Liverpool v West Ham United
Premier League, Anfield, Sunday 13 April 2025, 2pm BST
West Ham United make the 230-mile trip to Merseyside for the third time this season to face Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.
The Hammers visited Anfield back in September 2024 for an EFL Cup third-round tie that ended in a heavy defeat, before travelling to the other side of Stanley Park to tackle Everton in the Premier League in mid-March this year and drawing 1-1.
Liverpool have set the pace in the Premier League this season under Dutch manager Arne Slot and go into the weekend eleven points clear of Arsenal with seven gameweeks to play. The title, therefore, should be returning to Anfield for the first time since 2019/20, and just the second time in the last 35 years.
The Reds’ 26-match unbeaten run was ended by a 3-2 defeat at Fulham last time out, but Slot’s side have been nigh-on impregnable in 2024/25, losing just once at Anfield – to Nottingham Forest in mid-September – and just seven times in 49 games in all competitions.
West Ham’s away form has been patchy, to say the least, with only five clubs picking up fewer than the Hammers’ 17 points on the road, but the Londoners have won at Arsenal and drawn at Aston Villa and Everton since Graham Potter’s appointment as Head Coach in January.
Tickets…
The first 90% of the Club’s allocation of 3,058 tickets sold out to Bondholders and Season Ticket Holders with 22+ Loyalty Points. The remaining 10% (305 tickets) were then made available by a ballot to Season Ticket Holders who had yet to purchase for this fixture. The ballot closed at 12noon on Wednesday 19 March.
For ticket information about our upcoming home Premier League matches, click HERE.
Travel…
If you are taking the train up from London on the Sunday morning, direct services leave Euston at 08.23 and 09.19, while you can change by taking the 08.35 (at Crewe) or 08.38 (at Rugby and Crewe), which should get you to the ground in good time for kick-off!
From Lime Street, bus service 917 departs from Commutation Row in the City Centre and takes around 15 minutes to reach Anfield. Fans can use the return service from Walton Lane after the match.
Alternatively, from Liverpool City Centre, take the 26 from Liverpool ONE bus station or 17 from Queen Square Bus Station directly to the ground. Or you could take a taxi!
After the match, trains also depart Lime Street at 16.43 and 17.43 and take two hours and 25 minutes to get back to London. Indirect services leave at 16.33 and 17.33, but take much longer to get to Euston via a change at Crewe.
For those who wish to drive, parking is available near Goodison Park, with the Stanley Park Car Park situated half-a-mile away along Priory Road at the junction with Utting Avenue. Prices are displayed upon entry, but supporters are advised to get there early to avoid disappointment!
Accessible parking is available. Please fill out the form HERE for details.
How To Follow…
Sunday’s 2pm kick-off has been selected for live broadcast in the UK by Sky Sports. If you live outside the UK, click HERE for details of Premier League listings in your territory.
You can follow the action via our live blog on whufc.com and our app, and across our social media channels. We will also have highlights and exclusive reaction for you after the final whistle on our website and social media.
Live audio commentary will be available in the UK on BBC Radio 5 Live, and worldwide on our official website and app.
Honouring those lost at Hillsborough…
As West Ham United prepares to travel to Anfield this weekend, the Club wishes to remember the 97 Liverpool fans who tragically lost their lives as a result of the Hillsborough Disaster nearly 36 years ago, on 15 April 1989.
We stand in solidarity with the families, friends, and all those affected by the tragedy, and we know that our supporters will join us in marking this occasion with the respect and dignity it deserves.
A period of silence will be held before kick-off, and West Ham United will lay a wreath at Anfield’s Hillsborough memorial in tribute to those who lost their lives.
We ask that everyone attending the match on Sunday represents West Ham United in the right way - by showing class, respect, and unity with the football family.
West Ham United is unequivocal in its position: there is no place in football or society for any form of abusive, offensive, or discriminatory chanting. This includes tragedy chanting, which has a terrible impact on families, friends and communities who have been devastated by these events.
Any individual found to be engaging in such behaviour will face the strongest possible action from the Club, including lifetime bans. It is also a criminal offence and will potentially result in arrest and prosecution.
The Club can also face disciplinary action if any of its supporters are found to have engaged in this behaviour, which is not representative of the West Ham United fanbase and will not be tolerated by the Club.
Team News…
West Ham United will be without long-term injury absentees Michail Antonio and Crysencio Summerville, while Aaron Cresswell missed last weekend’s 2-2 home draw with AFC Bournemouth with a muscular issue, but otherwise Head Coach Graham Potter has a strong squad to choose from at Anfield.
Liverpool manager Arne Slot could welcome back goalkeeper Alisson, who has been recovering from a concussion, but defenders Joe Gomez (hamstring) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (ankle) are ruled out.
Opposition…
With Manchester City kicking-off the season as four-time defending Premier League champions, and Liverpool starting the campaign with a new manager in Dutchman Arne Slot, most pundits were predicting another title for Pep Guardiola and his squad.
However, former Feyenoord boss Slot has overseen a dramatic changing of the guard at the top of the table – no pun intended – with the Reds streaking clear of not just their rivals in sky blue, but all of their rivals.
Liverpool have been top of the table since the start of November, and have lost just one Premier League match at home all season – to another surprise package, Nottingham Forest, in mid-September.
While Slot’s side have been knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain, lost the EFL Cup final to Newcastle United and were beaten at Fulham in the Premier League last weekend, it would take a monumental collapse in the Anfield side’s form to relinquish their huge advantage at the top of the league standings.
Previous Meetings…
West Ham United do not exactly relish trips to Anfield…
We have won at Liverpool’s famous stadium just once in the last 56 visits in all competitions!
Our only victory there since September 1963 came in August 2015, when Manuel Lanzini, Mark Noble and Diafra Sakho all found the net in a 3-0 Premier League success for Slaven Bilić’s Irons. After that memorable win ended a 52-year wait, the Hammers drew on their next two visits but have not avoided defeat since.
That 3-0 win is also our largest margin of victory at Anfield, eclipsing the 3-1 First Division success achieved thanks to two goals from Jimmy Ruffell and one from fellow England international Vic Watson back in February 1928!
Match Officials…
Referee: Andrew Madley
Assistant Referees: Scott Ledger & Matthew Wilkes
Fourth Official: Tony Harrington
VAR: John Brooks
Assistant VAR: Steven Meredith
Andrew Madley will referee West Ham United’s Premier League away fixture at Liverpool on Sunday 13 April.
The 41-year-old from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire has been a part of Professional Game Match Officials Limited’s (PGMOL) Select Group One since 2019, having originally made his refereeing debut in the top-flight in Watford’s 2-2 draw with AFC Bournemouth on 31 March 2018.
Madley has refereed 109 Premier League matches in total, with a season-high of 24 in 2022/23, including eight involving West Ham. The first three were played during the COVID-affected 2020/21 season at Leicester City, Southampton and Aston Villa.
The most-recent of Madley’s Hammers’ appointments in the Premier League was at Tottenham Hotspur in October 2024, when Mohammed Kudus was sent-off in the Irons’ 4-1 defeat. Madley’s other West Ham appointment in 2024/25 was the 5-1 Carabao Cup third-round defeat at Liverpool last September, when Edson Álvarez was sent-off for two bookable offences.
As for games not involving West Ham, Madley refereed last season’s FA Cup final in which Manchester United beat Manchester City 2-1, as well as the 2015 and 2019 EFL League One Play-Off finals, won by Preston North End and Charlton Athletic respectively.
While Madley’s refereeing has been domestic this season, he did take charge of matches in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying and the international friendlies between South Korea and Saudi Arabia, and Poland and Ukraine in 2023/24.
For more information about the match officiating team, click HERE.
