Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 September 2010

Result

Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 25 September 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Liverpool · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland: match report

Liverpool drew with Sunderland 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 September 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Dirk Kuyt (5') and Steven Gerrard (64'). Sunderland scored through Darren Bent (25', penalty) and Darren Bent (48').

Discipline: Liverpool received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 16th on 5 points from 5 and Sunderland 11th on 6 points from 5. Liverpool went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Sunderland 10th with 47.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-D-W-L-D and Sunderland's D-D-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 1-0
  • 25'Penalty goal · Darren BentSunderland · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 1-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Fernando TorresLiverpool
  • 60'Yellow card · Dirk KuytLiverpool
  • 64'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 2-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Steven GerrardLiverpool
  • 90'Yellow card · Simon MignoletSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 7, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-1-4-1)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Paul Konchesky, Jamie Carragher, Raúl Meireles, Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole, Martin Škrtel

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Nedum Onuoha, Titus Bramble, Lee Cattermole, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Darren Bent, Danny Welbeck