Liverpool hosts West Ham in round 27 of the English Premier League. The match will be played on Monday, February 24th at Anfield (Liverpool)
Liverpool can go without defeats for 26 matches in the Premier League, but it lost the first European Cup match... What should Klopp do now? Well, the Reds must somehow train in the passing matches of the Premier League and learn how to open the defense of Madrid in the return match. The advantage of the Reds over the closest pursuers in the Premier League is 19 points, so they can do what they want to do. Liverpool has many victories in the national championship, but there are not so many major ones - to be precise, only two victories in the 10 previous rounds. Given the problems of the Reds that formed in the Champions League, you should not expect major victories from them - it makes no sense to spend precious strengths on it now.
The Hammers continue the battle for the right to remain in the Premier League in the next season. The team doesn’t succeed so far - it gained only two victories in the last ten rounds. But the Hammers are trying to impose a fight on rivals of different levels, and they rarely lose matches with crushing scores. About a month ago, West Ham had already played with Liverpool and lost with a 0-2 score. Before the upcoming match, the state of the Hammers has not changed - they are still fighters for survival who have no other tasks. And given the problems of the Reds in the Champions League, the men of David Moyes have small chances for scoring points in the upcoming game.
My bet: a +2.5 handicap of West Ham. This season Liverpool isn’t a team that wants to bomb everyone. Klopp and his men are quite satisfied with victories with a score of 1-0, 2-0, and so on. I think it’s worth betting on a plus handicap of the visitors.
Prediction for the match: West Ham to win with +2.5 handicap
