In the most recent round of the Premier League, West Ham won an impressive 4-0 victory over Bournemouth.
2 headers scored by Michail Antonio and Lucas Paqueta and a beautiful finish by Declan Rice helped The Hammers take a 3-0 lead after only the first 45 minutes. Pablo Fornals sealed a 4-0 win for West Ham in the second half.
This victory helped West Ham extend their impressive streak of form with 5 consecutive unbeaten matches in all competitions. In the last 10 matches, they have only suffered one defeat.
In the Europa Conference League arena, West Ham beat Gent with a total score of 5-1 to reach the semi-finals. With a poor Premier League ranking, The Hammers will aim to win the Conference League to qualify for the European Cup next season.
West Ham are currently ranked 13th, 6 points above the relegation zone and have played 1 match less. The Hammers are getting very close to safety to stay in the league but still need to take advantage of their points in the remaining 7 rounds.
Notably, West Ham have scored in all home matches in 2023. Therefore, along with their impressive form, the London Stadium will be a fulcrum for them to aim for points against Liverpool in round 32.
The only significant injury for the home team at the moment is striker Gianluca Scamacca. However, West Ham's attack is still playing well with the trio of Benrahma, Bowen and Antonio.
Meanwhile, Liverpool had a tough match against Nottingham Forest at Anfield. The Kop took the lead twice but both times let the visitors equalize and needed Mohamed Salah's goal in the 70th minute to take all 3 points.
Jurgen Klopp's side are currently seventh in the table, nine points behind fourth-placed Manchester United and have played one more game.
Liverpool's chances of reaching the Top 4 are not many, but they still need to accumulate points to at least get a ticket to the Europa League. Brighton are chasing behind with only 1 point less than the 2 matches left in hand.
If West Ham's attack has scored in all home matches in 2023, Liverpool have also scored 11 goals in the last 3 matches in the Premier League.
The Kop are also unbeaten in their last 4 matches, including 2 wins and 2 draws. However, they have only won against Tottenham in all their trips to London this season.
Roberto Firmino was injured in the match against Nottingham and will have to miss at least 3 matches. The remaining injuries are Naby Keita, Calvin Ramsay and Stefan Bajcetic.
Diogo Jota has been in very good form recently, which means Cody Gakpo will continue to be on the bench in this match.
Head-to-head record
According to statistics, the two teams have met a total of 124 times, of which West Ham have won only 25 and lost 69 matches.
In the last 10 meetings in all competitions alone, The Kop have won 8 and lost only 1, drawn 1. In the first leg of this year's tournament, Liverpool won 1-0 at Anfield thanks to Darwin Nunez's only goal.
The match between West Ham vs Liverpool takes place at 01:45 am on April 27 (Vietnam time).
