Liverpool v AFC Bournemouth, 15 August 2025

Score4-2 to Liverpool
RefereeAnthony Taylor
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance60,315

View Liverpool v AFC Bournemouth head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 17 Liverpool won: 14 Drawn: 1 Lost: 2 Liverpool scored: 52 AFC Bournemouth scored: 12 . AFC Bournemouth had now taken one point from their nine visits to Anfield in the Premier League (lost eight), losing the last seven by an aggregate score of 27-4.

4 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

2 AFC Bournemouth

Manager: Andoni Iraola

Goals:

Hugo Ekitike 37 G
Cody Gakpo 49 G
Federico Chiesa 88 G
Mohamed Salah 90+4 G

Goals:

Antoine Semenyo 64 G
Antoine Semenyo 76 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Jeremie Frimpong
Defender/Midfielder Miloš Kerkez
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder Florian Wirtz
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Hugo Ekitike

Starting lineup:

Djorđe Petrović Goalkeeper
Bafodé Diakité Defender
Marcos Senesi Defender
Adam Smith Defender
Tyler Adams Defender/Midfielder
Adrien Truffert Defender/Midfielder
David Brooks Midfielder
Alex Scott Midfielder
Marcus Tavernier Midfielder
Evanilson Forward
Antoine Semenyo Forward

Substitutions:

Wataru Endo for Jeremie Frimpong 60
Andy Robertson for Miloš Kerkez 60
Joe Gomez for Hugo Ekitike 72
Curtis Jones for Alexis Mac Allister 72
Federico Chiesa for Florian Wirtz 82

Substitutions:

Hamed Traorè for Alex Scott 74
Ben Winterburn for David Brooks 84
James Hill for Adam Smith 90+1
Eli Kroupi for Tyler Adams 90+1

Cards:

Miloš Kerkez 43 Y

Cards:

David Brooks 14 Y
Evanilson 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Rio Ngumoha
Midfielder/Forward Trey Nyoni

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Will Dennis
Defender Julian Araujo
Defender James Hill
Defender/Midfielder Julio Soler
Defender/Midfielder Ben Winterburn
Midfielder Philip Billing
Midfielder/Forward Remy Rees-Dottin
Midfielder/Forward Hamed Traorè
Forward Eli Kroupi

Comments:

Liverpool had now not lost their opening game in any of the last 13 Premier League seasons (won ten); the longest such current run of any team in the division. . The Reds had now become the division’s first reigning champions to name four or more players making their Premier League debuts in their starting XI for their opening game of the new season. [c/o OptaJoe] . 205 goals had now been scored in their 58 games in the Premier League since 1 January 2024 (for 137, against 68).

Comments:

AFC Bournemouth had now lost their opening game of a league season for the first time since a 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion in 2017 in the Premier League. . The Cherries had now scored two or more goals in each of 13 of their last 16 away games in the Premier League. . Antoine Semenyo had now become the first visiting player to score more than one goal at Anfield in a game in the Premier League since Brighton and Hove Albion’s Leandro Trossard in September 2022.

4 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

Goals:

Hugo Ekitike 37 G
Cody Gakpo 49 G
Federico Chiesa 88 G
Mohamed Salah 90+4 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Jeremie Frimpong
Defender/Midfielder Miloš Kerkez
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder Florian Wirtz
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Hugo Ekitike

Substitutions:

Wataru Endo for Jeremie Frimpong 60
Andy Robertson for Miloš Kerkez 60
Joe Gomez for Hugo Ekitike 72
Curtis Jones for Alexis Mac Allister 72
Federico Chiesa for Florian Wirtz 82

Cards:

Miloš Kerkez 43 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Rio Ngumoha
Midfielder/Forward Trey Nyoni

Comments:

Liverpool had now not lost their opening game in any of the last 13 Premier League seasons (won ten); the longest such current run of any team in the division. . The Reds had now become the division’s first reigning champions to name four or more players making their Premier League debuts in their starting XI for their opening game of the new season. [c/o OptaJoe] . 205 goals had now been scored in their 58 games in the Premier League since 1 January 2024 (for 137, against 68).

2 AFC Bournemouth

Manager: Andoni Iraola

Goals:

Antoine Semenyo 64 G
Antoine Semenyo 76 G

Starting lineup:

Djorđe Petrović Goalkeeper
Bafodé Diakité Defender
Marcos Senesi Defender
Adam Smith Defender
Tyler Adams Defender/Midfielder
Adrien Truffert Defender/Midfielder
David Brooks Midfielder
Alex Scott Midfielder
Marcus Tavernier Midfielder
Evanilson Forward
Antoine Semenyo Forward

Substitutions:

Hamed Traorè for Alex Scott 74
Ben Winterburn for David Brooks 84
James Hill for Adam Smith 90+1
Eli Kroupi for Tyler Adams 90+1

Cards:

David Brooks 14 Y
Evanilson 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Will Dennis
Defender Julian Araujo
Defender James Hill
Defender/Midfielder Julio Soler
Defender/Midfielder Ben Winterburn
Midfielder Philip Billing
Midfielder/Forward Remy Rees-Dottin
Midfielder/Forward Hamed Traorè
Forward Eli Kroupi

Comments:

AFC Bournemouth had now lost their opening game of a league season for the first time since a 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion in 2017 in the Premier League. . The Cherries had now scored two or more goals in each of 13 of their last 16 away games in the Premier League. . Antoine Semenyo had now become the first visiting player to score more than one goal at Anfield in a game in the Premier League since Brighton and Hove Albion’s Leandro Trossard in September 2022.