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AFC Bournemouth v Liverpool

BBC
·2-min read

Team news

Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola is due to provide a squad fitness update from 13.30 GMT on Friday.

The three players most likely to return from injury this weekend are Luis Sinisterra, Adam Smith and Alex Scott.

Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones remain doubts for Liverpool but Joe Gomez could make his comeback from a hamstring injury.

Darwin Nunez missed Wednesday's Champions League defeat at PSV Eindhoven because of illness and will be assessed.

Match facts

Head-to-head

  • Bournemouth have lost 10 of the past 11 Premier League meetings. One of the three goals they have scored against Liverpool during that period was Philip Billing's winner at home in March 2023.

  • Liverpool have scored at least three times in 10 of their 15 Premier League games against Bournemouth, amassing 46 goals in total.

Bournemouth

  • Bournemouth are on a club record run of 11 Premier League games without defeat (W7, D4). No side has accrued more points in the division over that period.

  • They have earned 15 points from their nine fixtures against sides currently above them, beating Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City and Newcastle (W4, D3, L2).

  • The Cherries ended an 11-match losing streak against top-of-the-table opponents by beating Manchester City 2-1 in November.

  • Justin Kluivert has scored or set up 12 goals in his last 12 Premier League games, one more than in his previous 42 appearances.

  • Dango Ouattara has 10 Premier League goal involvements for Bournemouth this season, with six goals and four assists. He only managed two goals and five assists across his first two seasons in the division.

Liverpool

  • Liverpool are enjoying the longest current unbeaten streak in the Premier League, spanning 18 matches (W13, D5).

  • They have the best away record in the division this season and have gone 14 top-flight games without defeat on the road, dating back to April last year.

  • Liverpool have recovered 14 points from losing positions in the top flight this season, a tally only bettered by Manchester City's 17 and Newcastle's 15.

  • The Reds have only once been outscored after half-time in the league this season, scoring an unrivalled 31 goals themselves.

  • Arne Slot has only lost three of his 35 fixtures in charge of Liverpool.

  • Mohamed Salah has 19 Premier League goals this season, one more than in the whole of 2023-24.

  • Another goal will make him only the fifth player to score 20 in the division in five separate seasons, emulating Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Sergio Aguero and Harry Kane.

  • Sixteen of Salah's 19 league goals this season have come in the second half of games.