PREMIER LEAGUE WEDNESDAY: We preview Wednesday’s Premier League game between WEST HAM v LIVERPOOL with a recommended BETDAQ bet and extended match stats.
WEST HAM V LIVERPOOL
7.45pm Liverpool were stopped in their tracks by Shrewsbury in the FA Cup at the weekend, but they show no signs of any weakness in the Premier League. Klopp has elected to play reserve sides in Cup football this season, and while many football fans will say it doesn’t respect the FA Cup; most Liverpool fans won’t care – they just want to win the Premier League. West Ham will be hoping to stop their winning league run tonight, but Liverpool look unstoppable this season.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; West Ham 9.8, Liverpool 1.37 and the draw is 5.8. This fixture had to be changed because of Liverpool’s involvement in the FIFA Club World Cup – and so West Ham remain the only side in the Premier League yet to be beaten this season by Liverpool! All other 18 have, and surely Liverpool will go on to break records this season. They are well on track to get more than 100 points which is remarkable.
West Ham certainly improved with David Moyes took charge and he has taken them away from the bottom three. They have slipped in the past week though with a 4-1 loss to Leicester and a loss at the weekend in the FA Cup. They might be outside the bottom three, but they have the same amount of points as Bournemouth in 18th and their game in hand will be gone tonight.
Any points against a side like Liverpool would be a bonus for West Ham. However, we just can’t see past a Liverpool win here. Obviously Klopp’s men have been excellent this season, but West Ham have conceded far too many goals for anyone to think that they can stop Liverpool from winning tonight. Liverpool can cover the handicap here and we like them at odds against to cover the 1.5 goal handicap – 2.04 looks too big and Liverpool can bag another impressive win.
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MATCH STATS
- West Ham are winless in six Premier League matches against Liverpool (D2 L4) since winning 2-0 in January 2016 under Slaven Bilic.
- Liverpool lost their first two away games – both at Upton Park – against West Ham under Jürgen Klopp in all competitions but have won two of their subsequent three (D1) – all at London Stadium.
- Liverpool have beaten all 18 of the sides they’ve faced in the Premier League this season – the only side they are yet to beat are West Ham. The Reds last beat every league side they faced in a season in 1895-96 in the second-tier and have never achieved the feat in the top-flight.
- Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 21 Premier League matches played on Wednesday (W15 D6) since losing 1-3 against Stoke City in December 2012. Manager Jürgen Klopp has managed 14 games on the day without losing (W9 D5), more than any other manager in Premier League history has managed on a specific day without tasting defeat.
- West Ham midfielder Mark Noble has scored three goals in four Premier League appearances under David Moyes this season – during the Scotsman’s first spell in charge in 2017-18, Noble scored just four times in 22 games.
- Liverpool surrendered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 away at Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday – the Reds haven’t gone two games without a win in all competitions since February 2019, drawing with Bayern Munich and Manchester United.
- West Ham boss David Moyes has lost 16 Premier League games against Liverpool, only losing more against Arsenal (17); his win ratio against Liverpool of 11% (3 wins in 27 games) is his worst against any side he’s faced more than once in the Premier League.
- Among the 86 managers who have managed 10 or more away Premier League games in London, Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp has the second-best win percentage of any manager (61%, 14 wins in 23), behind only Pep Guardiola (74%).
- West Ham’s Michail Antonio has scored in four of his five Premier League appearances against Liverpool, netting four goals; only Jamie Vardy (7) and Harry Kane (5) have scored more goals against Klopp’s Liverpool than Antonio’s tally of four.
- Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah scored in his first four Premier League games in London for the Reds (five goals) but has since failed to find the net in his last nine matches in the capital.
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