Sunderland 0–1 Liverpool

SUNSunderland

0–1

Full Time

LIVLiverpool

Christian Benteke 46′ · assist Adam Lallana

Wednesday 30 December at 19:45 · Stadium of Light · Referee Kevin Friend

Match stats

42%Possession58%

8Shots17

3Shots on target6

6Corners4

326Passes465

66%Pass accuracy72%

5Saves3

0Fouls0

1Offsides0

1Yellow cards3

0Red cards0

How it happened

19′Christian Benteke · away
30′Duncan Watmore on for J. Rodwell · home
46′Christian Benteke · assist Adam Lallana · away
58′Emre Can · away
61′Lucas Leiva on for Jordan Henderson · away
63′J. Lens on for Adam Johnson · home
72′

Line-ups

SUNSunderland4-3-3

25Vito Mannone
2Billy Jones
22Sebastián Coates▾ 72′ (Yedlin on)
5Wes Brown
3Patrick van Aanholt
6L. Cattermole
21Yann M'Vila
8J. Rodwell▾ 30′ (Watmore on)
11Adam Johnson▾ 63′ (Lens on)
18Jermain Defoe
9Fabio Borini

17J. Lens▴ 63′ for Johnson

Next meetingLiverpool v SunderlandWed, 3 Dec 2025

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Sunderland

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Draws

4

Liverpool

DeAndre Yedlin on for Sebastián Coates

· home

77′Alberto Moreno · away

83′Jordon Ibe on for Philippe Coutinho · away

86′Jeremain Lens · home

86′J. Lens · home

90+3′Kolo Touré on for Roberto Firmino · away

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DeAndre Yedlin

▴ 72′ for Coates

41Duncan Watmore▴ 30′ for Rodwell

Bench: Costel Pantilimon, Danny Graham, Hiroki Shibuya, Tom Beadling

LIVLiverpool4-2-3-1

22Simon Mignolet
2N. Clyne
6Dejan Lovren
17Mamadou Sakho
18Alberto Moreno
14Jordan Henderson▾ 61′ (Leiva on)
23Emre Can
20Adam LallanaA
11Roberto Firmino▾ 90+3′ (Touré on)
10Philippe Coutinho▾ 83′ (Ibe on)
9Christian Benteke

4Kolo Touré▴ 90+3′ for Firmino

21Lucas Leiva▴ 61′ for Henderson

33Jordon Ibe▴ 83′ for Coutinho

Bench: Ádám Bogdán, Brad Smith, João Carlos Teixeira, Connor Randall

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Jan 2013Liverpool3–0Sunderland

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