📊 Form Guide

Liverpool

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Liverpool will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 0-2 Premier League success over West Ham United.

In that game, Liverpool had 56% possession and 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Liverpool, the goals were scored by Alexander Isak (60') and Cody Gakpo (90'). On the other side, West Ham United got 7 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

A common aspect of more recent Liverpool games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their previous 6 clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would have lost. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Ahead of this meeting, Liverpool have not lost a league tie with Sunderland in their previous 10 games. A decent run, indeed.

Sunderland

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Sunderland go into this game following on from a 3-2 Premier League win with the defeat of Bournemouth in their most recent match.

In that game, Sunderland managed 44% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Sunderland, the goals were scored by Enzo Le Fée (30'), Bertrand Traoré (46') and Brian Brobbey (69'). On the other side, Bournemouth had 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. Amine Adli (7') and Tyler Adams (15') scored for Bournemouth.

The stats don’t lie, and Sunderland have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals overall. Defensively, Sunderland have not been doing too well.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head clashes going back to 06/12/2014 shows us that Liverpool have won 3 of these and Sunderland 0, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

In all, 12 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for The Reds and 4 belonging to The Black Cats. The average goals per game has been 2.

The previous league clash between the two was Premier League match day 20 on 02/01/2017 which finished with the scoreline of Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool.

On that day, Sunderland managed 29% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jermain Defoe (25', 84').

Liverpool had 21 attempts on goal with 15 on target. Daniel Sturridge (19') and Sadio Mané (72') scored.

The match was refereed by Anthony Taylor.

🗞️ Team News: Liverpool

In all likelihood, The Reds could go for a 4-3-3 formation for the game, utilising Alisson, Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil Van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo, Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz.

📰 Team News: Sunderland

We are inclined to think that The Black Cats could decide to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, going with Robin Roefs, Daniel Ballard, Omar Alderete, Nordi Mukiele, Reinildo Mandava, Chemsdine Talbi, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Enzo Le Fée, Bertrand Traore and Wilson Isidor.

💡 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Liverpool will most probably dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

Conversely, Sunderland may well struggle getting goals but do we see them hitting back at some stage, too.

Our tip is for a controlled 3-1 win for Liverpool at the end of the 90 minutes.

Andre Moura, 22:01 30/11/2025