Two of the Premier League's most well-known pundits disagreed with their predictions for Liverpool's trip to West Ham on Sunday.
In most seasons, Liverpool would be the clear favorite to emerge from the London Stadium with three points, but Arne Slot's men go into the game in woeful form.
Liverpool has not claimed a single Premier League point away from home in two and a half months, with the 1-0 win at Burnley on September 14 the last time the Reds didn't lose a top-flight game on the road.
West Ham is enjoying something of a resurgence at the moment, taking seven points from its last three league games, but Paul Merson is still backing Liverpool to come out on top with a narrow 2-1 win.
"If Liverpool had scored first against Nottingham Forest, they would have won that game easily," Merson told Sportskeeda. "West Ham score first here and Liverpool could crumble again like last weekend. This is literally a first goal wins game in my opinion.
"When Liverpool were at their best, they used to press so high. They don't do that anymore. I saw Salah [against PSV] and for one of the PSV goals, someone just skipped past him and he was still walking back. That would have never happened two or three years ago.
"We're at the end of November and I don't think Arne Slot knows his best team yet. He has to figure that out quickly. When he bought all these players, he must have had a vision in mind. It is time to deliver now. I believe Slot should be given time though. You can't win the league every year. It's not like he's entitled to win the league just because he won it last time around.
"I don't want to use this as an excuse, but we should also take into consideration what happened with Diogo Jota. I just feel that must have had a big effect on these players. When you see someone like Virgil van Dijk struggling, you start to think if the problem is more than just football.
Alexander Isak and Ibrahima Konate look dejected as they walk off the pitch after Liverpool's loss to PSV Eindhoven
Liverpool goes into the game in awful form (Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)
"Like I said before, whoever scores first, the referee can just blow the whistle and call them winners! Backing Liverpool since they have the better players all over the pitch."
Chris Sutton, meanwhile, said in his BBC predictions that he expects Liverpool's miserable season to continue as he backed West Ham to secure a 2-1 victory.
"Liverpool's run of defeats cannot go on indefinitely, but what is there to suggest it will end on Sunday against the Hammers?" Sutton said.
"I had this problem with predicting Manchester City last season when they lost a lot of games but I kept thinking they would turn it around.
"But you get to a stage where you have to just go with your gut, forget what a good team Liverpool used to be, and instead make a prediction based on the way they are playing at the moment.
"There has definitely been an upturn in form from West Ham under Nuno Espirito Santo, and I can't see Liverpool keeping a clean sheet."