West Ham United vs Liverpool Predictions

• Only Brighton have had more home draws than West Ham’s total of nine this season.
• Liverpool have failed to score more than once in four of their last five outings.
• The Hammers have won one of their last eight on their own patch.

Reds’ title hopes hanging by a thread

Liverpool’s hopes of winning the Premier League in Jurgen Klopp’s final season at Anfield faded dramatically on Wednesday when they suffered a 2-0 defeat at Everton and it looks hard for them to muster the enthusiasm for the remainder of the campaign if the big prize has slipped away.

They may generate one last hurrah at West Ham on Saturday. but it looks as if the damage has been done and they could have had the stuffing knockout of the them by a 3-0 home Europa League defeat to Atalanta and another Anfield loss against Crystal Palace in the league.

The sharpness looks to have gone and they have struggled to take their chances – their 3-1 win at Fulham has been the only time in their last five games they have scored more than once and their defeat at Goodison was the first time they have failed to register in an away league game all season.

Mo Salah has looked a shadow of his usual self and Darwin Nunez continues to miss good opportunities, so it is difficult to have much faith in them to see off the Hammers.

End-of-term feeling for Hammers

The difficulty is that West Ham do not make an attractive betting proposition either.

They too fell at the quarter-final stage of the Europa League, although there was plenty to like about the 1-1 home draw they had against Bayer Leverkusen, who have stormed to the Bundesliga title this season.

However, it has been a strange week at the London Stadium as not only did the Hammers suffer a 5-2 loss at Crystal Palace, but there have been all sorts of rumours about potential replacements for manager David Moyes being interviewed for the not-yet-vacant position.

So perhaps there is a bit of an end-of-term feeling at the club although a European place is still a possibility, and that could lead to a flat atmosphere at Saturday’s game, so a low-scoring draw could prove to be a worthwhile play.

Soucek is a set-piece threat

Those looking for a correct-score investment may be interested in West Ham’s Tomas Soucek getting on the scoresheet.

West Ham’s Czech midfielder has scored six times this season and he could be the one to benefit if the Reds repeat their poor defending from set pieces, which was exposed by Everton in Wednesday’s defeat.

Toffees striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin rose highest to head home the second goal of the derby and the towering Soucek could cause massive problems at corners and free-kicks.

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