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Sunderland vs Liverpool

Premier League · Round 19 · Wed 30 Dec 2015, 19:45

Sunderland
01 Full time
Liverpool

Liverpool won 1–0 away at Sunderland on 30 December 2015 (Premier League 2015-2016, Round 19). Goals – Liverpool: Christian Benteke 46'. In 30 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Sunderland have won 3, Liverpool 17 and 10 matches have been drawn.

Summary

Key events

  1. Half time · 0–0
  2. 46' Christian Benteke Liverpool · assist Adam Lallana 0–1
  3. Full time · 0–1

Lineups

Sunderland

  1. 25 Vito Mannone
  2. 2 Billy Jones
  3. 22 Sebastian Coates
  4. 5 Wes Brown
  5. 3 Patrick van Aanholt
  6. 6 Lee Cattermole (c)
  7. 21 Yann M'Vila
  8. 8 Jack Rodwell
  9. 11 Adam Johnson
  10. 18 Jermain Defoe
  11. 9 Fabio Borini

Substitutes used

Unused

Danny Graham, Costel Pantilimon, Ola Toivonen, Tom Beadling

Liverpool

  1. 22 Simon Mignolet
  2. 2 Nathaniel Clyne
  3. 6 Dejan Lovren
  4. 17 Mamadou Sakho
  5. 18 Alberto Moreno
  6. 14 Jordan Henderson (c)
  7. 23 Emre Can
  8. 20 Adam Lallana
  9. 11 Roberto Firmino
  10. 10 Philippe Coutinho
  11. 9 Christian Benteke

Substitutes used

Unused

Adam Bogdan, Connor Randall, Bradley Smith, Joao Teixeira

Head-to-head & form

Head-to-head since 2000-01

Full head-to-head
3Sunderland wins10Draws17Liverpool wins

30 meetings · goals Sunderland 17–43 Liverpool

Previous meetings

10 Jan 2015 Sunderland0–1FT · 12:45Liverpool
6 Dec 2014 Liverpool0–0FT · 15:00Sunderland
26 Mar 2014 Liverpool2–1FT · 20:00Sunderland
29 Sep 2013 Sunderland1–3FT · 16:00Liverpool
2 Jan 2013 Liverpool3–0FT · 19:45Sunderland

Form before the match

Last five Premier League matches, oldest to newest.

Final table 2015-2016

Full table
# Team P W D L GD Pts
8 Liverpool 38 16 12 10 +13 60
17 Sunderland 38 9 12 17 −14 39

Top scorers 2015-2016

All scorers

Sunderland

  1. Jermain Defoe 15
  2. Fabio Borini 5
  3. Steven Fletcher 4

Liverpool

  1. Roberto Firmino 10
  2. Christian Benteke 9
  3. Daniel Sturridge 8