Liverpool vs West Ham Prediction: Betting Preview
Liverpool vs West Ham Prediction: League leading Liverpool
Despite Liverpool only suffering their first defeat in 27 Premier League games against Fulham last weekend, it now means they’ve lost three of their last four matches in all competitions. However, they still remain 11 points clear of Arsenal with just seven games and 21 points to play for and as a result are just 1.012 to win the league. West Ham meanwhile are 16th in the Premier League but with them 15 points clear of the relegation zone there is little left for them to play for which seems to be reflected in their record of only two wins in 10 games.
England, Premier League, Sunday, April 13th, 14:00 (UK)
- Liverpool vs West Ham Prediction 1: Mohamed Salah anytime scorer (TRACKED BET)
- Best Odds: 2.0
- Bookmaker: bet365
- Stake: 5/10 (TRACKED BET)
Liverpool uncharacteristically lost from 1-0 lead at Fulham to serve as a timely reminder that there is still work to be done in the remainder of the season in-order to win the league. Given their fixtures after this read Leicester (A), Tottenham (H), Chelsea (A), Arsenal (H), Brighton (A) and Crystal Palace (H), certainly the next two at least are easier than any of the following five games so motivation should be at it’s highest.
Graham Potter was appointed West Ham manager on the 9th January and it’s been very underwhelming thus far. Only the three teams in the relegation zone have collected fewer points than the Irons with a record that reads P11 W3 D3 L5 F11 A13. Based on expected points it doesn’t get much better with them just one rank higher, possessing only the 16th best record. Liverpool on the other hand rank first for both actual and expected points in the same period.
The main protagonist for Liverpool’s success this season has been Mohamed Salah with 27 goals and 17 assists in just 31 games to lead both categories in the entire league. To put those figures into perspective, he has six more goals than the next most in Erling Haaland and seven more assists than both Bukayo Saka and Antonee Robinson. Salah has been a force in the Premier League ever since he moved to Liverpool in 2017 with 182 goals and he has a terrific record against this weekends opponents. He’s scored 11 goals against West Ham in 15 Premier League games – only against Man Utd has he scored more with 13.
Unsurprisingly based on their league position, West Ham have the fifth worst defence in the league with 52 goals conceded and come up against a Liverpool side who have scored at least two goals in 22 of their last 24 matches. With Salah averaging 3.5 shots per-game with 3.2 coming inside the penalty area, he should get plenty of chances to score against the Hammers defence. This on top of Alphonse Areola likely starting in goal after nine successive starts following a season where he is posting the third worst Post Shot Expected Goals – Actual Goals figure of -3.5. A metric where negative numbers suggest a below average ability to prevent goals. Lukasz Fabianski on the otherhand has a record of +2.3. Salah has scored in four of his five games against Areola in England.
Liverpool vs West Ham Prediction odds via bet365 as at 12:00, April 11th, 2025. Odds may now differ.
Liverpool vs West Ham Injuries, Team News and Possible Lineups Prediction: Minimal absences for both
Alisson remains a minor doubt having missed the past two games with concussion. Despite being in back in training, he did not manage to pass the concussion protocol before the Fulham match. Caoimhín Kelleher has kept four clean sheets in 10 games this season with Liverpool having won all six of his matches at Anfield. Trent Alexander-Arnold is still out with an ankle injury whilst Joe Gomez is longer-term following hamstring surgery. For West Ham, Aaron Cresswell was unavailable last time out against Bournemouth and could be again here. Crysencio Summerville remains unavailable because of a hamstring injury as does Michail Antonio after a serious car accident in December.
Liverpool possible starting lineup:
Alisson; Bradley, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, MacAllister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Jota
West Ham possible starting lineup:
Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson; Alvarez, Ward-Prowse; Kudus, Soucek, Paqueta; Bowen
Match OPTA Stats: Sharpshooter Salah
- Liverpool have lost just one of their last 27 Premier League games
- Liverpool have scored at least 2 goals in 22 of their last 24 league matches
- Mohamed Salah has scored 182 Premier League goals
- Mohamed Salah has scored 11 goals against West Ham in 15 Premier League games – only against Man Utd has he scored more (13)
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