Liverpool vs West Ham Prediction 20.12.2023

• Competition: Premier League
• Date: 22.12.2023
• Kickoff: 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
• Venue: Anfield (Liverpool)

Just when a great victory in the derby against Man Utd and breaking into the 1st place of the Premier League table was expected, Liverpool could not find the strength to achieve one goal and triumph despite a great initiative and a handful of scoring chances. Now they are still 1 point behind the leader Arsenal and in the next matches they will have the opportunity to overtake the club from London. In the meantime, Liverpool expects the 1/4 finals of the EFL Cup, a competition that the biggest English clubs do not take too seriously, but they are certainly always among the favorites to win the trophy. Liverpool defeated Bournemouth in the previous round

West Ham had an even bigger scalp in the 1/8 finals of this competition. They beat Arsenal 3-1 at home. A little over a week ago, West Ham had a traumatic defeat in the match against Fulham 5-0, but they quickly recovered, beating Freiburg in the ECL and not long after the dangerous Wolves 3-0 at home in the Premier League. West Ham is one of those clubs for which the season can still go in a bad but also a good direction, everything is open, and this match against Liverpool in the EFL Cup is certainly a good chance for progress.

Liverpool vs West Ham pick: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE

Red are the favorites in this match and that is obvious, however, it should be kept in mind that this is a competition for them in the last place of the ladder. Klopp, for the most part, plays a somewhat more mixed defense in the EFL Cup than usual and that could be a problem for Liverpool to achieve a clean sheet here. West Ham will play here bravely and uncompromisingly, and even in case of defeat we expect them to be able to score at least one goal. Both teams to score seems like a good value option for this duel