 win against Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha struck first for Crystal Palace in the 3rd minute on a feed from Christian Benteke, then Tomáš Souček tied it up for West Ham United in the 9th minute on a feed from Michail Antonio Finally they completed the comback victory in the 25th minute on a goal by Tomáš Souček to cap off a wild match. With 18 points in their last 10 matches West Ham United should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 4th placed Liverpool is fresh off their 3-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur. Roberto Firmino struck first for Liverpool in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Trent Alexander-Arnold added another in the 47th minute. Liverpool is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Liverpool won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of an empty stadium. Pablo Fornals struck first for West Ham United in the 10th minute, but Mohamed Salah got the equalizer for Liverpool in the 42nd minute Finally they completed the comback in the 85th minute on a goal by Diogo Jota to cap off a wild match.
Both Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané have been the hottest scorers for Liverpool in the last five each having scored 3 goals. Both Michail Antonio and Craig Dawson have been the hottest scorers for West Ham United in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Fabián Balbuena, Issa Diop, Ryan Fredericks, Łukasz Fabiański and Arthur Masuaku are unavailable to play for David Moyes’s team, while Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool squad will be without Virgil van Dijk, Naby Keïta, Joël Matip, Joe Gomez, Konstantinos Tsimikas and Diogo Jota.