Liverpool wing wizard Mohamed Salah continues his pursuit of a Premier League Golden Boot and Playmaker Award double when the Reds head to the Vitality Stadium to meet Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.
The Egypt international still leads the way in both categories with an unrivalled 19 goals and 13 assists, and his latest effort in last weekend's 4-1 thumping of Ipswich Town was a momentous one.
As well as representing his 100th Premier League goal for Liverpool at Anfield, Salah's strike took him above Thierry Henry in the Premier League's all-time scoring charts, and he is unsurprisingly fond of a goal in this particular fixture as well.
Here, Sports Mole takes a closer look at Salah's record against Bournemouth before Saturday's Premier League contest.
Mohamed Salah's record vs. Bournemouth
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Played: 11
Won: 10
Drawn: 0
Lost: 1
Goals: 9
Assists: 2
Averaging one goal contribution per game against Bournemouth for Liverpool, Mohamed Salah has had a direct hand in 11 efforts from 11 games against the Cherries, nine of his own and two assists.
The Egypt international has also been on the winning side in 10 of those games while suffering one defeat; curiously, Bournemouth are the team that Salah has faced on more occasions without drawing than any other club.
During his earliest days in a Liverpool jersey, Bournemouth simply could not live with the electrifying Egyptian, who made the net bulge in each of his first six appearances against the Cherries.
On five of those occasions, Salah netted one goal, but he left with the match ball under his arm in December 2018 as he netted a hat-trick in a 4-0 away win for the Reds, although his first goal would have been ruled out for offside in this day and age of VAR.
While Salah could not stop scoring against Bournemouth from 2017 to 2020, the contributions have recently dried up for the winger, who has now only managed one goal and one assist in his last five matches versus the Cherries.
That solitary effort came in Liverpool's 3-1 home win during the 2023-24 season, before he laid on an assist for Darwin Nunez in a 3-0 Anfield success during the first weeks of the 2024-25 campaign.
Even though Salah played the full 90 in Liverpool's record-equalling 9-0 Premier League win in August 2022, he incredibly did not register a single goal or assist on the day, no doubt to the extreme chagrin of any fantasy football players who captained him.
Nevertheless, Salah's nine goals in this fixture means that he is still comfortably the top scorer in matches between Liverpool and Bournemouth, four clear of Luis Diaz and Roberto Firmino in joint-second place.
Ben Knapton
