English club Liverpool will visit their counterpart West Ham United today, Saturday, as part of the fixtures of the 35th round of the English Premier League.
Liverpool is currently in third place in the Premier League table with 74 points, while West Ham is in eighth place with 48 points.
The Reds aim to regain victories in the English league, after suffering a defeat in the previous match against Everton in the Merseyside derby with a score of 2-0. Egyptian star Mohamed Salah is the historical top scorer in matches between the two teams with a total of 11 goals. Here are the key facts before the West Ham and Liverpool match:
- Liverpool won the previous two matches this season: 3-1 in the league and 5-1 in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals against West Ham, both at Anfield.
- Liverpool needs one goal to reach 100 goals in all league matches against West Ham.
- 48 goals have been scored in the last 14 league encounters between the two clubs, with Liverpool scoring 36 of them.
- Liverpool has lost only once in their last seven league visits to West Ham, winning five of them.
- Mohamed Salah is the highest goal scorer in the history of Liverpool vs. West Ham matches with 11 goals (in 14 matches).
- Winning this match will see Liverpool reach 700 points in the league under the management of Jurgen Klopp.
- Liverpool is one of the three teams that have avoided consecutive losses in the Premier League so far this season, with Aston Villa and Brighton being the others.
- West Ham has scored in 20 of their last 24 encounters at home against Liverpool in the league.
- West Ham has won more league matches away from London (seven) than they have at home this season (six).
- David Moyes will manage a match against Liverpool for the 42nd time in his career, with all six of his victories against the Reds coming at home.
- Trent Alexander-Arnold has contributed to six goals in the Premier League against West Ham (one goal, five assists), only recording more involvements against Arsenal (seven).
- Alexander-Arnold has either scored (one) or assisted (two) three of Liverpool's last four goals at London Stadium.
- Jurgen Klopp has overseen 12 wins in 16 previous encounters in the Premier League against West Ham (drawn two, lost two).
- Saturday's match will be the 150th meeting between the two clubs in all competitions, with Liverpool winning more than half of them, including 73 in the league. Mohamed Salah against West Ham:
Played 14 matches in all competitions (13 in the league and one in the Carabao Cup).
Won 12 matches.
Drew one match.
Lost one match.
Scored 11 goals.
Assisted 3 goals. Salah also scored a goal in the first leg match between the two teams in the English league, which ended with Liverpool's victory (3-1) at Anfield. Mohamed Salah also scored a goal in this season's match between the two teams in the Carabao Cup, which ended with Liverpool's victory (5-1) at Anfield. Salah has not scored against West Ham at London Stadium since scoring two goals in the match of the 21st round of the 2020-2021 season.
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