Premier League Opening Game: Killing intent everywhere, Liverpool Roar Bournemouth

(Pre-match prediction analysis, rational discussion, do not spray if you don’t like it)

The smoke of gunpowder in the Premier League has resurfaced. At 03:00 on August 16, the opening match of the Premier League 2025-26 season begins, and the defending champion Liverpool will face Bournemouth, which focuses on the fans' attention.

Liverpool is so murderous. This season, the team's lineup has been upgraded, and strong players such as Wilz (125 million euros), Ekitic (95 million euros), and Flynnon have been introduced, with a total recruitment expenditure of up to 294 million euros, with the goal directly aiming to defend the title. Head coach Slott is full of strategy. He succeeded Klopp last season and led the team to win the championship four rounds ahead of schedule. In the new season, Liverpool strengthens its lineup and is more competitive on both offense and defense. Liverpool, coached by Slott, has a strict technical and tactical system. The luxurious attack group built around Salah, Wilz, Ekitic and Garkepo has hidden murderous intent everywhere. This game will test Bournemouth's ability to fight.

Bornemouth's combat power cannot be underestimated and ranked 9th in the Premier League last season. This season, Bournemouth introduced players such as Walker, Shuku, and Broya to strengthen both offense and defense. The team's lineup is only fine-tuned, and it is likely that the 4-2-3-1 formation will be used to create a system that combines wing breakthroughs and middle penetration, and to increase the defensive intensity through high-pressure pressing. On the offensive end, Bournemouth is quite impactful; on the defensive end, it is also relatively tight. However, it is still questionable whether Bournemouth can escape unscathed when he is a visit to Anfield in this game.

In-depth analysis of this game: Last season, Bournemouth was defeated by Liverpool twice, failed to score one goal in two rounds, and conceded 5 goals, failing to create a substantial threat to Liverpool. This season, Bournemouth's lineup has been fine-tuned, while Liverpool has introduced strong aids, and its strength has not diminished. Bournemouth is likely to take a defensive move in this matchup, and Liverpool is very likely to hold high the offensive banner. Given the wild fighting power that Liverpool showed in the warm-up match, their probability of winning in this game is not low.