{"id":646524,"date":"2024-09-25T09:52:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=646524"},"modified":"2024-09-25T09:52:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:52:32","slug":"west-ham-predicted-lineup-vs-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/25\/west-ham-predicted-lineup-vs-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham Predicted Lineup vs Liverpool For September 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julen Lopetegui\u2019s Hammers face Arne Slot\u2019s Liverpool in the Carabao Cup third round at Anfield. The game takes place <\/span>on Wednesday, <\/span>September 25<\/span>, 2024<\/span>. The Irons beat Andoni Iraola\u2019s Bournemouth 1-0 at home in the second round to advance in the cup. Kick-off is at 8:00 P.M. Last Word on Football brings you a West Ham predicted lineup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

West Ham Predicted Lineup vs <\/span>Liverpool<\/span><\/h2>\n

How West Ham Have Lined up Recently<\/span><\/h3>\n

Alphonse Areola has started every game for West Ham so far this season. <\/span>This<\/span> is apart from the Irons home win against Iraola\u2019s <\/span>Bournemouth<\/span> where \u0141ukasz Fabia\u0144ski started in a 1-0 win. So far this term, Areola has a save percentage of 60% with an xG of 6.8 faced. However, Fabia\u0144ski will <\/span>be expected<\/span> to start tonight against Liverpool. The 39-year-old kept a clean sheet in his last Carabao Cup appearance and also appeared in West Ham\u2019s 3-1 defeat to Manchester City earlier in the campaign. <\/span>This<\/span> will be <\/span>Fabia\u0144ski\u2019s 202nd appearance for the club should he start tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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West Ham lined up with a 3-4-2-1 against Chelsea last weekend in the Premier League where they lost 3-0 at home. The back three were Max Kilman, Edson Alvarez and Konstantinos Mavropanos. <\/span>This<\/span> was very different <\/span>to<\/span> their usual <\/span>lineup<\/span> where Lopetegui has opted for a four at the back with Emerson, Mavropanos, Kilman and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, with the latter starting <\/span>in<\/span> midfield.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite this, against Bournemouth in the last round of the Carabao Cup, Wan-Bissaka and Kilman were partnered with Vladimir Coufal and Jean-Claie Todibo <\/span>who<\/span> is on loan from Nice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite many players still being embedded into David Moyes\u2019 defensively minded system, the new manager has shown enough bravery to to change his system, as evident against the Blues. In their 3-1 home loss to Manchester City, the Spaniard opted for a midfield three of new signing Guido Rodriguez<\/a>, who <\/span>was signed<\/span> this summer for free from Seville-based La Liga club Real Betis, Edson Alvarez and star man Lucas Paqueta.<\/span><\/p>\n

This<\/span> was altered against Marco Silva\u2019s Fulham, with the Hammers playing a 4-2-3-1, with Rodriguez and Alvarez in defensive midfield and Kudus, Soucek and Bowen in attacking midfield. Rodriguez and Alvarez have played with each other before at Liga MX side Club America, winning the Mexican title. However, against Enzo Maresca\u2019s side, Wan-Bissaka was in midfield alongside Guido Rodriguez (who <\/span>was substituted<\/span> after 38 minutes), Paqueta and Emerson <\/span>with<\/span> Kudus and Crysencio Summerville playing further up the pitch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Antonio has started every league match for the Hammers so far up to this <\/span>point<\/span> where <\/span>he was replaced up front by Jarrod Bowen<\/span>.<\/span> Antonio did make a second-half appearance however was unable to help the Hammers claw themselves back into the game against a Mareca-led side starting to find their feet again.<\/span><\/p>\n

West Ham Recent Form<\/span><\/h3>\n

They come into this game after a crushing defeat to London rivals Chelsea, where they conceded twice in the first nineteen minutes. The Hammers had more possession <\/span>but<\/span> were<\/span> unable to make it work. Moreover, they side had 15 shots, two more than Chelsea <\/span>as well as<\/span> more shots on target, but unlike the Blues, they <\/span>failed<\/span> to create any <\/span>big<\/span> chances. <\/span>This<\/span> leaves them 14th in the league, the lowest of any side who have won so far in the league this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before the Chelsea clash, West Ham played yet again in London, but this time against Fulham, where they were able to salvage a very late point thanks to former Southampton striker Danny Ings scoring a 90+5 minute equaliser against a side that has only lost once all season. The top-half outfit dominated the match <\/span>having<\/span> 21 shots to West Ham\u2019s 11 shots <\/span>however<\/span> the<\/span> hammers won\u2019t mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

West Ham Injuries to consider<\/span><\/h3>\n

Former Real Madrid, Spain and Wolves manager Lopetegui will only have one injury to consider ahead of their third-round clash. <\/span>This<\/span> comes through Niklas F\u00fcllkrug <\/span>who<\/span> picked up a Calf injury on <\/span>September 9<\/span>. There is no official date for his return, but it is doubtful that he will <\/span>make an appearance<\/span> against Liverpool.<\/span><\/p>\n

West Ham Predicted Lineup vs Liverpool<\/span><\/h3>\n

GK – Fabia\u0144ski<\/span><\/p>\n

LB – Emerson<\/span><\/p>\n

CB – Todibo<\/span><\/p>\n

CB – Kilman<\/span><\/p>\n

RB – Coufal<\/span><\/p>\n

CM – Soler<\/span><\/p>\n

CM – Soucek<\/span><\/p>\n

CM – Paqueta<\/span><\/p>\n

LM – Bowen<\/span><\/p>\n

ST – Kudus<\/span><\/p>\n

ST – Antonio<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Julen Lopetegui\u2019s Hammers face Arne Slot\u2019s Liverpool in the Carabao Cup third round at Anfield. The game takes place on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. The Irons beat Andoni Iraola\u2019s Bournemouth 1-0 at home in the second round to advance in the cup. Kick-off is at 8:00 P.M. Last Word on Football brings you a West […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5071,"featured_media":646545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1602,32113],"class_list":["post-646524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-ham","tag-carabao-cup","tag-west-ham-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5071"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}