Bournemouth vs 20.09.26 13:000 – 1Full Time
Liverpool — Premier League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match report
Isak strike gives Liverpool win at Bournemouth
Liverpool secured a 1-0 win away at Bournemouth in a Premier League Regular Season - 5 fixture at Vitality Stadium, moving further clear in the table against a Bournemouth side still searching for consistency. The only goal of the game arrived just after the hour mark and proved enough to settle a contest that stayed goalless through the opening 45 minutes.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Bournemouth held their own for long spells and edged the possession count, but it was Liverpool who made the breakthrough count when Alexander Isak converted in the 57th minute to make it 0-1. The hosts pushed for a way back but could not find the finish to match their territory, and the scoreline held firm to full time.
Liverpool's away form continued to look solid following the result, while Bournemouth remain without a win in their last handful of outings. Neither side saw a player dismissed, though the match produced a steady stream of fouls and bookings as both teams competed for control in midfield.
Isak scored the decisive goal in the 57th minute and finished with a rating of 7.55, the highest of any player on the pitch.
Bournemouth had the greater share of possession at 54% to 46%, yet it was Liverpool who made their chances count.
Liverpool won 1–0 away against Bournemouth (half-time 0–0).
Bournemouth met Liverpool in the Premier League (Regular Season - 5). Kick-off was Sunday, 20 September 2026, 13:00 UTC at Vitality Stadium. Referee: Michael Oliver.
Team pages: Bournemouth · Liverpool · Premier League
Key moments
- 57' Goal: Alexander Isak — 0–1 · Watch Alexander Isak's goal video (57')
Starting line-ups
Bournemouth (4-2-3-1)
- 1 Đorđe Petrović
- 3 Adrien Truffert
- 14 António Silva
- 5 James Hill
- 15 Adam Smith (c)
- 8 Alex Scott
- 12 Tyler Adams
- 16 Marcus Tavernier
- 10 Ryan Christie
- 37 Rayan
- 9 Evanilson
Liverpool (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Bournemouth 33%, the draw 31%, Liverpool 36%. It finished Bournemouth 0–1 Liverpool.
Liverpool's rating edge outweighs Bournemouth's home ground — Liverpool are the stronger side on our strength rating, and their control of the ball plus the early-season home fade on top give Liverpool the lean. The draw at 31% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why Liverpool at 36%?
Liverpool sit 65 points higher on our strength rating — 1970 to 2035. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge on the road won 33.0% of 10,669 such games. Liverpool hold 8 more possession points (57 to 49 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, when the visitors held this control edge the home team's win rate fell to 40.3% across 5,599 games, from 43.9% when styles were level. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Bournemouth's column. Across 11,218 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.7% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018. The 300 most similar past games finished 41–26–33.
Why only 36%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 36% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 31% and Bournemouth at 33%.
Why the draw at 31%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 28.3%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 25,162. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw. The control factor adds 1.2 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last 11 home Premier League games: 3 wins and 8 draws. The run began on 7 January 2026. Last recorded home league defeat: 3 January 2026 — Bournemouth 2–3 Arsenal. Latest home league result: 12 September 2026 — Bournemouth 2–2 Brentford. Across 13,641 historical matches following an unbeaten home league run of at least six games, hosts won 56.2%, compared with 54.5% expected from team strength. Bournemouth are 1 game into a new manager (M. Rose), appointed 2 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Bournemouth vs Liverpool final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Premier League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Bournemouth 0–1 Liverpool. Explore more on the Bournemouth and Liverpool team pages or the Premier League page.