Liverpool 4–2 AFC Bournemouth
- Ekitiké 37'
- Gakpo 49'
- Chiesa 88'
- Salah 90+4'
- Semenyo 64'
- Semenyo 76'
15 August 2025
The match in data
A 4–2 win for Liverpool against AFC Bournemouth on 15 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), rated 64, thanks above all to 13 duels won and 12 aerials won. van Dijk produced 1.5 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
For AFC Bournemouth, the highest-rated player was Antoine Semenyo, with 58.
Antoine Semenyo scored twice.
Virgil van Dijk
Liverpool · 90'
Produced 1.54× and cost 0.61× their position's average
- 13 duels won 2.7×
- 12 aerials won 4.0×
- 8 final-third passes 1.4×
- 11 misplaced passes 1.6×
- 0.12 xG not converted 2.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Salah | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Virgil van Dijk ★ | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Wataru Endo | Midfielder | 30 | 63 |
| Cody Gakpo | Forward | 90 | 59 |
| Hugo Ekitiké | Forward | 72 | 58 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | Midfielder | 72 | 56 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| Milos Kerkez | Defender | 60 | 41 |
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 82 | 37 |
| Jeremie Frimpong | Defender | 60 | 36 |
| Alisson | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 |
| Ibrahima Konaté | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Andrew Robertson | Defender | 30 | 23 |
| Curtis Jones | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| Joe Gomez | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Federico Chiesa | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 90 | 58 |
| Bafodé Diakité | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| David Brooks | Forward | 84 | 51 |
| Adam Smith | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Marcus Tavernier | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Marcos Senesi | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Adrien Truffert | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Tyler Adams | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Alex Scott | Midfielder | 74 | 37 |
| Djordje Petrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | 35 |
| Evanilson | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| Hamed Traoré | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Ben Winterburn | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Eli Kroupi | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| James Hill | Defender | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which AFC Bournemouth player won the most aerial duels?
Antoine Semenyo, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Evanilson 3, Adam Smith 3.
Despite a 4–2 defeat at Anfield, Antoine Semenyo dominated in the air with 5 aerial duels won. Evanilson and Adam Smith followed behind with 3 each.
Which Liverpool player recovered the most balls?
Mohamed Salah, with 9 recoveries. Next: Florian Wirtz 6, Ibrahima Konaté 5.
Mohamed Salah led Liverpool's defensive recoveries with 9 in the match. That exceeded the contributions of Florian Wirtz, who had 6, and Ibrahima Konaté, who had 5.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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