Head-to-head
• This is the 121st meeting between these sides. Liverpool lead
by 63 wins to 23, with 34 draws.
• West Ham haven't won at Anfield since September 1963 and have
scored just four goals in 14 Premier League matches there.
• Liverpool are unbeaten in their last nine home league
matches.
• If Liverpool end up outside of the top four, it will be their
lowest finish for five seasons.
• Jose Reina has kept 14 clean sheets this season, the most in
the Premier League along with Chelsea's Petr Cech prior to the
weekend fixtures.
• Fernando Torres scored a hat-trick in this fixture two years
ago (March 2008) as Liverpool won 4-0.
West Ham
• West Ham have gone 16 matches without an away win since a
victory at Wolves on the opening day of the season.
• West Ham have been awarded nine penalties in the Premier
League this season, joint-most with Sunderland and Chelsea. They
have scored seven of them.
• Mark Noble is set to make his 100th Premier League
appearance.
• Midfielder Valon Behrami celebrates his 25th birthday on the
day of this match.
