Reigning champions Liverpool kick off the Premier League season on Friday with Europe's richest league strengthened by a remarkable £2 billion ($2.7 billion) spending splurge.Only once since 2007, when Manchester City did it in 2019,

The Reds boast a strong record in their last 33 opening matches, winning 19, drawing 10 and losing just four. That's a 57.58% win rate to kick off the season in the Premier League era and it’s likely to go up given that that Liverpool, title favourites, have won their last five Bournemouth meetings.

Everton to finish in the top half (+175): We've already gone through the steady building that David Moyes has with Everton, and it could be rewarded with a finish in the top half. A strong defense can be augmented by improvements to the attack, and this team just might challenge for Europe.

Soccer fans react after Antoine Semenyo was allegedly subjected to racial abuse during Friday's Liverpool-Bournemouth EPL opener at Anfield.

LIVERPOOL, England - Liverpool talisman Mo Salah and fellow forward Federico Chiesa struck late goals as the Premier League champions began the defence of their title by beating Bournemouth 4-2 in a thriller on the opening night of the season at Anfield on Friday.

The 2025/26 Premier League season kicks off on Friday evening as champions Liverpool host Bournemouth and pundits have already been hard at work predicted exactly how the campaign will play out

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has said it will be harder than ever before to win the Premier League this season as they prepare to defend their title.

The Crystal Palace captain is into the final year of his contract in south London and according to our transfer expert David Ornstein and Liverpool correspondent James Pearce, the Premier League champions have held talks over his potential signing.