Liverpool v West Ham United, 28 February 2026

Score5-2 to Liverpool
RefereeTim Robinson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance60,425

View Liverpool v West Ham United head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 60 Liverpool won: 39 Drawn: 11 West Ham United won: 10 Liverpool scored: 121 West Ham United scored: 55 . West Ham United now remained with only one win in 53 league visits to Anfield; a 3-0 win on 29 August 2015 in the Premier League.

5 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

2 West Ham United

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Hugo Ekitike 5 G
Virgil van Dijk 24 G
Alexis Mac Allister 43 G
Cody Gakpo 70 G
Axel Disasi own goal 82 OG

Goals:

Tomáš Souček 49 G
Taty Castellanos 75 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Miloš Kerkez
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Hugo Ekitike

Starting lineup:

Mads Hermansen Goalkeeper
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender
Axel Disasi Defender
Dinos Mavropanos Defender
Soungoutou Magassa Defender/Midfielder
Aaron Wan-Bissaka Defender/Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward
Crysencio Summerville Midfielder/Forward
Taty Castellanos Forward

Substitutions:

Rio Ngumoha for Hugo Ekitike 76
Jeremie Frimpong for Joe Gomez 77
Trey Nyoni for Ryan Gravenberch 86

Substitutions:

Adama Traoré for Soungoutou Magassa 76
Mohamadou Kanté for Tomáš Souček 90
Ezra Mayers for El Hadji Malick Diouf 90

Cards:

Cody Gakpo 55 Y
Dominik Szoboszlai 85 Y

Cards:

Soungoutou Magassa 45 Y
Crysencio Summerville 79 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili
Goalkeeper Freddie Woodman
Defender Calvin Ramsay
Defender/Midfielder Jeremie Frimpong
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Rio Ngumoha
Midfielder/Forward Trey Nyoni

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola
Defender Max Kilman
Defender Ezra Mayers
Defender Jean-Clair Todibo
Defender/Midfielder Oliver Scarles
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Walker-Peters
Midfielder Mohamadou Kanté
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Callum Wilson

Comments:

League position: 5th . Liverpool failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since September 2024 (four). . The Reds now remained unbeaten in 124 home games in the Premier League when leading by two or more goals at half time (won 121). . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 20 of their last 25 home games in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 18th . West Ham United failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since February 2025. . The Hammers had now won one of their 30 away games in the Premier League at the reigning champions (lost 27). . This was the first time that they had conceded five or more goals in an away game in the Premier League since a 5-0 loss at Chelsea on 5 May 2024.

5 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

Goals:

Hugo Ekitike 5 G
Virgil van Dijk 24 G
Alexis Mac Allister 43 G
Cody Gakpo 70 G
Axel Disasi own goal 82 OG

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Miloš Kerkez
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Hugo Ekitike

Substitutions:

Rio Ngumoha for Hugo Ekitike 76
Jeremie Frimpong for Joe Gomez 77
Trey Nyoni for Ryan Gravenberch 86

Cards:

Cody Gakpo 55 Y
Dominik Szoboszlai 85 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili
Goalkeeper Freddie Woodman
Defender Calvin Ramsay
Defender/Midfielder Jeremie Frimpong
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Rio Ngumoha
Midfielder/Forward Trey Nyoni

Comments:

League position: 5th . Liverpool failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since September 2024 (four). . The Reds now remained unbeaten in 124 home games in the Premier League when leading by two or more goals at half time (won 121). . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 20 of their last 25 home games in the Premier League.

2 West Ham United

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Tomáš Souček 49 G
Taty Castellanos 75 G

Starting lineup:

Mads Hermansen Goalkeeper
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender
Axel Disasi Defender
Dinos Mavropanos Defender
Soungoutou Magassa Defender/Midfielder
Aaron Wan-Bissaka Defender/Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward
Crysencio Summerville Midfielder/Forward
Taty Castellanos Forward

Substitutions:

Adama Traoré for Soungoutou Magassa 76
Mohamadou Kanté for Tomáš Souček 90
Ezra Mayers for El Hadji Malick Diouf 90

Cards:

Soungoutou Magassa 45 Y
Crysencio Summerville 79 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola
Defender Max Kilman
Defender Ezra Mayers
Defender Jean-Clair Todibo
Defender/Midfielder Oliver Scarles
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Walker-Peters
Midfielder Mohamadou Kanté
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Callum Wilson

Comments:

League position: 18th . West Ham United failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since February 2025. . The Hammers had now won one of their 30 away games in the Premier League at the reigning champions (lost 27). . This was the first time that they had conceded five or more goals in an away game in the Premier League since a 5-0 loss at Chelsea on 5 May 2024.