English Premier
2012-12-09 - West Ham United vs Liverpool
A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser
Match Preview :
Liverpool travels to Upton Park to face West Ham United with the aim to prove they can cope without Luis Suarez, but West Ham will want to keep their impressive run going after returning back to the Premiership.
West Ham goes into this match being something of a surprise team this season as they have collected 22 points from their opening 15 games since winning promotion and recorded an excellent 3-1 home victory over Chelsea just last weekend.
To date only Arsenal have beaten West Ham at Upton Park this season and Sam Allardyce side will want to repeat the 3-1 victory over Liverpool in East London when they last met.
In the absence of Andy Carroll due to injury, Carlton Cole will lead the attack for West Ham. If Carroll was fit he would still not be able to feature as the terms of his loan states he cannot play against his parent club. Cole was on target the last time these two sides met so he will be hoping he is able to score once again.
Liverpool's last win at West Ham was a 3-2 success back in September 2009 which was secured by the now departed Fernando Torres and Dirk Kuyt. But Liverpool needs to win this match badly. This is because the last time Liverpool had fewer points from their opening 15 games was 1964-65 (based on three points for a win).
Liverpool have lost just once in 10 Premier League games, but have still only won once on their travels this season and they are currently 12th in the standings going into this match.
Their only away win came against Norwich which was a hat-trick from Suarez. He will miss this match as he is suspended.
Team News :
West Ham Team News :
West Ham boss Allardyce will welcome Yossi Benayoun back into his side as they prepare to face Liverpool. The former Reds midfielder missed the Hammers' 3-1 win over Chelsea as he was ineligible to play against his parent club.
Andy Carroll (knee) could be missing for eight weeks but would not have been able to feature against Liverpool due to the terms of his loan, whilst Ricardo Vaz Te (shoulder), Alou Diarra (thigh) and Jack Collison (knee) are all out of this clash.
Liverpool Team News :
Liverpool striker Suarez is suspended for collecting five yellow cards. Manager Brendan Rodgers has played midfielder Jonjo Shelvey in a position he is not used to and is likely to do so again as there are no other strikers fit.
Captain Steven Gerrard, left out of the Europa League squad which beat Udinese in Italy because of illness, will be back in the side while Daniel Agger and Lucas Leiva returns also after they were rested.
Predictions :
Go for Liverpool to win and give the 1/4 ball away.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
West Ham 0-1 Liverpool
BEST BETTING TIP :
Main Bet :Go for Liverpool to win this match.
Gooner’s Statistical Value Bet
Take Liverpool and give the 1/4 ball.
