West Ham v Liverpool: Key stats and talking points

Liverpool are looking to arrest an alarming run of form against a West Ham side who have steadied their own ship this month, when they meet at the London Stadium on Sunday (14:05 GMT).

Things are going from bad to worse for Liverpool, with no sign of things changing any time soon.

The midweek defeat by PSV was their ninth loss in 12 matches, their worst such run since the 1953-54 season.

What was at first seen as a case of new players settling in and old players suffering dips in form has become a full-blown crisis that goes beyond tactics and systems.

"Morale needs lifting but it is very difficult to lift it," says former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock. "There are no easy games for them."

West Ham has been one of the easier fixtures in Liverpool's calendar, with the Reds losing just one of their past 18 Premier League games against the Hammers (W14, D3).

But Liverpool's record at the home of London clubs has been awful in 2025, while West Ham have rallied after losing seven of their first nine league games this season.

The Hammers have taken seven points from the last nine available. It would have been nine from nine had they not thrown away a 2-0 lead at Bournemouth last weekend.

It must have felt like points dropped, but there were plenty of positives for Nuno Espirito Santo's side, including Callum Wilson scoring in back-to-back league games for the first time in 18 months.

West Ham are now looking for their third home league win in a row, something they haven't achieved in the same season for three years.

Liverpool won this exact fixture 5-0 last season, a victory which stretched their lead at the top to eight points.

Less than a year later and the champions are languishing in the bottom half of the table and trying to avoid conceding three goals for the third league match in a row for the first time since 1955 – against a side who have scored three goals in each of their previous two home league matches.