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Liverpool host Bournemouth in the Premier League today as they look for their first win of the season.

Jurgen Klopp's men have picked up just two points from their opening three games but will see this as the perfect chance to get a win and a clean sheet.

Liverpool have been poor so far
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Liverpool have been poor so farCredit: AFP

The Reds were unbeaten at Anfield last year and will look to use that fine home form to get kick-start their 2022/23 campaign.

They have also beaten Bournemouth six times in a row by an aggregate scoreline of 19-1.

Scott Parker's side have failed to score in their last two league games and have conceded seven goals since their opening day win over Aston Villa.

Liverpool v Bournemouth: Date and how to follow

This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, August 27.

The match at Anfield will kick off at 3pm.

Unfortunately, this fixture will not be televised on UK screens due to the 3pm blackout in English football.

Highlights will be available on the Sky Sports website and app shortly after the end of the match and then later on Match of the Day.

talkSPORT will have updates from Merseyside as part of GameDay Live from 3pm.

Adrian Durham will take you through all the goals from the Premier League, EFL and beyond, including Liverpool v Bournemouth.

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To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

Scott Parker's side have had a brutal run of fixtures
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Scott Parker's side have had a brutal run of fixturesCredit: Getty

Liverpool v Bournemouth: Team news

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Elliott, Salah, Firmino, Diaz

Subs: Milner, Adrian, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Clark, Bajcetic, Phillips, Van den Berg, Davies

Bournemouth: Travers, Lerma, Mepham, Senesi, Smith, Cook, Christie, Zemura, Tavernier, Anthony, Moore

Subs: Solanke, Marcondes, Neto, Stacey, Pearson, Hill, Billing, Bevan, Saydee

Referee: Stuart Attwell

Liverpool v Bournemouth: What has been said?

Cherries boss Scott Parker: “They are a team that are going to look for a reaction so this is going to be one of the hardest places to go. As always, it’s a challenge for us.

“We need to try to get something out of this game, we need to go there with a real air about us and try to put into practice all the work we’ve done this week.”

Keita has been added to Liverpool's injury list
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Keita has been added to Liverpool's injury listCredit: Getty

Liverpool v Bournemouth: Match facts

  • Liverpool have won each of their last six Premier League games against Bournemouth, by an aggregate score of 19-1.
  • Bournemouth have lost seven of their eight away games against Liverpool in all competitions, with the exception being a 2-2 draw in the Premier League in April 2017.
  • Liverpool have lost just one of their last 33 Premier League games against promoted sides (W26 D6), though that did come at home to Scott Parker’s Fulham in March 2021.
  • Bournemouth have lost 13 of their last 15 Premier League away games, with the exceptions being a 1-0 win at Chelsea (December 2019) and a 3-1 win on Merseyside against Everton (July 2020).
  • Liverpool are yet to win in their opening three Premier League matches this season (D2 L1), last starting a league season with four winless matches in the 2012-13 campaign, failing to win any of their opening five games that season.
  • Bournemouth have only managed 16 shots at goal in their opening three Premier League matches, the lowest by a side in their first three games of a season since Huddersfield Town in 2018-19 (also 16). The fewest shots on record (since 2003-04) for a team in their opening four games is Sunderland in 2012-13, who only managed 20.
  • Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored in all six of his Premier League games against Bournemouth (eight goals in total), the best 100% scoring record a player has against a single opponent in the competition. The Egyptian has 29 goal involvements in 29 Premier League starts against newly promoted clubs for Liverpool (18 goals, 11 assists).
  • Bournemouth boss Scott Parker was the last opposing manager to win a Premier League game against Liverpool at Anfield, with his Fulham side winning 1-0 in March 2021. Parker could become the second manager to win a Premier League match at Anfield with two different promoted sides, after Kevin Keegan (Newcastle in 1993-94, Man City 2002-03).
  • Mohamed Salah has been directly involved in 17 goals in his 16 Premier League appearances in August for Liverpool (11 goals, 6 assists). He scored in the Reds’ defeat to Man Utd last time out, the first time he’d scored and ended on the losing side in a league game since February 2021 against Leicester City.
  • Adam Smith has been booked in his first three Premier League matches this season for Bournemouth. Only three players have been yellow carded in the first four games in a season: Chris Morris in 1995-96 for Middlesbrough, Paul Williams in 1997-98 for Coventry and James Perch in 2010-11 for Newcastle.

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