Bournemouth and Liverpool have named their starting squads for their meeting at the Vitality Stadium as both teams play their final game before the international break in the Premier League on Sunday.
The Cherries have drawn three and lost one of their top-flight games this season, but enjoyed a momentous result in their history by winning their European opener 2-1 at Real Sociedad. in the Europa League on Thursday
Head coach of the Reds Andoni Iraola secured Bournemouth’s continental campaign in the second of his two seasons in charge in 2025/26 and the Spaniard returns with a side unbeaten in their first six games of the season in all competitions.
Their only ones Premier League away victory came at Ipswich Town in their last away game on September 4, with this opportunity to make it back-to-back wins following Tottenham’s 3-1 defeat at home in the EFL Cup on Tuesday.
A late winner from Amine Adli 💥
⏪ Liverpool (H), January 2026 pic.twitter.com/McGWJFoWOi
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) September 19, 2026
Bournemouth have confirmed the starting line-up against Liverpool
Justin Kluivert is out of Bournemouth’s squad in the only change to his starting line-up since the win at Sociedad. Enter winger Ryan Christie.
Bournemouth: Djordje Petrovic, Adam Smith, James Hill, Antonio Silva, Adrien Truffert, Rayan, Tyler Adams, Ryan Christie, Alex Scott, Marcus Tavernier, Evanilson
Substitutes: Michele Di Gregorio, Lewis Cook Julio Soler, David Brooks, Ben Gannon-Doak, Bafode Diakite, Juanlu Sanchez, Alex Toth, Daniel Jebbison
Liverpool v Bournemouth full line-up
Cody Gakpo, Milos Kerkez and Alexis Mac Allister return to Liverpool’s three changes from their 0-0 draw at home to Fulham eight days ago, replacing Ryan Gravenberch, Victor Munoz and Kostas Tsimikas.
Defenders Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni (knee) and forwards Federico Chiesa (muscle) and Hugo Ekitike (Achilles) are out.
Liverpool: Alisson Becker, Ronald Araujo, Virgil van Dijk, Jeremy Jacquet, Milos Kerkez, Bradley Barcola, Alexis Mac Allister, Florian Wirtz, Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo, Alexander Isak
Substitutes: Giorgi Mamardashvili, Joe Gomez, Kostas Tsimikas, Víctor Munoz, Jeremie Frimpong, Ryan Gravenberch, Trey Nyoni, Lewis Koumas, Rio Ngumoha
Where to watch Bournemouth vs Liverpool: TV channel, live streaming online
Kick-off on Sunday is 14:00 BST (09:00 ET / 06:00 PT). In the UK, live TV coverage is on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Ultra.
Streaming is via Sky Go, which is available on a range of devices for viewing on the move.
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Here is the full list of Broadcasters of the Premier League in different territories.
Bournemouth vs Liverpool: Premier League stats, recent form
- Bournemouth have lost 14 of their 18 Premier League games against Liverpool (W3 D1), although all three wins have come at home: 4-3 in December 2016, 1-0 in March 2023 and 3-2 in January 2026.
- Only in 2023/24 have they had a longer winless start to a Premier League season, when they failed to win their first nine under Iraola.
- Having taken the lead in every one of their league games this season, Bournemouth could join Manchester City (January 2004) and Tottenham (October 2007 and December 2023) as the only teams to go five consecutive top-flight games in the lead without winning.
- With 13 draws in their 23 Premier League matches in 2026 (W8, 2), Bournemouth have the highest ratio for a team in a single year in the history of the English top flight (56.5%).
- No team has had more shots on target in the Premier League this season than Bournemouth (24), with their six per game under Marco Rose the most under any of the five managers who have taken charge of the Cherries in the competition.
- Marcus Tavernier has scored in four of his last five Premier League appearances for Bournemouth (four goals), having scored just four times in his previous 24 games combined, but has lost all five meetings with Liverpool by a combined 22-2.
- Liverpool have only failed to score in one of their 18 Premier League games against Bournemouth and their average of three goals per game against them (54 in 18 games) is the highest average against any team they have faced at least 10 times in the competition.
- He has drawn three of his first four games (W1) in a Premier League season for the first time since 2005/06, when he drew his fifth game as part of a campaign that remains the only time Liverpool have drawn four of their first five league games in a season.
- With a clean sheet in each of their last two Premier League games, Liverpool have kept more than they have in their previous 13 games combined (one) and could go three in a row without conceding for the first time since a run of four between May and September 2024.
- This will be the first time a Liverpool manager has faced one of his former Premier League clubs since March 2015, when Brendan Rodgers won 1-0 at Swansea City.
- Reds managers are unbeaten in seven against former teams (W5 D2), since Kenny Dalglish lost 2-0 at Newcastle in April 2012.