Take a look at 12 pre-match stats and notes ahead of Liverpool’s Carabao Cup fourth round clash with AFC Bournemouth on tonight.
This match will be Liverpool’s 250th appearance in the League Cup. Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Leicester City in the last round marked their 150th win in the competition and they are now four goals away from reaching 500 wins.
Reds have beaten the Cherries in all their previous cup matches, including three in the FA Cup and twice in the League Cup (2014 and 2015).
Bournemouth qualified for the fourth round after beating Swansea City 3-2 away and Stoke City 2-0 at home.Of all current Liverpool players, Joe Gomez and Caoimhin Kelleher have made the most League Cup appearances for the club (10 each).
After scoring against Nottingham Forest last weekend, Diogo Jota is three goals short of reaching 50 goals in all competitions for the Reds.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have scored in each of their last 24 games in all competitions since a 0-0 draw at Chelsea in April.
In all competitions, Liverpool have won six of their 10 visits to Bournemouth, drawing two and losing twice.Klopp’s men have lost just once in their last 11 away games and have scored 12 goals in six games so far this season.
Bournemouth v Liverpool: Carabao Cup Team News
When the two sides met in the Premier League earlier this season, Bournemouth took the lead after three minutes at Anfield, but the Reds ran out 3-1 winners.
Dominic Solanke, who moved to Bournemouth from Liverpool in January 2019, is Cherries’ top scorer this season with five goals in all competitions.
The Reds have participated in 15 penalty shoot-outs in League Cup history, winning 11 of them.
