KOP AT THE TOP

Liverpool look to re-extend their lead at the top of the league to 22 points in a game in which everything is in their favour. Liverpool face West Ham at Anfield, if they were to avoid defeat it’d be their 45^th game unbeaten and moves them 5 away from overtaking Arsenal’s seemingly unbeatable record.

In recent years West Ham have been terrorised by Liverpool’s two main men, Salah and Mane. In the last 5 fixtures in all competitions between the sides, the duo have scored 9 goals between themselves and this has been in years where the Reds haven’t been the top of the pile. They’ve played 13 games at home so far in this PL season and they’ve won every single one of them whilst scoring the most home goals in the league (2.69 goals per home game).

West Ham are at the complete other end of the stick, they’re currently 18^th in the league, they’ve scored the second least away goals this season, averaging 0.77 a game and have also continuously struggled this campaign. Their away form from the last 12 games in all competitions does not inspire much hope, they’ve picked up 3 wins with one of them against Chelsea but they’ve struggled in-front of goal. In that last 10, 8 of them have seen only one of the teams score.

Liverpool have not lost at home since a 3-2 defeat against Crystal Palace in April 2017 and seem a certainty to continue that pattern; but will be without captain Jordan Henderson this evening who has been heavily tipped to be the player of the season, fortunately the depth of the squad shouldn’t see that create an issue.

The reds also average a significant 6.78 corners per home game which establishes their dominance for possession as well, they average 62% a game. West Ham noticeably also give away 7.08 corners per away game which only adds to the expected onslaught in that area.

Liverpool will extend their lead tonight but there’s a lack of value in from the gambling aspect although below is something hand-picked to take all the value away for the night.