West Ham v Liverpool: 14 vital pre-match stats
Ahead of today's Barclays Premier League clash with West Ham United at Upton Park, here are 14 key facts you should know about the game from club statistician Ged Rea…
Earlier this season the Hammers recorded their first victory at Anfield since 1963 when they won 3-0 with goals from Manuel Lanzini, Mark Noble and Diafra Sakho.
Liverpool have won seven of the last 10 clashes at Upton Park and have been beaten in three of the last 12 visits.
Three Liverpool players have scored hat-tricks at Upton Park - Roger Hunt (1965), John Toshack (1976) and Michael Robinson (1983).
The last Reds player to score three against the Hammers was Fernando Torres at Anfield in March 2008.
Liverpool’s biggest wins on this ground came in September 1965 when they won 5-1 and in January 1976 when they ran out 4-0 winners.
The last six meetings at Upton Park have produced a total of 24 goals, with Liverpool scoring 13.
This will be the Reds' final league visit to Upton Park before the Hammers move into Olympic Park in time for the 2016-17 season.
Not since 1930 have Liverpool conceded three goals or more in successive league visits to Upton Park.
West Ham are looking to record their first league double over Liverpool since 1963-64 and only their third ever.
West Ham recently drew three successive league games 0-0 for the first time in their history - doing so at Manchester United, at home to West Bromwich Albion and at Swansea City.
The Hammers lost their opening two home league games this season - to Leicester City and Bournemouth - but are unbeaten in the last seven.
They have conceded more than once in only one of the last 8 games (4-1 at Tottenham Hotspur in November), while in their last nine games they have scored six times in total.
The Hammers went third in the table after beating Chelsea in October but have won just one of the last nine - they came from behind to beat Southampton 2-1 last Monday.
Slaven Bilic has won two of his three meetings with Liverpool as a manager. He was in charge of the Besiktas team that knocked the Reds out of the Europa League last season on penalties after the teams had each won their home game 1-0.