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Liverpool are ready to welcome West Ham United to Anfield on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 36 of the 52 contests.
The previous match played between the two at Anfield was within the last three years, in November 2002, with Liverpool running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sun 02 Feb | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 3 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 02 Nov | Liverpool | 2-0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Dec | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 18 Aug | Liverpool | 2 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 03 Feb | Liverpool | 3 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 17 Sep | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 27 Nov | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 0 | Liverpool | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Liverpool are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. Only 3 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 in the wrong end.
West Ham Utd. have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Hammers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Liverpool see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 10 points from their 8 games played so far, West Ham Utd.'s 15 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Liverpool only showing average form at home, the Madmen are expecting them to play out a draw. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Liverpool | Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| West Ham Utd. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |