Matters are looking better and better for Liverpool as the Premier League leaders face a Sunday evening trip to West Ham.
Arne Slot’s side are flying high at the top of the table, looking full of confidence and flow even amid some contract wrangling off the pitch. An early dent at Leicester proved little impediment as Liverpool again showed off their attacking prowess in a 3-1 victory that, with Chelsea dropping points, extended their advantage at the top with a game still in hand after the Merseyside derby’s postponement earlier this month. The futures of Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk may be in some degree of doubt but there is certainty over their club’s place as red-hot title favourites.
Hoping to throw their charging visitors off course will be a West Ham side beginning, perhaps, to gel under Julen Lopetegui. The sack appeared to loom for the Spanish manager ahead of the meeting with Wolves early in December but it is now four games unbeaten after the narrow win at Southampton on Boxing Day. Can they lift their level and provide Liverpool with a stiff challenge?
Follow all of the latest from the London Stadium in our live blog below:
West Ham vs Liverpool LIVE
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West Ham host Liverpool in the Premier League, with kick off at 5.15pm GMT | Live on Sky Sports
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Arne Slot’s visitors sit top of the table and have a game in hand on their title rivals
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Hosts have lifted the gloom with an unbeaten four-match run but face a tough task
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What is the Liverpool team news?
15:03 , Jamie Braidwood
Dominik Szoboszlai is suspended while Ibrahima Konate and Conor Bradley miss out once again. Otherwise, Arne Slot has a full squad of players to choose from.
What is the West Ham team news?
15:02 , Jamie Braidwood
Lukasz Fabianski, Carlos Soler and Max Kilman look set to miss out on Sunday after picking up injuries against Southampton on Boxing Day, while Tomas Soucek and Guido Rodriguez are suspended.
15:01 , Jamie Braidwood
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Good evening
15:00 , Jamie Braidwood
West Ham host Premier League leaders Liverpool at the London Stadium this evening.
A much-needed win for the Hammers at Southampton on Boxing Day, courtesy of Jarrod Bowen’s goal, moved Julen Lopetegui’s side up to 13th in the table.
Liverpool, meanwhile, extended their lead at the top of the table after coming from behind to beat Leicester at Anfield.
Mohamed Salah scored his 16th league goal of the season in the win against Leicester, yet this is his last game before he can start talking to foreign clubs about leaving Anfield.
