Jurgen Klopp‘s Liverpool side will play hosts to Bournemouth on Saturday.

After sealing a place in the Champions League semi-finals, Liverpool will be hoping to continue their good form and keep piling up pressure on second-placed Manchester United.

Meanwhile, Bournemouth will know what challenge lies ahead of them as they face an on-song Reds.

Here, we take a look at some interesting match facts and stats prior to the game.

– Liverpool have won three of their five previous Premier League meetings with Bournemouth (D1 L1), including a 4-0 win in the reverse fixture in December.

– Bournemouth have only won one of their 12 previous meetings with Liverpool in all competitions (D3 L8), winning 4-3 at the Vitality Stadium in December 2016.

– There have been 19 goals scored in the five previous Premier League meetings between these sides, at an average of 3.8 per game.

– Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 18 Premier League home games (W11 D7), the longest current run in the division, and the Reds’ longest run since August 2009 (31 games).

– Bournemouth have won a league-high 18 points from losing positions in the Premier League, including five from the last three in the competition (W1 D2).

Jermain Defoe celebrates a goal with his Bournemouth team mates.

– The Cherries have only won two of their 17 away games against ‘big six’ opponents in the Premier League (D2 L13), with both wins coming at Chelsea (December 2015 and January 2018).

– Mohamed Salah is just one goal away from becoming the eighth different player to score 30+ goals in a single Premier League season – he’d also be the first African to do so.

– 17 of the Egyptian’s Premier League goals this season have come at Anfield – the last Liverpool player to score more at home in a single campaign was Fernando Torres in 2007-08 (21).

– Josh King has scored in his last two Premier League games for Bournemouth, last netting in three in a row in March 2017.

– Roberto Firmino has had a hand in four goals in his last four Premier League games against Bournemouth (2 goals, 2 assists), including a goal and an assist in the reverse fixture.

Statistics provided by Opta