STAR PREVIEW: Liverpool v Bournemouth

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]hock, horror. Not Halloween but Liverpool are on the box again. I’ve absolutely no stats to back it up but am convinced that Liverpool get far more than it’s fair share of TV exposure.

I’m certainly not convinced it will be the pick of tonight’s fourth round Capital One Cup games which also include:

Man City v Crystal Palace
Southampton v Aston Villa
Man U v Middlesbrough

Bournemouth have never beaten Liverpool in seven previous meetings but it would be a mistake to put too much blind faith in those stats – four of the matches were in 1927 and 1968 !!!!

More recently, they met in this same competition last year when Liverpool ran out 3-1 winners at Bournemouth when they were still in the Championship.

They also met for the first time in the top flight in August at Anfield when Christian Benteke’s 26th minute (offside!) goal was enough to split the two.

Liverpool v AFC Bournemouth
Capital One Cup 4th Round
19:45 Sky Sports 1 / Sky Sports 1 HD

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
(Maximum 10 matches)

Aug 2015 PREMIER LEAGUE Liverpool 1-0 Bournemouth
Dec 2014 CAPITAL ONE CUP Bournemouth 1-3 Liverpool
Jan 2014 FA CUP Bournemouth 0-2 Liverpool
Jan 1968 FA CUP Liverpool 4-1 Bournemouth
Jan 1968 FA CUP Bournemouth 0-0 Liverpool
Jan 1927 FA CUP Liverpool 4-1 Bournemouth
Jan 1927 FA CUP Bournemouth 1-1 Liverpool

Liverpool will be without strikers Christian Benteke and Daniel Sturridge – both have knee injuries.

STARTING LINE-UP

Liverpool

34 Bogdan
02 Clyne
04 K Touré
06 Lovren
56 Randall
24 Allen
53 J. Teixeira
33 Ibe
11 Firmino
32 Brannagan
27 Origi

Bournemouth

23 Federici
02 Francis
15 Smith
25 Distin
11 Daniels
16 MacDonald
07 Pugh
30 Ritchie
08 Arter
19 Stanislas
18 Kermorgant

The spotlight remains on Jurgen Klopp and will continue to be so until he gets his first win.

Liverpool look a little short given this, after all, is a Premier League clash. Yet again they may be frustrated and a draw at 3/1 looks the option with Star Sports.

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