Bournemouth vs Liverpool prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-01-31 15:00.
[p]Bournemouth’s recent surge up the Premier League standings shows no sign of slowing down, with the Cherries impressively dispatching high-flying Nottingham Forest 5-0 last time out. That extended their incredible unbeaten run to 11 league matches (W7, D4) and lifted them into the top-seven ahead of the weekend, with dreams of a first-ever European qualification beginning to spread around the Vitality Stadium.[/p]
[p]The home crowd will be in full voice once again having seen their side lose just twice at home all season (W7, D3), with two of those wins coming against the might of Arsenal and Manchester City. The upcoming visit of Liverpool could well prove to be the ultimate test however, considering Bournemouth have lost 11 of their 12 Premier League games against the team starting the day at the top of the table (W1).[/p]
[p]Liverpool journey south on the back of a rare defeat – just their third in 35 games this campaign (W27, D5) – after being beaten 3-2 by PSV in Europe on Wednesday. With their top-two standing in the UEFA Champions League secured prior to that loss, Arne Slot was able to rotate many of his top stars, who should be fresh having last played in a 4-1 rout of Ipswich at Anfield last week which maintained their six-point lead at the summit.[/p]
[p]While the Reds’ rearguard has been far from impenetrable of late, they still boast the division’s joint-best defensive record pre-round and kept a clean sheet in September’s reverse fixture (3-0). That was just another chapter in Liverpool’s dominant H2H history against Bournemouth, which finds them unbeaten in 12 of the previous 13 H2Hs (W11, D1, L1), with that run including eight clean sheets and an aggregate scoreline of 42-6![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Dango Ouattara netted a hat-trick against Forest last week, with that treble meaning seven of his last nine goals have come at home. Luis DĂaz looks set to be Liverpool’s chief weapon in response, as he’s scored more goals against Bournemouth than any other team in his club career, netting five times in his four meetings with the Cherries. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: A Premier League-high 22 total goals have been scored beyond the 75th minute in Bournemouth’s matches this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Peter Stavrinou[/i][/p]