With the chance to move five points clear at the top of the Premier League table, Liverpool travel south to square off with Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Both sides have spent a fortnight recuperating from recent FA Cup successes, as the Reds overcame Arsenal 2-0 in the third round, while the Cherries produced a stellar fightback to sink Queens Park Rangers 3-2.

As the temperatures plummeted heading into the festive period, Bournemouth turned up the heat under Andoni Iraola to leave their former relegation rivals in their wake, taking 19 points from 21 on offer during a magnificent seven-game streak before being thwarted on Tottenham Hotspur's turf.

That 3-1 loss to the Lilywhites on New Year's Eve also snapped the Cherries streak of scoring at least twice in seven successive matches - an exceptional return helped in no small part by the exploits of erstwhile Liverpool man Dominic Solanke - but Bournemouth found their best shooting boots again at Loftus Road on January 6.

The QPR faithful were in dreamland as they departed for half-time refreshments, having witnessed Sinclair Armstrong and Lyndon Dykes strike in the dying embers of the first period, but Iraola's team talk worked wonders as Marcus Tavernier, Kieffer Moore and Justin Kluivert completed a terrific turnaround.

Before a fourth-round clash with Swansea City takes precedence later this month, Bournemouth bid to avoid back-to-back Premier League losses for the first time since October and welcome the Reds to the Vitality in 12th place in the standings, three points below Wolverhampton Wanderers with a game in hand.

As inspiring as their recent renaissance has been, Bournemouth are traditionally one of the kindest teams for league leaders to face; the Cherries have been beaten in all nine of their Premier League games against teams starting the day at the top of the table, netting a mere six goals in that dismal sequence.

Who this one help

Liverpool should win this oooo

Ticket sef don spoil already, Bayern and Madrid is doing the dirty job...

Liverpool try win.


I want you to win the EPL this season.

Ticket sef don spoil already, Bayern and Madrid is doing the dirty job...imagine make 1st three games for ticket dey spoil, bayern and Morocco 😩

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Ticket sef don spoil already, Bayern and Madrid is doing the dirty job...

like seriously. Bayern?

Bournemouth is always like a banana skin on the floor for Liverpool. But I believe we will scale through. We have the mentality this season.
#YNWA

Wotoporiously speaking

Bournemouth no gree for anybody o

Noted.

Straight Win Abeg, even without Salah..
We have beaten Bournemouth 2times already dis season home and away...

Let's round off dir defeat today...

liverpool i use my house rent carry una straight win oo. make una do d needful.. i cover my house rent with d blood of jesu. 130k?

Bournemouth please burn 'em out of the title race.

Bournemouth

YNWA!

This var n ref suppose dey calm down with the way them dey support madrid o, chai...if na barcâ now, we no go rest with the Var-lona talk

Real Madrid na juju team o

Luis zeus diaz

Goooaaaaaalll Madrid

What's all this nonsense?

Abeg Liverpool should do quick and score some goals abeg

Una no go collect!

VAR and Liverpool be like oil and water. They don't mix. Red card on Luis Diaz challenge but of course Tierney is in charge of VAR.

Liverpool should do well o, this one that De Bruyne is back with a bang. Man City is not playing with anyone this Afcon season

If Liverpool can't beat Bournemouth, they should just forget about wining the league

Bournemouth has scored

Dried thread

Liverpool has scored

Goal by Nunez
Assist by Jota