Stats10 interesting facts and figures ahead of Liverpool v West Ham

In the Premier League, Liverpool have won 32 of the 52 encounters with West Ham, drawing 10 and losing 10 of those games.

Mohamed Salah has scored nine goals against the Hammers – the most he has scored against a team in the Premier League, alongside Watford.

Liverpool's next goal will be their 100th versus West Ham in the Premier League era.

Virgil van Dijk is unbeaten in all 69 of his home league games as a Reds player.

Liverpool have won five successive home league matches against the Hammers. They are three behind their best sequence against them – which was achieved from 1967 to 1973.

The Reds have failed to score in only one league game in 2022 – last month's goalless draw with Everton at Goodison Park.

Fernando Torres scored the last hat-trick for Liverpool in this fixture, at Anfield in March 2008 during a 4-0 win.

Roberto Firmino has scored twice as many league goals this season as any other Reds player (six).

Each of Liverpool's last two games played on October 19 ended in 3-2 victories. They defeated Atletico Madrid last year and won at Queens Park Rangers in 2014.

Stuart Attwell will take charge of the fixture – his last Anfield visit saw the Reds beat AFC Bournemouth 9-0 back in August.