Alexander Isak fired in his fourth goal of the season to give Liverpool a second-half lead at Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium in the Premier League on Sunday. The Reds, who had gone more than 228 minutes of football since Isak scored their previous top-flight goal in their 2-0 win at Ipswich Town on September 4, went ahead in the 57th minute when the Sweden striker capitalised on slack defending. Isak takes the plaudits from the Liverpool fans, former England goalkeeper Rob Green told BBC Radio 5 Live. Hes in among the fans but its Cody Gakpo down the right who does brilliant work to shrug off two challenges.Off-balance, he says Im going to get it in there somehow and just do something. He finds a cross from under his feet. That was the chance Isak was waiting for.Table of ContentsBournemouth vs Liverpool: Silva gift gives Isak goalBournemouth confirmed starting team vs LiverpoolLiverpool full line up vs BournemouthWhere to watch Bournemouth vs Liverpool: TV channel, live online streamsBournemouth vs Liverpool: Premier League stats, recent formBournemouth vs Liverpool: Silva gift gives Isak goalGreen was confused by the part one of Bournemouths new signings played in the goal. Antonio Silva, whos been brilliant, ducks at the near post, pointed out Green.He could have headed it up. Im not sure why he ducks. Alex Scotts asking him what he was doing.The Cherries have drawn three and lost one of their top-flight games this season but enjoyed a momentous result in their history by winning their first-ever European match 2-1 at Real Sociedad in the Europa League on Thursday.Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola secured Bournemouths continental campaign in the second of his two seasons in charge in 2025/26 and the Spaniard returned with a side who had been unbeaten in their first six matches of the season in all competitions.Bournemouth confirmed starting team vs LiverpoolJustin Kluivert came out of Bournemouths squad in the one change to their starting side from the win at Sociedad. Winger Ryan Christie came in.Bournemouth: Djordje Petrovic, Adam Smith, James Hill, Antonio Silva, Adrien Truffert, Rayan, Tyler Adams, Ryan Christie, Alex Scott, Marcus Tavernier, EvanilsonSubstitutes: Michele Di Gregorio, Lewis Cook Julio Soler, David Brooks, Ben Gannon-Doak, Bafode Diakite, Juanlu Sanchez, Alex Toth, Daniel JebbisonLiverpool full line up vs BournemouthGakpo, Milos Kerkez and Alexis Mac Allister returned in Liverpools three changes from their 0-0 draw at home to Fulham eight days earlier, replacing Ryan Gravenberch, Victor Munoz and Kostas Tsimikas.Defenders Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni(knee) and forwards Federico Chiesa (muscle) and Hugo Ekitike (Achilles)remained out.Liverpool: Alisson Becker, Ronald Araujo, Virgil van Dijk, Jeremy Jacquet, Milos Kerkez, Bradley Barcola, Alexis Mac Allister, Florian Wirtz, Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo, Alexander IsakSubstitutes: Giorgi Mamardashvili, Joe Gomez, Kostas Tsimikas, Vctor Munoz, Jeremie Frimpong, Ryan Gravenberch, Trey Nyoni, Lewis Koumas, Rio NgumohaWhere to watch Bournemouth vs Liverpool: TV channel, live online streamsKick-off on Sunday was at 14:00 BST (09:00 ET / 06:00 PT). In the UK, live TV coverage is on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Ultra.Streaming is via Sky Go, which is available on a vast variety of devices for viewing on the move.Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs �14.99 for a day membership, �27.99 a month for a 12-month membership or �34.99 a month with no contract.Heres the full list of Premier League broadcasters in different territories.Bournemouth vs Liverpool: Premier League stats, recent formBournemouth have lost 14 of their 18 Premier League games against Liverpool (W3 D1), although all three victories have come at home 4-3 in December 2016, 1-0 in March 2023 and 3-2 in January 2026Only in 2023/24 have they had a longer winless start to a Premier League season, when they failed to win their first nine under IraolaHaving taken the lead in all of their league games this season, Bournemouth could join Manchester City (January 2004) and Tottenham (October 2007 and December 2023) as the only teams ever to have gone five successive games in the top flight leading and not winningWith 13 draws in their 23 Premier League matches in 2026 (W8 L2), Bournemouth have the highest ratio by a team in a single year in the history of the English top flight (56.5%)No side has had more shots on target in the Premier League this season than Bournemouth (24), with their six per game under Marco Rose the most under any of the five managers to take charge of the Cherries in the competitionMarcus Tavernier has scored in four of his last five Premier League appearances for Bournemouth (four goals), having only scored four times in his previous 24 games combined, but has lost all five of his meetings with Liverpool by an aggregate score of 22-2Liverpool have only failed to score in one of their 18 Premier League games against Bournemouth and their average of three goals per game against them (54 in 18 matches) is their highest average against any side theyve faced at least 10 times in the competitionThey have drawn three of their first four games (W1) in a Premier League season for the first time since 2005/06, when they drew their fifth game as part of a campaign that remains the only time Liverpool have drawn four of their first five league games in a seasonWith clean sheets in each of their last two Premier League games, Liverpool have kept more than they achieved in their previous 13 games combined (one) and could go three in a row without conceding for the first time since a run of four between May and September 2024This is set to be the first time a Liverpool manager has faced one of their former Premier League clubs since March 2015, when Brendan Rodgers won 1-0 at Swansea CityReds managers are unbeaten in seven against former sides (W5 D2), since Kenny Dalglish lost 2-0 at Newcastle in April 2012 Topics AFC Bournemouth Alexander Isak Andoni Iraola Florian Wirtz Liverpool F.C. 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