Stevie set to overtake Zico

The skipper will also captain Liverpool for the 300th time in the Barclays Premier League.

Last season the teams played out a goalless draw at Anfield. It was Liverpool's 15th clean sheet in the last 18 league meetings with the Hammers on Merseyside.

The Reds beat West Ham 3-2 at Upton Park on this weekend last year. Three players with Hammers affiliations scored Liverpool's goals. Glen Johnson gave the visitors the lead but Mark Noble (penalty) and Steven Gerrard (own-goal) put West Ham in front at half-time. Joe Cole and Jonjo Shelvey scored in the last 15 minutes to win the game. It was Joe Cole's final goal in a Liverpool shirt.

Only one Liverpool player - Fernando Torres in March 2008 - has scored a league hat-trick against West Ham at Anfield. Roger Hunt (1965), John Toshack (1976) and Michael Robinson in 1983 have achieved the feat at Upton Park.

Glen Johnson has scored for Liverpool against his former club in three of his last four appearances. He made 15 league appearances during his time at Upton Park.

Daniel Agger scored his first Reds goal against West Ham in a 2-1 win at Anfield in 2006.

Gerrard has scored seven goals in 19 appearances against the Hammers. Only John Toshack (10) and Ian Rush and Roger Hunt (eight each) have scored more for the Reds against the Londoners.

Gerrard has scored more goals (seven) against West Ham's Jussi Jaaskelainen than against any other goalkeeper he has faced with all seven coming during the 'keeper's time at Bolton.

Liverpool's biggest home win over West Ham in the League was a 6-0 success in April 1984. Ian Rush and Graeme Souness each scored twice with the others coming from Kenny Dalglish and Ronnie Whelan.

Raheem Sterling celebrates his 19th birthday on Sunday. He scored on his 50th appearance in midweek.

Liverpool have lost three of their last 22 league games.

Luis Suarez has scored nine goals in his last three home games.

He reached 50 league goals in 86 appearances - the eighth fastest in the club's history. He became only the third overseas player to score 50 in the Premier League for the Reds following Fernando Torres (65) and Dirk Kuyt (51).

Suarez has scored 25 goals in his last 24 league games and 13 in nine games this season.

He now has five Liverpool hat-tricks. Only seven players have scored more for the club in the league.

Liverpool are 11 points better off than they were at the same stage last season (14 games). They have 27 points.

The Reds' fourth goal last Wednesday was their 100th in the league under Brendan Rodgers.

Only Manchester City (29) have scored more home league goals than Liverpool (18) this season.

The Hammers have picked up five points from a possible 51 at Anfield in the Premier League - five draws and 12 defeats.

West Ham's last win at Anfield came in September 1963 with Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters scoring in a 2-1 win.

The Londoners have won just two of the last 21 meetings between the clubs - 20 league and the 2006 FA Cup Final, and have only kept two clean sheets in the last 13 league visits.

West Ham have scored only six goals in the last 28 visits to Anfield and none in the last five. In those 28 visits they have scored more than once on only one occasion. Frank Lampard and Marc Keller scored in a 2-2 draw in 1999.

Joe Cole played 42 times for Liverpool scoring five goals, with three of those coming in 26 league appearances. He has started only two league games this season and only one since the opening day.

Stewart Downing scored three goals in 65 league appearances for Liverpool and seven in 91 in all competitions.

Andy Carroll, still out injured, played 58 times in total for the Reds during his time at Anfield scoring 11 times. His league record saw him net six times in 44 games. He has netted seven times in 24 league appearances for the Hammers but has not featured this season.

Sam Allardyce has won three of his 19 league meetings with the Reds as a manager - all three with Bolton. He never won against Liverpool in his time at Newcastle or Blackburn. He has not won in the last eight meetings.

This will be Allardyce's 99th league game in charge of West Ham. He has recorded 39 victories and 31 defeats.

West Ham scored 11 goals away from home last season - the fewest number in the Premier League. This season they have scored four times in seven away games.

However, they have conceded only five goals on their travels. No team has conceded fewer in the top-flight though Arsenal have also conceded five.

On the road this season they have won once - a 3-0 win at Tottenham in October with Winston Reid, Ricardo Vaz Te and Ravel Morrison all scoring in the last half-hour.

That victory at White Hart Lane is their only win in the last 12 away games in the Premier League. They have kept four clean sheets away from home and only Norwich have scored more than once.

Scorers this season (League in brackets):

Liverpool: Suarez 13 (13), Sturridge 11 (9), Gerrard 3 (3), Sterling 2 (1), Coutinho 1 (1), Henderson 1 (0), Moses 1 (1), Skrtel 1 (1), own goals 1 (1).

West Ham:  Morrison 5 (3), Vaz Te 4 (2), J. Cole 2 (2), C. Cole 1 (1), Collison 1 (0), Diame 1 (1), Jarvis 1 (0), Noble 1 (1), Nolan 1 (1), Reid 1 (1), Taylor 1 (0).