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Liverpool v West Ham

• 2000 GMT kick-off on Sky Sports Premier League

You have to keep pinching yourself when reeling off the stats that Liverpool are putting together this season - as we near the end of February they're still unbeaten, having only dropped two points and won every league game at Anfield this Premier League so far.

As if West Ham playing back-to-back games at the Etihad and Anfield wasn't bad enough, they'll face an angry Jurgen Klopp after their Champions League loss in Madrid when Atletico really rubbed them up the wrong way - the Hammers could face the backlash to that in a big way.

Somehow David Moyes managed to describe their 2-0 defeat at Man City, when they had 22 per cent possession, three attempts with none on target and allowed Rodri to pile up a Premier League passing record as a decent performance.

He did mention goal difference could be a relegation factor which just about sums up his mentality going into this Monday Night Football contest when keeping the score somewhat respectable again seems the limit of West Ham's ambitions.

Klopp will be without skipper Jordan Henderson but James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain or Naby Keita could all slot in nicely to that midfield three, which will have to work hard again to break down a packed West Ham defence but ultimately shouldn't have any real problem getting the job done.

Two wins in 12 tells its own story for West Ham - even when they held a healthy lead against Brighton they blew it and drew 3-3 - and about the only positive is that they played OK against Liverpool three weeks ago in the delayed reverse fixture when losing 2-0.

By the sounds of things Moyes would probably take that scoreline again and, with Liverpool keeping clean sheets in ten of their last 11 league wins then that's a likely scoreline again - possibly even one or two more if the Reds are in the mood.

West Ham have mustered ten goals in 13 away games, Liverpool have only conceded nine and none since the start of December, so with there still being a touch of even money about a win to nil at the time of writing, back Liverpool to win to nil.

Score prediction: Liverpool 3-0 West Ham (Sky Bet odds: 6/1)

Best bet: Liverpool to win to nil at evens

Opta facts

• Liverpool have won their last two home Premier League matches against West Ham United, scoring four goals in each victory.
• West Ham have won one of their last 46 away league games against Liverpool, a 3-0 victory in August 2015 under Slaven Bilic; the Hammers have failed to score in 31 of those 46 games.
• West Ham have only led for 126 minutes in 23 away Premier League matches combined against Liverpool, with 87 of those in their 3-0 win at Anfield in August 2015.
• West Ham have won just two of their last 41 away top-flight games against sides starting the day top of the table (D8 L31), beating Manchester United 1-0 in May 2007 and Manchester City 2-1 in September 2015.
• Liverpool have won their last 17 Premier League games, just one shy of the all-time English top-flight record set by Manchester City between August-December 2017 (18).
• Liverpool have won their last 20 home Premier League games, scoring 58 goals and conceding just 12. A win in this game would equal the English top-flight record for consecutive home wins, set by the Reds themselves between January and December 1972 when Bill Shankly’s side won 21 in a row.
• This is Liverpool’s first Premier League match on a Monday since a 1-1 draw at West Ham in February 2019. That game was the last time Liverpool failed to win a Premier League match having scored the first goal.
• Liverpool have earned 76 points from their 26 Premier League games this season – a victory would see them equal the overall tally that Manchester United’s treble winning side earned in 1998-99.
• West Ham manager David Moyes is yet to win an away match against Liverpool in all competitions, failing in 15 attempts (D7 L8) and losing the last three in a row with Man Utd, Sunderland and West Ham.
• Liverpool’s Sadio Mané has been directly involved in seven goals in his last five Premier League appearances against West Ham (4 goals, 3 assists), scoring in each of his last three against the Hammers.

Odds correct as of 1500 GMT on 21/02/20

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