Liverpool are back in action again this weekend and they are ready for their next challenge against 11th position Premier League team Bournemouth. After their 3-1 success in Italy against AC Milan in San Siro, the Reds will aim for the top of the table with 9 points after 4 matches.
On the other hand, Bournemouth has only 5 points in 4 matches, winning only one, drawing two, and losing one against Chelsea with a result of 1-0. Today they have to face one of the best English teams in Anfield and this will be a really hard task for Andoni Iraola’s boys to receive points from this match.
After losing to Nottingham Forest in their own stadium, Liverpool now has to focus on winning every single game so they can keep up with the top table teams like Manchester City and Arsenal who are having an amazing start of the season with no defeats.
Today, Arne Slot will have to make small changes to the starting eleven due to some injuries during the last weeks. The main Reds goalkeeper, Alisson Becker has reported to be injured after the Champions League match, and the Dutch manager spoke to the media saying that the injury started a bit before the match against AC Milan.
The good thing is that the second goalkeeper, Caoimhin Kelleher will be ready to replace the Brazilian keeper and Slot won’t need to worry about this because Kelleher already showed that he can secure Liverpool’s goal in the best way possible.
Last season, the Irishman played the majority of the fixtures and his performances were extremely good in the eyes of Jurgen Klopp and the fans.
The other player who got injured and won’t be available for a few more weeks is the young gem Harvey Elliott who will miss due to fractured foot in England’s match during the international break.
Today we can see Federico Chiesa making his first Premier League debut while coming on from the bench as he is not expected to be a starter.
As for the starting XI, all the players except Alisson Becker who started in the first five matches of the new 24/25 season, are expected to be on the lineup for their next game.
This is how Liverpool’s lineup could look for the Bournemouth’s match: Caoimhin Kelleher, Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah/
This game is really important for the Reds and in case of a win, they will go top of the league waiting for the outcome of this weekend’s derby between Manchester City and Arsenal in Etihad Stadium.
