Liverpool s pre-trial against Bournemouth: There are signs of championship and a crazy record of Mohamed Salah!

Opening Premier League match 2025/2026 will present a Liverpool vs. Bournemouth at Anfield Stadium. The competition will be held in the early morning of August 16, 2025.

Defensive champion Liverpool, of course, hopes to start a new season with victory and bring a victory to supporters. Bournemouth, on the other hand, comes with a very difficult task, which is to break their bad records.

Liverpool has set a series of amazing records in the league opening game. However, Bournemouth also has its own excellent record, which can become their confidence capital.

So, can Liverpool create a big upset in this famous away game? Let's take a deeper look at the statistics and interesting facts of the upcoming two teams' fierce battle.

Liverpool set an impressive record

Liverpool welcomed the game with a series of very impressive records. They have never lost in their last 12 seasons opener.

Their defending champion status also makes them more theoretically superior. In the previous 33 Premier League seasons, the defending champion lost only three times in the opening match.

There is another good sign when Liverpool plays on Friday. What happened to Liverpool in their first Friday game of the season only happened in the 2019/20 season, which they eventually won.

Mohamed Salah, the first battle in the season

Mohamed Salah will undoubtedly become the biggest threat to the Bournemouth defense line. The Egyptian striker has an excellent goal record in such a game.

Salah is the Premier League player with the most goals for Bournemouth, scoring a total of 11 goals. He also maintained the record of scoring the most goals in the first game of the season, scoring nine goals.

In addition, Salah needs to score another 10 goals at Anfield. This result will allow him to surpass legend Thierry Henry to become the player with the most goals in Premier League history at a stadium.

Impossible Mission: The struggle of the dwarf Bournemouth

Bornemouth to be able to grab a point at Anfield Stadium will be even more difficult. They were confirmed to come to Liverpool's home court with an incomplete or a broken squad.

Head coach Iraola confirmed that he could not send five important players in this game. The five players are Justin Cruivet, Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook, Louis Sinistera and Enes Unal.

In this case, the task they earn points seems almost impossible to complete. Especially the record at Anfield is very bad, with six consecutive losses and conceding 23 goals in total.

The gap behind Arne Slott's tactics, though, does not mean that Bournemouth has no hope in this game. They can exploit a loophole in the offensive strategy Liverpool has employed.

Liverpool's high-tempo play sometimes leaves open space behind the defensive line. Crystal Palace has successfully proved this in last week's Community Shield match.

' long pass to Liverpool's sideline area may force Liverpool's central defender to leave his position. If Bournemouth could replicate the tactics that Nottingham Forest used last year, a surprise might have happened.