Liverpool will aim to move to within three points of Premier League leaders Manchester City when West Ham United travel to Anfield for Saturday's encounter.
The EFL Cup champions head into the contest on the back of a 2-1 FA Cup fifth-round win over Norwich City, with Takumi Minamino bagging a brace at Anfield.
However, the Japan international is sure to drop out for the returning Mohamed Salah on Saturday, and the 29-year-old is no stranger to goals in this fixture.
Here, Sports Mole takes a closer look at Salah's record against the Hammers as he endeavours to build on his phenomenal 2021-22 season so far.
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Against no other side does Salah boast a better goalscoring record than West Ham, with the Egypt international finding the back of the net nine times and providing three assists in his nine Premier League fixtures with the Hammers.
Salah has recorded identical numbers in just seven games against West Ham's capital counterparts Watford, but the ex-Chelsea man started as he meant to go on against the Hammers during his debut season as Liverpool.
The attacker's first meeting with West Ham saw him bag a brace in a 4-1 success at the London Stadium in November 2017, and the Reds won by the same scoreline at Anfield three months later, with Salah claiming a goal and assist.
The first day of the 2018-19 season saw Salah score the opener in a 4-0 Anfield success against West Ham, but his one and only blank in this fixture to date came in a 1-1 draw with the capital side at the London Stadium in February 2019.
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Salah soon returned to scoring ways with a goal and assist in a 2-0 win away at West Ham in January 2020 before scoring the equaliser in a 3-2 win on Merseyside a month later, with Sadio Mane completing the turnaround late on.
The 2020-21 campaign saw Salah's penalty cancel out a Pablo Fornals strike in a 2-1 win for the Reds at Anfield, and the ex-Roma man would net for the fourth game running against West Ham in the capital in January 2021 - bagging a brace in a 3-1 win.
Salah suffered his first defeat against West Ham 3-2 earlier this season but still managed to assist Trent Alexander-Arnold's effort, meaning that the attacker has directly contributed to a goal in eight of his nine meetings with the Hammers.
Furthermore, Salah has never failed to score against West Ham at Anfield in the Premier League, so David Moyes's side will have their work cut out to prevent the red-hot Egyptian from hitting the 20-goal mark for the league season on Saturday.
Ben Knapton
