Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 2 January 2013

Result

Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Wednesday 2 January 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland: match report

Liverpool beat Sunderland 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 2 January 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Raheem Sterling (19'), L. Suárez (26') and L. Suárez (52'). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 9th on 28 points from 20 and Sunderland 13th on 23 points from 20. Liverpool went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Sunderland 14th with 41.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Raheem SterlingLiverpool · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · L. SuárezLiverpool · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · L. SuárezLiverpool · 3-0
  • 60'Yellow card · James McCleanSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 5, draws 3, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Martin Škrtel, Daniel Agger, Glen Johnson, Steven Gerrard, Lucas Leiva, Jordan Henderson, Luis Suárez, Raheem Sterling, Pepe Reina, Andre Wisdom, Stewart Downing

Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)

Craig Gardner, Carlos Cuéllar, Sebastian Larsson, Jack Colback, Simon Mignolet, Matthew Kilgallon, Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Danny Rose