Liverpool – West Ham Prediction & Picks (12.08.2018)

Two teams that bought well this summer are facing Anfield on Sunday: the game between Liverpool and West Ham United will be a match with a lot of newcomers within the lines.

Liverpool:

At Liverpool, they want to win the Premier League again after 28 years. The Reds were close with Steven Gerrard and Luis Suárez a few years ago, but a championship was not celebrated at Anfield. This season, however, Liverpool will try again, as Liverpool is the title favorite with Manchester City. Last year Liverpool finished 25 points behind champion Manchester City, but The Reds then had commitments in the Champions League and Liverpool this season has more quality than last season’s Liverpool.

The purchases made by Jürgen Klopp are impressive. By attracting Allison (AS Roma), Naby Keïta (RB Leizpig), Fabinho (AS Monaco), Klopp replaced the weak positions of last year, and with Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) Liverpool now has an excellent replacement in the the forefront player get injured. Moreover, the purchase was not last minute, so we can expect Allison, Keïta and Fabinho (if fit) in the base against West Ham United. Some point of criticism of this Liverpool is still that next to Virgil van Dijk is not a champion-worthy center defender and if Van Dijk gets injured, they really have a problem. At Liverpool they managed to win from Manchester City (1-2) and Manchester United (1-4) in the preparation, and this season it is important to win the top matches in the Premier League.

West Ham United:

Clubs like Liverpool, Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers have strengthened themselves this summer and the same goes for West Ham United. At The Hammers not only players were bought, but also Manuel Pellegrini was appointed as manager. The Chilean knows the blows of the whip and with West Ham United may be the surprise of this season. Last season, the club from London was in degradation for a long time under both Slaven Bilić and David Moyes. At the end of the ride, Moyes got it on the ride and finished thirteenth with The Hammers, but that does not change the fact that the supporters are not too keen on last season.

This season everything promises to be better at West Ham United. A hundred million was spent on new acquisitions. The London Stadium has to warm up in the coming months for players like Felipe Anderson (Lazio), Issa Diop (Toulouse) and Andriy Yarmolenko (Borussia Dortmund). In addition, there were also two players with Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) and Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City) who together played almost three hundred games in the Premier League. All in all, Pellegrini has a great group for West Ham United concepts and a place in the left row does not link unfeasible for The Hammers, who lost only one game of preparation.