English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 28, 2026
West Ham United LWDWD 2
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Liverpool WLWWW 5
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WHU022
LIV325
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Match Report

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Liverpool boost UCL hopes with 5-2 win over West Ham at Anfield

Liverpool boosted their hopes of Champions League qualification after beating West Ham United 5-2 at Anfield on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
10
2
Saves
3
50.9
Possession
49.1
11
SHOTS
18
4
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
332
Accurate Passes
328
422
Passes
405
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
21
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.1
57
Long Balls
39
25
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
7
8
Effective Tackles
10
13
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
6
19
Effective Clearances
22
19
Clearances
22

Highlights

01:57 Michallik: Liverpool still need to improve Watch on ESPN 02:38 Nicol: Liverpool didn't look comfortable vs. West Ham Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 5Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 6Milos KerkezLB
  5. 2Joe GomezRB
  6. 8Dominik SzoboszlaiAM
  7. 10Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  8. 38Ryan GravenberchRM
  9. 22Hugo EkitikeF
  10. 18Cody GakpoAM-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahAM-R

WHU · 4-5-1

  1. 1Mads HermansenG
  2. 4Axel DisasiCD-L
  3. 15Konstantinos MavropanosCD-R
  4. 12El Hadji Malick DioufLB
  5. 29Aaron Wan-BissakaRB
  6. 27Soungoutou MagassaCM-L
  7. 28Tomás SoucekCM-R
  8. 18Mateus FernandesAM
  9. 7Crysencio SummervilleLM
  10. 20Jarrod BowenRM
  11. 11Valentín CastellanosF

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Liverpool 1, West Ham United 0. Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch following a corner.
  2. 24' Goal! Liverpool 2, West Ham United 0. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.
  3. 43' Goal! Liverpool 3, West Ham United 0. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Hugo Ekitiké following a corner.
  4. 45' Soungoutou Magassa (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 49' Goal! Liverpool 3, West Ham United 1. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by El Hadji Malick Diouf with a cross.
  6. 55' Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 70' Goal! Liverpool 4, West Ham United 1. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hugo Ekitiké.
  8. 75' Goal! Liverpool 4, West Ham United 2. Valentín Castellanos (West Ham United) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross following a corner.
  9. 76' Substitution, West Ham United. Adama Traoré replaces Soungoutou Magassa.
  10. 76' Substitution, Liverpool. Rio Ngumoha replaces Hugo Ekitiké.
  11. 77' Substitution, Liverpool. Jeremie Frimpong replaces Joe Gomez.
  12. 79' Crysencio Summerville (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 82' Own Goal by Axel Disasi, West Ham United. Liverpool 5, West Ham United 2.
  14. 85' Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 86' Substitution, Liverpool. Trey Nyoni replaces Ryan Gravenberch.
  16. 90' Substitution, West Ham United. Mohamadou Kanté replaces Tomás Soucek.
  17. 90' Substitution, West Ham United. Ezra Mayers replaces El Hadji Malick Diouf.

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