Liverpool faces Bournemouth in the Premier League this weekend and Arne Slot could name an unchanged team after a 3-0 win over Marseille in the Champions League
04:00, 24 Jan 2026
Mohamed Salah will expect to start against Bournemouth
Mohamed Salah will expect to start against Bournemouth(Image: Getty Images)
Liverpool can consolidate its place in the top four with a victory at Bournemouth on Saturday.
The Reds go into the game on a 13-game run, having also registered an impressive 3-0 victory away to Marseille in the Champions League in midweek.
Arne Slot is unlikely to make many changes to the team that romped to victory in southern France, with a lack of options in defense limiting the Dutchman's capacity to rotate.
Jeremie Frimpong should continue at right-back owing to Conor Bradley's unavailability, while Milos Kerkez is likely to continue in the team at left-back after displaying good form of late.
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The recent sad passing of Ibrahima Konate's father means that he remains unavailable, so Joe Gomez looks set to continue alongside Virgil van Dijk in the center of defense.
Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai, Florian Wirtz, and Hugo Ekitike virtually always start when available, while Mohamed Salah will also likely keep his place. The most obvious tweak to the front six would see Curtis Jones come in for Alexis Mac Allister, who does benefit from having his minutes managed.
Predicted line-up vs. Bournemouth: Alisson; Frimpong, Gomez, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Jones, Szoboszlai; Salah, Wirtz, Ekitike
Slot's team news update
Arne Slot could be without five players against Bournemouth: as well as Konate's absence, Federico Chiesa is a doubt, while Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley, and Alexander Isak are all long-term absentees.
"Federico wasn't able to be on the bench on Wednesday," Slot said as he gave a team news update during a press conference at the AXA Training Center on Friday.
"There was a recovery session yesterday, so we have to wait and see today," Slot told the media at his pre-match press conference on Friday morning.
"It's difficult for me to say whether he is available for Bournemouth. We don't expect him to be out for long, so it would be 50/50 maybe if he is available for tomorrow.
Liverpool winger Federico Chiesa
Federico Chiesa's involvement is in doubt(Image: Getty Images)
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"I spoke to [Konate] a few times. I think these are private matters and they should stay between us. It's very obvious that if something like that happens, a player needs time to be there for his family and also time for himself."
Slot added: "For the rest, at this moment in time, no one picked up a knock, no one had a problem after the game, but sometimes when you start training again, you can feel something.
"But I expect all the same players to be available for tomorrow, and Calvin Ramsay is a player who is not available for the Champions League but will be available for the Premier League, so that's another player to add."