Liverpool – West Ham United

The Merseyside club will not be able to beat the visitors from the capital with confidence

Liverpool will host Liverpool in the second quarter-final of the English League Cup on Wednesday. The match with the strongest Merseyside club will be attended by the current winner of the Conference League and participant of the Europa League. Jurgen Klopp's team started their tournament journey to the 1/16 finals with a goal conceded in the third minute of the game from Leicester City. In the second half of that game, the Reds scored three times and snatched victory from the representative of the Championships. In the last round against Bournemouth first scored Liverpool, then allowed "cherries" to get back and immediately scored the winning goal through the efforts of Nunez. West Ham in the 1/16 finals warmed up on the representative of the First League Lincoln (1:0), and in the last round had a serious test in the face of Arsenal. Despite their underdog status, West Ham left no chance for the Gunners, allowing them to score only a prestige goal on 90+6 minutes. At the same time, the Hammers themselves scored three times. Bookmakers have identified the home team as the favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.42 on their victory. Liverpool at the end of the round before last in the Premier League for the first time got to the top of the standings. Considering the fact that the Merseysiders had a poor season last season and this year are content to participate in the Europa League, the leadership in the championship was a landmark and inspiring for Jurgen Klopp and his players. However, last weekend the Merseysiders hosted Manchester United at home, were clear favourites, but failed to score against their "dismantled" opponents - 0-0. This result cost Klopp's team the first place, which was taken by the more hasty Arsenal. West Ham will arrive at Anfield in a decent mood. In the middle of last week, the London club wrested first place in the Europa League group from Freiburg, securing their passage to the 1/8 finals, and three days later at the same stadium defeated a rather strong Wolverhampton. In general, over the past month and a half, the "Hammers" won seven of nine official matches, losing only to Fulham. In the last four head-to-head meetings between Liverpool and West Ham, the Merseyside club won exclusively, but three times did it with a difference of just one goal. We bet that the London team will prove themselves worthy.