West Ham vs. Liverpool

The England striker has been left behind in Liverpool for the trip to Watford, and will not figure in the first Premier League encounter of 2016. In August, when Brendan Rodgers was in charge, he guided West Ham to a first win at Anfield since 1963.

“West Ham, if they get all their players back, are a threat”.

Aaron Creswell may be in contention to start after picking up an ankle injury, but former Liverpool loanee Victor Moses will play no part.

Liverpool are still in the Europa League too, which recommences in February.

Telegraph journalist Chris Bascombe confirmed that English pair Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Jenderson would be missing yesterday, which ties Klopp’s hands in terms of selection.

Ibe takes his place alongside Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino, behind Christian Benteke.

Meanwhile, Slaven Bilic admits 2016 is an important year for West Ham with the club poised to move into a new home at the Olympic Stadium. They have 29 points from 19 games, and could surprise Liverpool tomorrow. Klopp’s team are chasing for a top 4 finish, and should take an advantage of the situation at Manchester United and Chelsea.

“The manager will be pleased with the result, but Jurgen Klopp will know that if they carry on playing like that they will not win many football matches”.

Clyne said: “The team is full of confidence with back-to-back wins”. However, they’ll be boosted by the likely return of summer signing Payet, who played a key role in their excellent start to the season. I’m in good shape and, hopefully, I can keep it up.

Elsewhere, Norwich host Southampton, Aston Villa travel to Sunderland and Tony Pulis’s West Brom entertain Stoke. Dejan Lovren has been brilliant since Jurgen Klopp has arrived at the club, and has kept 5 clean sheets in 7 games alongside Mamadou Sakho.

However, West Ham are sure to make it a tough game as they’ve performed well against Liverpool in recent matches having won two of their last three meetings.