Liverpool vs West Ham live score, updates, highlights, lineups, and result from Premier League clash

ANFIELD, LIVERPOOL — Liverpool have enjoyed a strong start to the new Premier League season, winning four and drawing one of their opening five fixtures.

However, they come into this game contending with the dreaded Thursday-Sunday schedule that has proved tricky to navigate for so many teams participating in the Europa League in recent years.

Fortunately, the effects of that quick turnaround could well be mitigated by the fact that the Reds' opponents, West Ham, are themselves in Europe's second tier competition this season.

But they arrive at Anfield having picked up an impressive 10 points from their opening five games and full of confidence after another win on Thursday.

A first test of how Liverpool cope with that Thursday-Sunday schedule this season. Although they’re probably helped in this instance by the fact that West Ham are contending with the same issue. @sn_footballclub pic.twitter.com/GLpRKqDSFa

Lineups:

Liverpool predicted lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Alisson (GK) — Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson — Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Jones — Salah, Nunez, Diaz 

West Ham predicted lineup (4-2-3-1, right to left): Areola (GK) — Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Emerson — Alvarez, Soucek — Bowen, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta — Antonio

1.5 hrs to kickoff: Jurgen Klopp has used his programme notes to urge his players to learn lessons from a poor first-half showing at Wolves last time out. He writes: "There was so much to like but at the same time we cannot and will not ignore the first half. That is not allowed. We will take the lessons of the bad and the good and use them because this is the only way."

2 hrs to kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News' live coverage of Liverpool vs West Ham in the Premier League. Today's game pits