Despite their investments in the winter window, the home team has struggled to adjust to the demands of top-flight football and is now on the verge of relegation. In their most recent match, they gave away a two-goal lead in the final 30 minutes and lost 3-2 to league leaders Arsenal. Bournemouth sit absolute bottom in the association table with only 21 focuses from 25 games. This weekend, they will try to overcome their most recent setbacks and resume winning.
After a slow start to the season, Liverpool appears to have found their feet in recent weeks and are now vying for a spot in the Champions League. In their most recent league game, they defeated rival Manchester United 7-0. Before Roberto Firmino came off the bench to score, the front three of Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo, and Mohamed Salah each scored twice.
Prediction
Bournemouth has lost consecutive games and has only won one of their last 12 games in all competitions. They might have trouble here because they haven’t won any of their last five games at home.
Liverpool has won four of their last five league games and is unbeaten in their last three contests. The visitors should win this game due to the stark difference in class and quality between the two teams.
Prediction: Liverpool beat Bournemouth 0-3.
Head-to-Head
- There have been 18 encounters between Liverpool and Bournemouth. While the visitors have won 14 of those games, the hosts have only won one. Between the two teams, there have been three draws.
- In their most recent matchup, the visitors defeated the Cherries 9-0 to win their seventh game in a row in this fixture.
- In their last 14 games against this opponent, the hosts have not kept a clean sheet.
- This season, only five of Bournemouth’s 14 league losses have occurred at home.
- This season, the Reds have lost six of their seven league games away from home.
- With 51 goals conceded, the Cherries have the worst defensive record in the English Premier League this season.
Team news
For Bournemouth manager Gary O’Neil, Lewis Cook (knee injury) and David Brooks (fitness injury) won’t be able to play.
Neto, Chris Mepham, Jack Stephens, Marcos Senesi, Adam Smith, Jordan Zemura, Dango Ouattara, Joe Rothwell, Philip Billing, Antoine Semenyo, and Dominic Solanke are all possible starters for The Cherries in the match.
Jürgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool, must deal with multiple availability issues. Luis Díaz (Knee Injury), Thiago (Issues with the hip flexor), Arthur Melo (Medical procedure) and Calvin Ramsay (Knee Medical procedure) will not be showing up.
We think that Alisson Becker, T. Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Harvey Elliott, Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, and Darwin Nunez could play in a 4-3-3 formation for The Reds.
Lineup
| Liverpool | ||
| G | 1 | Alisson |
| D | 4 | Virgil van Dijk |
| D | 26 | Andrew Robertson |
| D | 2 | Joe Gomez |
| D | 66 | Trent Alexander-Arnold |
| M | 14 | Jordan Henderson |
| M | 3 | Fabinho |
| M | 19 | Harvey Elliott |
| A | 9 | Roberto Firmino |
| A | 11 | Mohamed Salah |
| A | 23 | Luis Díaz |
| Bournemouth | ||
| G | 1 | Mark Travers |
| D | 15 | Adam Smith |
| D | 25 | Marcos Senesi |
| D | 6 | Chris Mepham |
| D | 33 | Jordan Zemura |
| M | 8 | Jefferson Lerma |
| M | 10 | Ryan Christie |
| M | 4 | Lewis Cook |
| M | 16 | Marcus Tavernier |
| A | 21 | Kieffer Moore |
| M | 32 | Jaidon Anthony |
Betting Tips
Winning Result of match Liverpool
Goals – Over/Under 2.5 – Over 2.5 goals (each team has scored more than 2.5 goals in 10 of their last 10 games) Both teams to score: NO (In only one of their six previous encounters, neither team has scored)