• West Ham have conceded the second-highest xG in the Premier League this season (43.7).

• Liverpool have the highest possession share in the Premier League this season (60.4%)

• West Ham have only kept three clean sheets in the Premier League this season, though two of them have come in their last five games.

• Hugo Ekitike is Liverpool’s top scorer in the Premier League with 10 goals to his name.

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📂 Liverpool v West Ham Cheat Sheet

📈 Liverpool v West Ham Form & Tactics

I think the best way to describe Liverpool this season is steady. They were really poor in the early months of the campaign, but have recovered from that dip and now look to be a solid side. They are missing the relentless nature of their attacking style, which carried them to the Premier League last season. It used to be common to expect Liverpool to score at least two goals in every game, but that hasn’t been the case this term.

Liverpool’s recent 1-0 wins against Nottingham Forest and Sunderland highlight this change quite well. These are games that Liverpool would have expected to score at least two or three goals in last season, but scraped through both games, requiring a last-minute winner against Nottingham Forest last time out. That being said, I think they are better placed than Chelsea and Manchester United to push on for a Champions League finish from this position.

I’ve been quite keen on West Ham staying up for a while, and I'm hoping that the next few weeks offer some hope for the Hammers and prove me right. This is a cliché, but I do think that their squad has far too much talent to drop down to the Championship, and they now have a manager who will set them up to be hard to beat. 

Looking over their remaining fixtures, the final day clash at home against Leeds really stands out - they have some tough assignments over the next few weeks, but if they can finish strongly, they stand a great chance of surviving. Summerville and Bowen can cause any side in the Premier League problems, and have been gelling more in recent weeks, with Nuno seeing those two as the vocal point of his counter-attacking style.

📔 Liverpool v West Ham Formation & Team News

Liverpool will set up in a 4-2-3-1, though Slot has continually changed how he uses this shape throughout the season. He went with a very bold approach in the early weeks of the season, which completely backfired as Liverpool were left far too exposed - particularly Konate and Van Dijk, who struggled to deal with long balls from the opposition.

I think Slot was trying to emulate PSG with that approach, both fullbacks pushing high and employing a counterpress that suffocates the opposition, but his slight oversight was that the Premier League had mainly switched to a direct and physical league, the exact antidote to the system that Slot was trying to implement.

Slot then decided to go back to basics, but had the issue of trying to fit Florian Wirtz in the side. He packed the midfield, often sacrificing a winger just to allow Liverpool to regain their confidence and establish control in games. I think Liverpool are trying to get to that final stage of recovery where they can be devastating in the final third again, though I think that a few summer reinforcements may be necessary to make that happen. 

West Ham will line up in a 4-4-1-1 shape with this mainly looking like a 4-4-2 when out of possession. Pablo had been playing in that role just behind Castellanos and was pretty effective, but injury has meant that Tomas Soucek now fills this role. Soucek is an excellent player and one of the most underrated in the modern Premier League era. West Ham will need his physicality against the most imposing centre-back duo in the league, Van Dijk and Konate.

I say it every time I watch West Ham, but keep an eye on Mateus Fernandes. I think he’s got the potential to be one of the best midfielders in the Premier League and has continued to improve for West Ham with each passing week.

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