Liverpool v West Ham: Barclays Premier League preview

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Liverpool team news
Robbie Keane will get an extended chance to impress up front for Liverpool because Fernando Torres is out with a hamstring injury.

Full-back Andrea Dossena is likely to replace Fabio Aurelio, who is out for two weeks with a calf problem.

Provisional squad: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Agger, Hyypia, Dossena, Benayoun, Gerrard, Mascherano, Alonso, Babel, Kuyt, Keane, Ngog, Riera, Cavalieri, Lucas, Insua, El Zhar.

West Ham team news
West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola has a strong squad at his disposal as several players return to contention.

Scott Parker should start despite a recent illness, while Mark Noble and Jonathan Spector are back from injury.

Provisional squad: Green, Stech, Neill, Ilunga, Gabbidon, Lopez, Parker, Bellamy, Etherington, Cole, Boa Morte, Upson, Noble, Mullins, Spector, Collins, Faubert, Stokes, Walker, Lastuvka, Diego Tristan, Davenport, Reid, Bowyer, Sears, Di Michele, Collison, Tomkins.

The New Football Pools pundits' predictions
John Barnes: Home win
Tony Cascarino: Home win
Graham Poll: Home win

Opta Match Facts
Liverpool have won nine and lost only one of the last 11 Premier League meetings with West Ham.
The Hammers have failed to win at Anfield in the Premier League era - 10 defeats and three draws - and have lost the last seven in a row.
In fact, the Hammers have not won at Anfield since September 1963 - a run of 36 games (27 defeats and nine draws).
Fernando Torres scored a hat-trick in this fixture last season.
All of Torres' goals this season have come away from home.
Jose Reina has kept nine clean sheets - the most in the league
Valon Behrami is the most fouled player in the league on average - once every 22.4 minutes.
Liverpool are one short of 150 Premier League goals in December.
This will be West Ham's 54th Monday night Premier League game, only Tottenham (56) have played more.

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