LIVERPOOL. Liverpool conquers West Ham United 1-0 after S. Mane scored just 1 goal (27′). Liverpool was decisively better in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Jonathan Moss with the collaboration of Marc Perry and Tim Wood. The 4th official was Kevin Friend. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6 degrees Celsius or 42.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liverpool was in firm control of the ball 69% while West Ham United was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liverpool had a more offensive attitude with 72 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Liverpool won the match​.

Liverpool shot 22 times, 5 on target, 17 off target. On the opposite side, West Ham United shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Liverpool received 2 yellow cards (Diogo Jota and S. Mane). Talking about the opposition, West Ham United received 1 yellow card (C. Dawson).

Standings

After this contest, Liverpool will have 63 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, West Ham United will stay with 45 points like Arsenal to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Liverpool will play away against Brighton & Hove Albion on the 12th of March with a 8-1 head to head record in favor of Liverpool (2 draws).

West Ham United will host Aston Villa on the 13th of March with a 10-7 head to head stats in favor of West Ham United (9 draws).

Liverpool – Formation

Liverpool started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jürgen Klopp decided to play with the following team: Alisson (7.8), Trent Alexander-Arnold (9.1), Ibrahima Konaté (7.3), Virgil van Dijk (7.1), Andrew Robertson (7.8), Jordan Henderson (7.2), Fabinho (7.1), Naby Keïta (7.3), Mohamed Salah (6.2), Sadio Mané (8.0) and Luis Díaz (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Takumi Minamino, Joe Gomez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Harvey Elliott, Diogo Jota (6.2), Divock Origi, Caoimhin Kelleher, James Milner and Curtis Jones.

Substitutions

Liverpool made 3 changes: M. Salah for Diogo Jota (79′), N. Keita for J. Milner (90′) and L. Diaz for C. Jones (90′).

Best player: Trent Alexander-Arnold​

The most impressive player for Liverpool was Trent Alexander-Arnold even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (9.1) with 88 passes (81% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

West Ham United – Formation

West Ham United started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

David Moyes played with: Łukasz Fabiański (6.8), Ben Johnson (7.1), Craig Dawson (7.3), Kurt Zouma (7.1), Aaron Cresswell (6.4), Jarrod Bowen (6.6), Tomáš Souček (7.8), Manuel Lanzini (7.7), Nikola Vlašić (6.2), Pablo Fornals (6.9) and Michail Antonio (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Saïd Benrahma (6.3), Armstrong Oko-Flex, Ryan Fredericks, Alex Král, Issa Diop, Alphonse Aréola, Arthur Masuaku, Mark Noble (6.8) and Dan Chesters.

West Ham United could not rely on the presence of S. Benrahma (injured).

Substitutions

West Ham United made 3 changes: J. Bowen for S. Benrahma (54′), N. Vlasic for M. Noble (61′) and P. Fornals for D. Chesters (90′).

Best player: Tomáš Souček​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for West Ham United was Tomáš Souček.

His rating is (7.8) with 32 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Aston Villa – Southampton – 4-0
• Burnley – Chelsea – 0-4
• Leicester City – Leeds United – 1-0
• Liverpool – West Ham United – 1-0
• Newcastle United – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-1
• Norwich City – Brentford – 1-3
• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Crystal Palace – 0-2