Liverpool travel to Vitality Stadium to take on Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday evening as the Reds hunt for their first win of the New Year.
Bournemouth were held to a 1-1 draw by Brighton & Hove Albion in their last outing.
Liverpool secured a 3-0 victory over Olympique Marseille in the Champions League last time out.
However, the Reds were held to a 1-1 draw by relegation-threatened Burnley in their last Premier League outing.
**Match preview**
Bournemouth have conceded 52 goals in their 17 Premier League games against Liverpool – against no side have they shipped more (also 52 vs Man City).
Liverpool have won 12 of their last 13 Premier League games against Bournemouth, with the exception being a 1-0 away defeat in March 2023.
The Cherries have lost 10 of their last 11 Premier League games against the reigning champions, with the exception being a 2-1 home win against Man City last season. The Cherries had previously won three of their first six against the reigning champions (D1 L2).
Bournemouth have won just one of their last 13 Premier League games (D6 L6), beating Spurs 3-2 earlier this month. Since the start of this run in November, only Wolves (6) and Burnley (4) have earned fewer points than Bournemouth (9), with the Cherries conceding more goals than any other side (30).
The Reds are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League games, the longest current run of any side (W4 D6). However, they’ve drawn each of their last four, last drawing more consecutive league games in October/November 1980 (5).
Arne Slot’s side have drawn all four of their Premier League games so far in 2026. In top-flight history, only two teams have had a longer run of consecutive draws from the start of a calendar year – Southampton in 1995 (5) and Tottenham Hotspur in 1999 (6).
Liverpool have failed to score in four different Premier League games this season, as many as in the 2023/24 (3) and 2024-25 (1) campaigns combined.
Bournemouth’s Marcus Tavernier scored his fifth Premier League goal of the season against Brighton last time out, equalling his best goalscoring return in a single campaign (also 5 in 2022/23). He’s looking to either score or assist a goal in three consecutive appearances for the first time since November 2022.
Florian Wirtz has either scored (3) or assisted (1) a goal in four of his last six Premier League appearances, with these goal involvements being worth six points to Liverpool.
**Team news**
**Bournemouth**
Marcus Tavernier, Julio Soler, Tyler Adams, David Brooks, Ben Gannon-Doak and Justin Kluivert are in the host’s infirmary.
**Liverpool**
Alexander Isak, Federico Chiesa, Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni are sidelined with injuries.
Ibrahim Konate is out due to personal reasons and will be unavailable.
**Predicted line-ups**
**Bournemouth**: Djordje Petrovic, Adam Smith, James Hill, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert, Lewis Cook, Alex Scott, Álex Jiménez, Amine Adli, Junior Kroupi, Evanilson.
**Liverpool**: Alisson, Jeremie Frimpong, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai, Florian Wirtz, Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitiké.