West Ham United
vs
Liverpool FC
Kick-off
20:00 GMT
04 February 2019
The Premier League action comes thick and fast this time of the year and after a nine-game weekend, there’s a huge game in the Monday Night Football. Liverpool will be looking to maintain their lead at the top in their trip to the London Stadium where they face West Ham.
Liverpool have dominated the recent meeting between the two teams as they have won four and drawn one of the last five of their fixtures against West Ham. Two of those victories came away in East London where they scored four goals on both occasions with an aggregate score of 8-1. There have been over 2.5 goals in each of those five matches while both teams have scored in three of them.
The hosts can break into the top half with an unlikely three points and would overtake Everton in 9th. Lukasz Fabianski is expected to start despite picking up a knock whilst Arnautovic, Lucas Perez and Aaron Cresswell all face late fitness tests. Latest matches: West Ham United
29.01.2019
Prem
Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United
3:0
L
26.01.2019
FA C
AFC Wimbledon
West Ham United
4:2
L
19.01.2019
Prem
Bournemouth AFC
West Ham United
2:0
L
12.01.2019
Prem
West Ham United
Arsenal FC
1:0
W
05.01.2019
FA C
West Ham United
Birmingham City
2:0
W
Because of Man City’s win against Arsenal on Sunday afternoon, the visitors’ lead at the top has been cut to two points so they need to restore it back to five with a win on Monday. They have defensive injury worries as Dejan Lovren, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez will all miss out. Latest matches: Liverpool FC
30.01.2019
Prem
Liverpool FC
Leicester City
1:1
D
19.01.2019
Prem
Liverpool FC
Crystal Palace
4:3
W
12.01.2019
Prem
Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Liverpool FC
0:1
W
07.01.2019
FA C
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Liverpool FC
2:1
L
03.01.2019
Prem
Manchester City
Liverpool FC
2:1
L
With Liverpool’s great campaign so far, it’s hard to see anything but a win for them. However, West Ham’s form against the big teams has been very good at times so they can never be written off in these games. Both of the league leaders’ last two away wins have seen under 2.5 goals and I expect the trend to continue against Manuel Pellegrini’s side.
04 February 2019 - 20:00 GMT
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