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Premier League · Matchweek 5

AFC Bournemouth

AFC

0–1Full time

Liverpool

LIV

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

49%Possession51%
39%Territory48%
10%From set plays16%
0.16Chance quality0.08
5.4%Directness4.4%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Bournemouth, 3 for Liverpool. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 27 of 89 matches, not the full season.