Liverpool 3-0 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 April 2018

Result

Liverpool 3-0 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 14 April 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Liverpool · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 3-0 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Liverpool beat AFC Bournemouth 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sadio Mané (7'), Mohamed Salah (69') and Roberto Firmino (90'). AFC Bournemouth did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 67 points from 33 and AFC Bournemouth 11th on 38 points from 33. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and AFC Bournemouth 12th with 44.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and AFC Bournemouth in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool (8.7), ahead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 1 for AFC Bournemouth.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read D-W-W-L-W and AFC Bournemouth's D-D-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Nathan AkéAFC Bournemouth
  • 54'Yellow card · Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainLiverpool
  • 69'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 2-0
  • 90'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 3-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Liverpool 3, draws 1, AFC Bournemouth 1.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané

AFC Bournemouth line-up (5-4-1)

Asmir Begović, Ryan Fraser, Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, Charlie Daniels, Jordon Ibe, Lewis Cook, Dan Gosling, Joshua King, Jermain Defoe