Liverpool – West Ham: maximum pressure at Anfield 
Saturday, Anfield won’t be peaceful. Liverpool host West Ham with a single order: win to stay in the Champions League chase. The visitors? They’re fighting for their season.
Three months on from that 2-0 loss in London, West Ham come hungry for revenge. Trouble is, Anfield rarely hands out happy memories for them.
Liverpool on a tightrope 
This season Liverpool live dangerously. Their matches flip in the final ticks. Thirteen goals after the 90th minute in league games. Sometimes to rescue a point, sometimes to nick three.
Last weekend Alexis Mac Allister burst in at the 97th to dump Nottingham Forest. VAR had just struck one off. Frustration, then relief. That pretty much sums up the campaign.
A year ago they led the league with room to spare. Now they’re sixth after 27 games, level with Chelsea and three points shy of the top four. Not over, but every slip hurts.
Arne Slot’s men have two straight 1-0 league wins. Not flashy, but it works. A third shutout victory would be a strong signal in the European race.
History favours them too: just one defeat in the last 19 league meetings with West Ham. Anfield is still a tough place for the Hammers.
West Ham have no margin for error 
Long stuck near the bottom, West Ham have picked themselves up in recent weeks. Eleven points from their last six matches — almost as many as from the previous 18. The momentum is real.
In February they beat Burnley and held Manchester United and Bournemouth. Result: still 18th, but only two points from safety. Hope flickers.
One thing stands out: West Ham start fast. Nearly 60% of their goals have come in the first half this season. Liverpool, by contrast, often take time to wake up. The opening 15 minutes could set the tone.
But the Anfield numbers are heavy. Just one win there in over fifty Premier League trips. And against a former champion, the Hammers’ away record rarely reads well.
This visit looks like a character test. Be solid, stay patient, and be ruthless when chances arrive.
Likely line-ups
Liverpool : Alisson ; Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez ; Mac Allister, Gravenberch ; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo ; Ekitike
West Ham : Hermansen ; Todibo, Mavropanos, Disasi ; Wan-Bissaka, Fernandes, Magassa, Diouf ; Bowen, Summerville ; Castellanos
Football Prediction Liverpool vs West Ham
Liverpool to win
West Ham arrive with more belief than a few weeks ago. They’re tighter, better drilled, able to shut down space.
But in matches like this experience and individual quality count for a lot. At home, with European stakes looming, Liverpool have more weapons.
It might not be a fireworks show. It could be tense right to the end. Still, over 90 minutes the Reds look to have that little extra edge.
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