Sunday, February 27, 2011

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27-02-2011 14:30 West Ham United - Liverpool

* Liverpool's Raul Meireles has scored in five of Liverpool's last six matches.
* Kenny Dalglish's side have won their last four league games against West Ham
* Liverpool are currently on a three-game unbeaten away run in all competitions.
* In each of their last four wins, Liverpool have scored three goals.
* Liverpool have not won three consecutive league games away from home since May 2009.
* West Ham's last seven goals have been scored by strikers.
* Only Birmingham City (13) have scored fewer goals at home than West Ham (14) this season.
* West Ham have lost 13 of their last 16 league games against Liverpool.
* Avram Grant's side have only kept three clean sheets in the league all season.
* At this stage last season, West Ham had only two more points from 27 games but were in 13th place.

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

West Ham (4-4-2): Green; Jacobsen, Tomkins, Gabbidon, Bridge; O'Neil, Noble, Parker, Obinna; Ba, Piquionne.

Liverpool (3-4-2-1): Reina; Agger, Skrtel, Carragher; Kelly, Lucas, Poulsen, Johnson; Kuyt, Meireles; Suarez.

Prediction
Kenny Dalglish has only lost one league match since taking charge and it's easy to underestimate the Scot's impact since his January arrival.

West Ham's bolstered attack could give the visitors problems and Demba Ba has shown early promise of being able to score consistently. But Liverpool look more assured with every passing game and if Meireles is on form, the midfielder could make the difference.

West Ham 1-2 Liverpool