Overview
Liverpool will enter the away match at Vitality Stadium with a dual goal. They need to defend their 10-match unbeaten streak in the Premier League and regain the joy of victory in the domestic league.
The Kop are currently unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League matches - the longest streak of any team in this season's league (4 wins, 6 draws) - before the confrontation with Bournemouth.
However, the performance of coach Arne Slot's team is clearly stagnating as they have just experienced 4 consecutive draws in the Premier League. The last time Liverpool had a longer draw in the highest league in England was in November-November 1980, with 5 consecutive matches unbeaten.
Notably, all 4 draws have appeared in Liverpool's Premier League rounds since the beginning of 2026. In the history of the tournament, only two teams have had a longer draw since the beginning of the solar year: Southampton in 1995 (5 matches) and Tottenham in 1999 (6 matches).
In the middle of last week, Liverpool promptly regained confidence with a convincing 3-0 victory over Marseille in the Champions League. However, in the Premier League this season, The Kop have had 4 matches without scoring - a number equivalent to their total goalless matches in the previous two seasons combined (2023-2024 is 3 matches, 2024-2025 is 1).
If there are goals appearing in the upcoming confrontation, they are very likely to come in the second half. Only Sunderland's matches have fewer goals in the first half than Liverpool's this season (18 compared to 19 for The Kop). However, after the break, the matches of the Merseyside team witnessed the most goals in the league (43 goals - 23 goals scored, 20 goals conceded).
Florian Wirtz made his Premier League debut for Liverpool in the match against Bournemouth in August last year, a match where The Kop won dramatically 4-2. However, it was not until December 27 that the German midfielder scored his first goal in the tournament.
Since then, Wirtz has shown increasingly clear adaptation to the English football environment. He has directly participated in 4 goals (3 goals, 1 assist) in the last six appearances in the Premier League, making an important contribution to helping Liverpool win 6 more points.
In the opposite direction, Bournemouth of coach Andoni Iraola is going through a difficult period. They have only won one of their last 13 Premier League matches (6 draws, 6 losses). That rare victory was the 3-2 comeback against Tottenham earlier this month.
Since the decline began in November, only Wolves (6 points) and Burnley (4 points) have won fewer points than Bournemouth (9 points). In the same period, The Cherries were also the team that conceded the most goals in the league with 30 goals conceded.
Bournemouth also has a not-so-positive head-to-head record against the defending champion. They have lost 10 of their last 11 encounters with the Premier League cup holder, except for the 2-1 victory over Manchester City at home last season. Previously, Bournemouth had won 3 of their first 6 matches against the defending champion (1 draw, 2 losses).
Head-to-head record
Liverpool has a superior head-to-head record against Bournemouth in recent years, winning 12 out of 13 recent encounters between the two teams in the Premier League.
However, the only defeat in that overwhelming series took place away from home, when The Kop unexpectedly lost 0-1 at Vitality Stadium in March 2023.
Head-to-head statistics are even more disadvantageous for Bournemouth as they have conceded a total of 52 goals after 17 encounters with Liverpool in the Premier League. This is the highest number of goals conceded by The Cherries against an opponent in the highest league in England.
In the first leg of this season, Liverpool won dramatically 4-2 on the opening day of the Premier League at Anfield.
Score prediction: Bournemouth 2-3 Liverpool
The match between Bournemouth and Liverpool takes place at 0:30 AM on January 25 (Vietnam time).
