It’s hard to see how this contest doesn’t produce goals, West Ham have seen 3+ goals in each of their last four matches with Nuno Espírito Santo managing to steady the ship in terms of results, but not when it comes to the Hammers’ overall defensive resilience.

Liverpool fell to another embarrassing defeat in the Champions League during the week as they lost 4-1 to PSV at Anfield, marking a third defeat in a row where Liverpool lost by three goals. The pressure will continue to increase on Slot, and facing a West Ham side that is in its best period of the season is not the ideal assignment for the Liverpool boss.

This fixture also has a history of producing high goal counts, both head-to-head meetings between the sides last season produced 3+ goals, with this record extending to each of the last seven head-to-heads.

Corners have taken on an important role in the Premier League this season, with sides coming up with increasingly creative ways of scoring from these situations. West Ham have been particularly poor from set pieces this season, opening the door for a high corner count in this contest.

West Ham’s home games are seeing a remarkable 13.83 corners per game, with the Hammers leaning on the corner route just as much as their opponents at home this term (6.17-7.67). This is the highest corner total of any side at home in the Premier League this term, with the 7.67 corners they concede per game at home also being a league high.

Liverpool’s away games in the Premier League this season have seen an average corner count of 10.33 corners per game. This could be set to rise even further with the strong corner record the Hammers boast at home so far this campaign. Both sides should be able to register decent corner counts with neither looking like they’re in the best shape to dominate this game.

Jarrod Bowen has continued to be West Ham’s most important forward, even with another new coach coming into the hotseat at the London Stadium. Bowen has had 2+ shots in each of his last five Premier League matches, and can be the latest to profit from the issues that Liverpool are suffering from at the back this term.

Bowen has had 28 shots across his 12 appearances in the Premier League this season (2.33 per 90), with the winger overachieving his xG of 1.58 to score three league goals. Bowen was just as effective for the Hammers last season with 13 goals in the Premier League from a shot count of 87 (2.63 per 90).

Liverpool are vulnerable to transitions at the moment, as evidenced by the factthat they’ve conceded 3+ goals in each of their last three matches. The recent defeats against Nottingham Forest and PSV at Anfield are particularly alarming and should open up avenues for West Ham to have some success in the final third here.

Salah hasn’t reached the heights of last season, which is a criticism that can be extended to the entirety of the Liverpool squad so far this campaign, but has remained a consistent threat when it comes to finding the target.

Salah has had a shot on target in four of his last five Premier League matches for Liverpool and remains top scorer with four goals to his name. He’s averaging 2.51 shots per 90 this term and 0.84 shots on target per 90 which are below the level he’s maintained in recent campaigns, but still amongst the strongest records in the Liverpool squad.

Salah also has an excellent personal record against West Ham, which can aid him in finding the target here. Salah scored and provided two assists against West Ham in this fixture last season, finding the target on four occasions from seven efforts in total.

West Ham have seen a recent improvement in results under Nuno Espirito Santo, but are still vulnerable at the back having failed to keep a clean sheet since the new coach arrived. West Ham have conceded 5+ shots on target in eight of their 12 Premier League games this season, conceding at least three in all 12 - working out to an average of 5.33 shots on target conceded per game.

Callum Wilson has always been a striker capable of producing around the 10-15 goal tally in the Premier League, with injuries being the main reason as to why he hasn’t hit these heights more consistently.

West Ham’s relationship with Niclas Fullkrug looks to have soured, with the striker expected to depart in January, leaving Wilson as Nuno Espirito Santo’s main option at the moment. Wilson has scored four goals in the Premier League this season, making him West Ham’s top scorer in the top-flight, with three of those goals coming across his last two appearances against Bournemouth and Burnley.

Wilson can benefit from the issues that Liverpool are facing at the back at the moment, with the Reds conceding 3+ goals in both of their matches since the international break against Nottingham Forest and PSV. West Ham’s improvement in form over recent weeks should see Wilson get a few chances to add to Liverpool’s misery in this challenging period of the campaign.

Bowen is amongst the most effective players in the Premier League when it comes to being fouled with the 28 year old winning 19 fouls across his 12 Premier League appearances this season (1.58 per 90).

There’s real potential for this average to rise here seeing as Liverpool are enduring their worst run of the Arne Slot era, and may be prone to frustration which can result in Bowen being hauled down at least twice.

Liverpool are averaging 10.2 fouls committed per game in the Premier League this term, with this metric rising slightly in their away matches. Bowen won two fouls in this fixture last season as Liverpool ran out 5-0 winners over the Hammers, though we can expect a more even contest here with the current form of both sides.

Bowen has been playing on the right side of a 3-4-3 shape for West Ham in recent weeks, with his most recent performance against Bournemouth seeing him complete more dribbles than any other player (4) and win three fouls.

I’d earmark every aerial threat in this game for shots and shots on target with how many corners West Ham have been seeing in their home games this term.

West Ham’s games at the London Stadium have seen an average of 13.83 corners per game, the most of any side at home in the Premier League this season. West Ham also take the prize for the most corners conceded at home this season (7.67 per game), offering Van Dijk a real opportunity to be an aerial threat in this contest.

West Ham struggled with balls into the box before Nuno Espírito Santo arrived, and still look a bit nervous when the opposition launch the ball into their penalty box. VVD is one of the best centre backs in the air in the Premier League, with five shots across his 12 Premier League appearances this term (0.42 per 90). Two of these efforts found the target, and he should have multiple opportunities to improve on that record here.