Liverpool 2-1 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2020

Result

Liverpool 2-1 West Ham United

Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2020, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Liverpool 2-1 West Ham United: match report

Liverpool defeated West Ham United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 October 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Pablo Fornals opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Mohamed Salah (42', penalty) and Diogo Jota (85'). West Ham United scored through Pablo Fornals (10').

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; West Ham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 13 points from 6 and West Ham United 13th on 8 points from 6. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 69 points, and West Ham United 6th with 65.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Ham United in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (7.5), level with Diogo Jota (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 2 for West Ham United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Pablo FornalsWest Ham United · 0-1
  • 42'Penalty goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Declan RiceWest Ham United
  • 85'Goal · Diogo JotaLiverpool · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 6, draws 2, West Ham United 2.

Team news

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Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Nat Phillips, Joe Gomez, Andrew Robertson, Curtis Jones, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané

West Ham United line-up (5-4-1)

Lukasz Fabianski, Vladimír Coufal, Fabián Balbuena, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell, Arthur Masuaku, Jarrod Bowen, Tomáš Souček, Declan Rice, Pablo Fornals, Sébastien Haller