Head-to-Head
- Liverpool have won each of the last five Premier League meetings with Bournemouth, including a 4-2 victory at home five months ago.
- Bournemouth are winless in their last three home games against Liverpool.
Bournemouth
- The Cherries are a very different proposition to what they were a couple of seasons ago under Scott Parker and Andoni Iraola has instilled a more aggressive, high-pressing identity.
- They can change the pace in an instant and make the ball flow vertically very well when they win the ball in the right areas.
Liverpool
- Liverpool sit fourth in the Premier League on 36 points from 22 games, nine better off than Bournemouth in 15th after the same amount of games.
- At the Vitality, Bournemouth have won five, drawn four and lost two of 11 Premier League games and they are up against a Liverpool side that have won four, drawn three and lost four of their 11 away games.
Key Players
- Iraola can rotate his attack around some very quick players, led by top scorer Eli Junior Kroupi, who has 7 goals in 17 Premier League appearances.
- Florian Wirtz has been on fire of late, bagging 3 of Liverpool’s last 5 goals, while Hugo Ekitike has 8 in 19 league matches and offers pace and clinicality up front.
- The Reds have conceded 18 goals in 11 away games, an average of 1.64 per game, so Bournemouth can hurt the Reds on Saturday and they have hit 16 goals in 11 home Premier League fixtures.
Betting Insights
- Slot’s side are the clear favourites here at 1.87 but Bournemouth are 3.65 and have enough quality to ensure that the game stays close and the bet that jumps out is 'Both Teams To Score' at 1.53.
- Liverpool have drawn each of their last four league matches after winning just one of their previous five in the Premier League (W1, D4).
Prediction
The Merseyside club are clearly the better side and should nick this but Bournemouth’s pressing approach could make for an interesting match given Liverpool have shared the spoils in their last couple of games.
