Liverpool managed to bounce back from their defeat against Manchester United in remarkable fashion. The Reds thrashed Bournemouth by a 9-0 scoreline at Anfield and equalling the record for the biggest margin of victory in the Premier League.
There have been many unreal stats from the match and here we will take a look at the best 9 stats from the historic match.
9 stats from Liverpool’s record-equalling 9-0 win against Bournemouth
- Liverpool became the 4th team to win by a 9-0 margin in the Premier League, which is the biggest winning margin in history. The record was first set when Manchester United hammered Ipswich Town 9-0 in 1995 and then equalled by Leicester City and Manchester United, who both beat Southampton 9-0, in 2019 and 2021 respectively.
- It was Liverpool’s biggest winning margin in a Premier League game. Their previous record was a 7-0 win over Crystal Palace in 2020.
- It was also Liverpool’s biggest winning margin in all league football since the club’s foundation. The other time they won by nine was a 10-1 victory over Rotherham Town in the Second Division in the 1898-99 campaign.
- Roberto Firmino provided three assists in the game. He is the only Liverpool player to get a hat trick of assists hat-trick and equalled his own record when he set up three goals against Southampton in February 2020.
- Liverpool are now unbeaten in their last 110 Premier League games in which they’ve been leading at half-time.
- Liverpool’s home record since losing to Scott Parker’s Fulham at Anfield in March 2021: WDWWWDWDDWWWWWWWWWWWWDWDW. And now Liverpool thrashed Scott Parker’s Bournemouth.
- Trent Alexander-Arnold scored once, made 32 final-third passes, completed 9 long balls and 6 crosses, made 3 key passes and had a total of 123 touches. He was almost everywhere on the field.
- Liverpool created 4.86 expected goals (xG) to Bournemouth’s 0.18. This is the highest xG recorded by a Premier League team so far this season. The next best is the 3.67 recorded by Manchester City against Newcastle United.
- Mohamed Salah got zero goals or assists in the game, despite Liverpool scoring 9 times. He also got the lowest WhoScored rating of his Premier League career, 5.89.
Stats via Squawka, Statman Dave, SofaScore, WhoScored and Understat.
