Team news
Lukasz Fabianski, Max Kilman and Carlos Soler are major doubts for West Ham after all three were forced off by first-half injuries during the win at Southampton.
Tomas Soucek and Guido Rodriguez serve one-game bans but Lucas Paqueta returns from suspension.
Dominik Szoboszlai is ruled out for Liverpool after accumulating five yellow cards and both Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate are again sidelined.
Head coach Arne Slot says the Reds are still managing the fitness of forward Diogo Jota, who has made four successive substitute appearances since recovering from a rib issue.
Match facts
Head-to-head
West Ham's 3-2 home win against Liverpool in November 2021 is their only triumph in the past 16 top-flight meetings (D3, L12).
The Reds have scored at least twice in seven of their eight most recent league matches away to the Hammers, including each of the past five.
West Ham United
The Hammers, who are unbeaten in four games, are vying to register consecutive top-flight wins for the first time in nine months.
They lost their first three home league fixtures under Julen Lopetegui but have been beaten just once in their subsequent six outings at London Stadium (W3, D2).
West Ham have scored seven Premier League goals from set-pieces this season (excluding penalties), a total exceeded by only Everton and Arsenal.
They have conceded 74 top-flight goals in 2024, which is a joint high with Wolves and the Hammers' highest in a calendar year since shipping 85 in 1967.
Each of their last six goals has been scored in the second half.
Jarrod Bowen is two goals away from becoming the second player to score 50 in the Premier League for West Ham, after Michail Antonio.
Liverpool
The Reds will begin the new year top of the Premier League for the seventh time. Only once, in 2019-20, did they go on to win the title.
The Merseysiders are the only side with an unbeaten away record in the top flight this season, recording six wins and two draws.
Liverpool have lost their final league fixture in just one of the past 10 calendar years (W8, D1), with that defeat coming at Leicester in 2021.
They have lost one of 26 matches under Arne Slot (W22, D3) and are unbeaten in each of the past 22.
The Reds have earned 12 points from losing positions this season, behind only Manchester City's 14.
Liverpool have conceded 10 goals in their last four Premier League away games, shipping at least twice in each fixture, but nonetheless claimed eight points (W2, D2).
They can become the first team to both score and concede multiple goals in five consecutive top-flight away matches since West Bromwich Albion in 1966.
Mohamed Salah can become the first player to score multiple goals in four consecutive Premier League away appearances. He is the third player to do so in three in a row, after Dennis Bergkamp in 1997 and Harry Kane in 2017.
