Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 3 March 2009
Result
Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Tuesday 3 March 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Liverpool defeated Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 3 March 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
David N'Gog opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Liverpool's goals came from David N'Gog (52') and Yossi Benayoun (65'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 55 points from 27 and Sunderland 12th on 31 points from 26. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-D-W-W-D and Sunderland's D-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · David N'Gog
- 52'Goal · David N'Gog
- 65'Goal · Yossi Benayoun
- 90'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)
Pepe Reina, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Yossi Benayoun, Dirk Kuyt, David N'Gog, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel
Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)
Marton Fulop, George McCartney, Kieran Richardson, Tal Ben Haim, Danny Collins, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Grant Leadbitter, Andy Reid, Kenwyne Jones