Bournemouth earned four points from their first four Premier League games against Liverpool (W1 D1 L2), but have since earned just three from their last 11 (W1 D0 L10). The Cherries also scored more than twice as many goals in the first four (7) than they have against the Reds in the last 11 (3).
Liverpool have only failed to score in one of their 15 Premier League meetings with Bournemouth, netting at least three goals in 10 of these 15 games.
Bournemouth (unbeaten in 11) and Liverpool (unbeaten in 18) account for two of the three longest ongoing unbeaten runs in the Premier League (Arsenal also 13 without defeat). Indeed, since the start of MD13 (29th November), no side has won more Premier League points than the Cherries (25 – W7 D4 L0).
Bournemouth (who finished 12th last season), have already beaten Manchester City and Arsenal at the Vitality Stadium this season. The last team to win at home against each of the previous season’s top three sides – having finished in the bottom half themselves – was Blackburn Rovers in 2005-06.
Liverpool have only lost one of their last eight Premier League games against a side coming into the match on an 11+ game unbeaten run (W4 D3), going down 4-1 at home to Man City in February 2021.
Bournemouth have lost 11 of their 12 Premier League games against sides starting the day top of the table. However, they did beat Manchester City 2-1 in November in their most recent fixture against the table toppers.
The two sides to have the most shots following a high turnover in the Premier League this season are Bournemouth (45) and Liverpool (40), while the Cherries have the third lowest PPDA figure (10.3) and the Reds have the joint fourth lowest (10.5).
Among those to have played 500+ minutes, Tyler Adams has made the most tackles per 90 minutes (4.8) and most interceptions per 90 minutes (2.7) of any Premier League player this season. Bournemouth have won 63% of the games he’s started this term (5/8) and scored 2.8 goals per game, compared to a 40% win rate and 1.3 goals per game when he doesn’t start.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored 19 Premier League goals this season and one more goal will give him his fifth 20+ goal season in the competition, something that only Alan Shearer (seven times), Thierry Henry (five), Sergio Agüero (six) and Harry Kane (six) have achieved previously. He’s also only one goal (176) behind Frank Lampard (177) in the all-time Premier League top scorers.
Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo has had the most shots following a ball carry (29) in the Premier League this season, while he has also created 19 chances after a ball carry, a total only two players can better.
