With the chance to move five points clear at the top of the Premier League table, Liverpool travel south to square off with Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Both sides have spent a fortnight recuperating from recent FA Cup successes, as the Reds overcame Arsenal 2-0 in the third round, while the Cherries produced a stellar fightback to sink Queens Park Rangers 3-2.
That 3-1 loss to the Lilywhites on New Year's Eve also snapped the Cherries streak of scoring at least twice in seven successive matches - an exceptional return helped in no small part by the exploits of erstwhile Liverpool man Dominic Solanke - but Bournemouth found their best shooting boots again at Loftus Road on January 6.
The QPR faithful were in dreamland as they departed for half-time refreshments, having witnessed Sinclair Armstrong and Lyndon Dykes strike in the dying embers of the first period, but Iraola's team talk worked wonders as Marcus Tavernier, Kieffer Moore and Justin Kluivert completed a terrific turnaround.
Before a fourth-round clash with Swansea City takes precedence later this month, Bournemouth bid to avoid back-to-back Premier League losses for the first time since October and welcome the Reds to the Vitality in 12th place in the standings, three points below Wolverhampton Wanderers with a game in hand.
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