Last match of 2024 for West Ham and Liverpool who will compete at the London Stadium to try to close a round-off that has had, for now, different judgments for the two teams: great for the Reds, just enough for the Hammers have, Compared with last year, a negative differential of seven points. Paradoxically, despite the almost perfect way, instead, it is Liverpool to be, arithmetically, closer to last season’s results ("only" three points more). Compared to 365 days ago, however, Manchester City has melted and now the Reds are sailing alone at the top of the standings while West Ham is far from its usual standards that saw it close to "European" positions. However, the Hammers are in a positive streak of results, therefore, will have charge and support at London Stadium to try to slow down the path of the leader in hopes of emulating what was done in the championship final last April, with an exciting 2-2 sealed by the only important absent from Sunday’s game: Michail Antonio, recently operated on his leg after the terrible accident at the beginning of December that will keep him out for all 2025.

West Ham's shape and main stats

The success of the measure against the tail Southampton was not exhilarating and saw the Saints produce something more than the Hammers, who, however, clinch the fourth consecutive useful result.

Overall, however, the West Ham Premier League is rather anonymous with 6 wins, 7 losses and 5 draws; numbers that place the Hammers just below the center of the standings. For the Londoners there are not even exciting figures from the attack, stopped only 23 centers (fourteenth in the league) or the defense, fifteenth with 30 goals conceded.

The recent appearances of West Ham at London Stadium are not negative: only 1 defeat, however against Arsenal, in the last 6 matches played but can alarm the fact that, all internal KO season, came against the great teams: Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Aston Villa.

Liverpool’s shape and main stats

The comeback win against Leicester, combined with Chelsea’s home KO, further pushes the Reds solo. Gakpo’s three goals, Jones and Salah, bring Liverpool’s attack to a total of 40 goals in 17 games, which means 2.35 goals per game.

Thus, the sequence of games for Liverpool that will be useful to 22, will approach the away game in London, strong, however, with excellent numbers even far from Anfield.

There are in fact 11 successes in the last 13 trips overall and in many of them, there was the stamp of the one who is the top scorer of this Premier League: Momo Salah arrived, with the goal on Thursday, to 16 centers in the league, a goal enhanced by 11 assists that put him at the top of this special ranking.

Match prediction and tactical overview

While the last few years at Anfield have often been one-way for Liverpool, in the past three seasons at London Stadium, Liverpool has won only once.

The feature that however common 6 of the last 7 direct matches played in London in Premier League is to see both teams go to score and, considering that the Reds, despite their splendor, have always conceded goals in the last 4 games, BetMines' prediction is for a match with both teams scoring:

• BetMines' match algorithm predicts that both teams will score at least one goal at 57% West Ham - Liverpool
• BetMines' West Ham - Liverpool match algorithm predicts that at least one of the two teams will score no goals at 43%

West Ham - Liverpool predicted lineups

West Ham (4-1-4-1): Areola; Wan Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Emerson; Rodriguez; Bowen, Soler, Alvarez, Kudus; Fullkrug. Coach: Lopetegui.

Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Alexander - Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Szoboszlai; Salah, Jones, Gakpo; Diaz. Coach: Slot