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West Ham United v Liverpool preview: Team news, head-to-head and stats

West Ham United v Liverpool preview Team news headtohead and stats
Liverpool's slim Premier League title hopes take another hit as Michail Antonio rescues a point for West Ham at London Stadium.
Jarrod Bowen scores for West Ham

Liverpool's Premier League title hopes seem all but over as Michail Antonio scored to rescue a point for West Ham at London Stadium.

Jarrod Bowen opened the scoring just before the break when he rose highest to meet Mohammed Kudus' cross into the area as Liverpool showed little evidence that their Merseyside derby loss in midweek had done much in the way of spurring them on.

But the visitors were much improved in the second half and Andy Robertson equalised when he scored from Luis Diaz's low pass into the penalty area.

They were then rewarded for their pressure when Cody Gakpo's effort from a corner bounced off Angelo Ogbonna, Tomas Soucek and Alphonse Areola before finding the back of the net.

It looked like they were on their way to bouncing back from back-to-back defeats in the league until Antonio's thumping header put the Hammers back on level terms.

Liverpool sit third in the table with three games remaining, two points behind leaders Arsenal, who face Tottenham on Sunday, while Manchester City are second but have two games in hand.

Liverpool's title hopes appear to be all but over, with the Reds relying on both of their title rivals to slip up to get back in the race.

More to follow.

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West Ham United

Starting XI

  1. Squad number23Player nameAreola
    Average rating

    6.07

  2. Squad number5Player nameCoufal
    Average rating

    6.35

  3. Squad number4Player nameZouma
    Average rating

    5.81

  4. Squad number21Player nameOgbonna
    Average rating

    5.99

  5. Squad number33Player nameEmerson
    Average rating

    6.26

  6. Squad number28Player nameSoucek
    Average rating

    6.16

  7. Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
    Average rating

    6.31

  8. Squad number20Player nameBowen
    Average rating

    7.67

  9. Squad number10Player nameLucas Paquetá
    Average rating

    6.38

  10. Squad number14Player nameKudus
    Average rating

    6.80

  11. Squad number9Player nameAntonio
    Average rating

    6.70

Substitutes

  1. Squad number7Player nameWard-Prowse
    Average rating

    6.75

Liverpool

Starting XI

  1. Squad number1Player nameAlisson
    Average rating

    4.61

  2. Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold
    Average rating

    3.91

  3. Squad number78Player nameQuansah
    Average rating

    3.69

  4. Squad number4Player namevan Dijk
    Average rating

    3.75

  5. Squad number26Player nameRobertson
    Average rating

    4.97

  6. Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
    Average rating

    4.70

  7. Squad number3Player nameEndo
    Average rating

    4.09

  8. Squad number38Player nameGravenberch
    Average rating

    4.45

  9. Squad number19Player nameElliott
    Average rating

    4.53

  10. Squad number18Player nameGakpo
    Average rating

    4.37

  11. Squad number7Player nameDíaz
    Average rating

    4.84

Substitutes

  1. Squad number2Player nameGomez
    Average rating

    3.24

  2. Squad number8Player nameSzoboszlai
    Average rating

    2.86

  3. Squad number9Player nameNúñez
    Average rating

    2.85

  4. Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah
    Average rating

    2.84

Line-ups

West Ham

Formation 4-2-3-1

23Areola

5Coufal4Zouma21Ogbonna33Emerson

28Soucek19Álvarez

20Bowen10Lucas Paquetá14Kudus

9Antonio

  • 23Areola
  • 5Coufal
  • 4Zouma
  • 21Ogbonna
  • 33Emerson
  • 28SoucekSubstituted forWard-Prowseat 74'minutes
  • 19Álvarez
  • 20Bowen
  • 10Lucas Paquetá
  • 14Kudus
  • 9Antonio

Substitutes

  • 1Fabianski
  • 2Johnson
  • 3Cresswell
  • 7Ward-Prowse
  • 11Phillips
  • 17Cornet
  • 18Ings
  • 42Casey
  • 45Mubama

Liverpool

Formation 4-3-3

1Alisson

66Alexander-Arnold78Quansah4van Dijk26Robertson

10Mac Allister3Endo38Gravenberch

19Elliott18Gakpo7Díaz

  • 1Alisson
  • 66Alexander-ArnoldSubstituted forGomezat 79'minutes
  • 78QuansahSubstituted forSzoboszlaiat 90+1'minutes
  • 4van Dijk
  • 26Robertson
  • 10Mac AllisterBooked at 90mins
  • 3EndoBooked at 30minsSubstituted forNúñezat 79'minutes
  • 38Gravenberch
  • 19Elliott
  • 18Gakpo
  • 7DíazSubstituted forSalahat 79'minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Gomez
  • 5Konaté
  • 8Szoboszlai
  • 9Núñez
  • 11Salah
  • 17Jones
  • 21Tsimikas
  • 43Bajcetic
  • 62Kelleher
Referee: Anthony Taylor

Match Stats

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Match ends, West Ham United 2, Liverpool 2.

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