Injury Expert shares early Liverpool team news for EFL Cup clash v West Ham United
Liverpool are set to be without six first-team players for their EFL Cup clash against West Ham United, according to Ben Dinnery.
The injury expert shared the data on his website and has listed the players who will not be available and are “ruled out”, for Wednesday’s clash (20 December) at Anfield.
Joel Matip, Thiago Alcantara, Andrew Robertson, Ryan Gravenberch, Diogo Jota, and Stefan Bajcetic are all ruled out of Wednesday’s game through long-term injury absences while Alexis Mac Allister’s return status is at 25 per cent as he nurses a knee injury.
Intriguing clash
It will be intriguing to see how West Ham United manager David Moyes lines up for Wednesday’s game at Anfield with plenty of the club’s fans expecting the Scot to go there and attempt to win the game.
Hammers fans certainly want to see their side fighting for trophies, especially after June’s Europa Conference League triumph and in order to be the best they have to beat the best.
However, the Irons face off against Manchester United three days later in the Premier League on Saturday 23 December and Moyes will be eyeing up his priorities, for which the game against Erik ten Hag’s men could well be the desired game to pursue.
Whatever Moyes chooses to do will be incredibly crucial with the Hammers not possessing the most deep of squads to compete on all fronts and the fringe stars who could start against the Reds may not be their best route to a surprise win on Wednesday.
After the weekend developments at both clubs, West Ham United will certainly be encouraged about both games coming up with their impressive 3-0 win over Wolves and Liverpool’s abject performance against Manchester United.
This week will certainly be a massive test of Moyes’ managerial qualities and ability to adapt.
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