West Ham United snatched a somewhat fortunate 1-0 win over bottom side Southampton and the Hammers must now take on the side at the opposite end of the table in Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday evening.
West Ham vs Liverpool predicted lineups
West Ham (4-5-1): Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Emerson; Bowen, Summerville, Alvarez, Paqueta, Kudus; Fullkrug
Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Jota, Diaz
The match is scheduled to kick off at 5.15pm and will take place at the London Stadium on Sunday.
Liverpool also secured a festive victory with their 3-1 home win over Leicester City and the Reds have opened up a seven-point lead thanks to their 13-match unbeaten run in the league.
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Liverpool hoping for boosts on and off the pitch
Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points with their 3-1 win over Leicester City on Thursday and their unbeaten run now stretches to 22 matches in all competitions.
The Reds have lost just once all season and could extend their advantage at the top of the Premier League to as much as 10 points.
Slot confirmed in his press conference on Friday that Liverpool are in constant talks with soon to be out-of-contract trio Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold and that he was not concerned about the fact that the players can negotiate deals with overseas teams from 1st January.
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West Ham vs Liverpool team news
West Ham are nursing something of an injury crisis all of a sudden with the hectic period taking its toll on the Hammers.
Carlos Soler, Lukasz Fabianski and Maximilian Kilman all left the action early in the win at Southampton, to join Michail Antonio on the sidelines. Lucas Paqueta returns after a one-match suspension, but Tomas Soucek and Guido Rodriguez will miss out this weekend with bans of their own.
Liverpool are in a strong position injury-wise, with no reported concerns following the 3-1 win over Leicester on Boxing Day.
Ibrahima Konate and Conor Bradley are the only definite absentees for Arne Slot who could rotate his starting line-up with an abundance of options to choose from.
That could see Luis Diaz replace Cody Gakpo on the left, while Darwin Nunez could make way in attack for the fit-again Diogo Jota.
Harvey Elliott could replace the suspended Szoboszlai in midfield, but Curtis Jones may hold on to that position after scoring in the win over Leicester.