Liverpool 5-2 West Ham United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Liverpool 5-2 West Ham United
Premier League · Saturday 28 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Liverpool 5-2 West Ham United: match report
Liverpool won against West Ham United 5-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Hugo Ekitiké opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Hugo Ekitiké (5'), Virgil van Dijk (24'), Alexis Mac Allister (43'), Cody Gakpo (70') and an own goal by Axel Disasi (82'). West Ham United scored through Tomáš Souček (49') and Taty Castellanos (75').
Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; West Ham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 6th on 45 points from 27 and West Ham United 18th on 25 points from 27. Liverpool went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and West Ham United 18th with 39.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Ham United in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hugo Ekitiké of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Virgil van Dijk (7.5).
Key events
- 5'Goal · Hugo Ekitiké
- 24'Goal · Virgil van Dijk
- 43'Goal · Alexis Mac Allister
- 45'Yellow card · Soungoutou Magassa
- 49'Goal · Tomáš Souček
- 55'Yellow card · Cody Gakpo
- 70'Goal · Cody Gakpo
- 75'Goal · Taty Castellanos
- 79'Yellow card · Crysencio Summerville
- 82'Own goal · Axel Disasi
- 85'Yellow card · Dominik Szoboszlai
Head-to-head
Team news
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Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alisson, Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo, Hugo Ekitiké
West Ham United line-up (4-5-1)
Mads Hermansen, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Axel Disasi, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Jarrod Bowen, Tomáš Souček, Mateus Fernandes, Soungoutou Magassa, Crysencio Summerville, Taty Castellanos