MatchThe opposition lowdown: West Ham United
Get the lowdown on West Ham United ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League encounter with David Moyes’ side at the London Stadium on Saturday lunchtime.
Recent form
West Ham head into the fixture eighth in the Premier League standings, having gathered 48 points from their 34 games this season.
The Hammers have, however, only won one of their last seven fixtures in the top flight.
Their last victory in the league came against Wolverhampton Wanderers on April 6, with defeats by Fulham and Crystal Palace following that success at Molineux.
Ones to watch
Jarrod Bowen is West Ham’s leading goalscorer in the Premier League this term, having found the back of the net on 15 occasions.
Mohammed Kudus is next in line with seven strikes, while Tomas Soucek and James Ward-Prowse have scored six apiece.
Vladimir Coufal, Lucas Paqueta and Ward-Prowse are all tied on seven assists, which leads the charts for the Hammers.
Squad news
West Ham are hopeful Bowen could return to the fold after he sat out the Palace defeat due to injury.
Konstantinos Mavropanos will be assessed ahead of the 12.30pm BST kick-off, but Nayef Aguerd has been ruled out.
Previous meetings
The Reds and Hammers have met on two occasions already this season – once in the Premier League and the other coming in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, with both fixtures taking place at Anfield.
Liverpool secured a 3-1 win in September, netting via Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota.
In the cup meeting in December the Reds again prevailed, though this time it was by a 5-1 scoreline as Curtis Jones struck twice, alongside efforts from Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo.
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Liverpool need one goal to record 100 in all league games at West Ham.
There have been 48 goals scored in the last 14 league clashes between the clubs, with the Reds accounting for 36 of those.
Liverpool have lost only one of their last seven league visits to the Hammers, winning five.
Salah is the most prolific goalscorer in Liverpool v West Ham history with 11 goals in 14 appearances.
Victory in this game would see the Reds reach 700 league points under Jürgen Klopp.
West Ham have scored in 20 of their last 24 home league encounters with Liverpool.
The Hammers have won more league games away from the London Stadium (seven) than they have at home this term (six).
Moyes will be managing against Liverpool for the 42nd time in his career. His six victories over the Reds have all come on home soil.
What they said
West Ham boss Moyes
“We’re eighth in the Premier League at the moment, with four games to go and we’re just about to go into May. It’s an incredible position to be in and we’ve been in it nearly all the season.
“We’ve also been competing in Europe so have probably played 12 or 13 games more than any of the teams who weren’t in Europe.
“From our point of view, we’re in there, we’re still in with a shout with four games to go and we’ll try to make Europe, and it would be a great achievement to make it four years in a row.”