West Ham” completed a magical week, stylishly advancing to the European semifinals and prior to that, defeating “Bournemouth”, who is fighting to avoid relegation, 4-0 in the last round. The victory helped them pull six points clear of the bottom three in the Premier League standings. It was a true team performance from David Moyes’ men: eight different players scored or provided an assist, which was a club record in the EPL. The “Hammers” return to their London Stadium in excellent form, having lost just once in their last ten matches across all competitions here. Now, they will be looking to win consecutive Premier League games for the second time this season, which will be a tough task as they host “Liverpool”, who have won only two of their last 20 meetings. After 31 rounds, “West Ham” has nine wins and seven draws, which corresponds to 34 points and 13th place in the standings. Skamaka, who has a knee injury, will not be able to play today.
Liverpool has lost only one of the last 13 personal meetings, although this unique defeat did occur last season. This record of head-to-head duels serves as a good omen for manager Jurgen Klopp, who stated that “everything has changed” after his team won two consecutive matches in the Premier League, beating “Nottingham Forest” 3-2 in the last round. Prior to that, the “Reds” marked their return to form with a resounding away victory over “Leeds” with a score of 6-1, which brought them back into the fight for a place in Europe, although there is still work to be done to salvage something meaningful from the season, as they currently occupy seventh place in the table. After 31 rounds, the “Reds” have recorded 14 wins and eight draws, which corresponds to 50 points and seventh place in the table. Ramsey, Keita, Firmino, and Baysetic, who has a muscular injury, will not be able to help the team in this match. More today football predictions from the experts can be obtained from the link provided.
