Liverpool vs Bournemouth Predictions, Betting Tips & Match Preview

Joe Vaughan 03 Mar 2026

The new Premier League season begins on Friday, August 15th as champions Liverpool welcome Bournemouth to Anfield for a 20:00 kick-off and the commencement of the Reds’ title defence.

The Cherries are much-changed at the back and have a poor record against Liverpool, ensuring Arne Slot’s strengthened Reds will be confident of starting on the front foot.

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20:00

15 Aug

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Liverpool vs Bournemouth Predictions

Full Time Result: Liverpool Win
Correct Score: 4-1
Both Teams To Score: Yes
Over/Under 2.5 Goals: Over 2.5 Goals
First Goalscorer: Mohamed Salah

Liverpool vs Bournemouth Tips

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Why We’re Backing Liverpool Win & BTTS @ 6/4 with Sky Bet

Liverpool have won 12 of the last 13 meetings between these two teams and the Reds have amassed a handsome 23 goals en route to collecting five wins on the trot against the Cherries at Anfield.
The champions will be on the offensive for large chunks of this contest, but Crystal Palace showed in the Community Shield at Wembley that opponents will find the best avenue to stifling Liverpool is to counter them, rather than try and negate their attacking potential.
For that reason, and with new full-backs Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez likely to start, Bournemouth could be capable of ending a three-game goal drought against the Reds.
Before that, that south coast side had scored in three straight outings against the Merseysiders and they have found the net in two of their four most recent Anfield losses.
With the restructuring at the back, Liverpool’s new team will take some time to gel – something Slot alluded to at Wembley.
With Florian Wirtz immediately looking at home in the playmaker role and new centre-forward Hugo Ekitike hitting the ground running with a goal, the Reds should be good enough to outscore their opening night visitors.
Bournemouth have lost three of their back from last season, Kerkez signing for Liverpool while Ilya Zabarnyi left for PSG this week and Dean Huijsen has joined Real Madrid.

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Why We’re Backing Jeremie Frimpong Anytime Goalscorer @ 5/1 with BOYLE Sports

Both Ekitike and Frimpong netted in the Community Shield, the first time Liverpool have had two players score on their competitive debuts since August 2006.
It wouldn’t be the greatest shock to see the newbies repeating the trick here.
Frimpong is viewed as a like-for-like replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold as an attacking full-back but they are, in essence, quite different.
The now departed Alexander-Arnold was much more likely to drift infield or unleash a laser-like long pass, whereas Frimpong is a touchline-hogger with the pace and trickery of an out-and-out winger.
The talented Dutchman had 30 goals and 44 assists in 190 matches for Bayer Leverkusen, a superb tally. His creativity in possession and his likely ability to arrive late in the box when the play has come down the opposite wing can lead to plenty of scoring chances.

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Liverpool Form/Stats

Liverpool’s five pre-season games produced 24 goals.
Including friendlies, both teams have scored in Liverpool’s last 11 matches.
Jeremie Frimpong scored 30 goals in 190 matches for Bayer Leverkusen.
Liverpool have won 12 of the last 13 matches against Bournemouth.
The Reds have scored 23 times in the five most recent clashes at Anfield.

Bournemouth Form/Stats

Bournemouth scored in four of their final five games last season.
The Cherries netted 36 of their 59 league goals away from home last term.

Player to Watch

Florian Wirtz is Liverpool’s club-record signing and the German playmaker looked good in the Community Shield.

Wirtz led Liverpool for passes and entries in the final third, crosses and touches in the Palace box while he was on the field and he had the third most touches in total.

He had 50 successful passes, for an 88 per cent accuracy rate.

Liverpool vs Bournemouth Head-to-Head Record

Bournemouth 0-2 Liverpool – Premier League, 1st February 2025
Liverpool 3-0 Bournemouth – Premier League, 21st September 2024
Bournemouth 0-4 Liverpool – Premier League, 21st January 2024
Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool – League Cup, 1st November 2023
Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth – Premier League, 19th August 2023

Over 2.5 goals has landed in four of the last five meetings.

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Why We’re Backing Liverpool Win & BTTS @ 6/4 with Sky Bet

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