Sunderland 0-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 30 November 2005

Result

Sunderland 0-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Wednesday 30 November 2005, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Sunderland 0-2 Liverpool: match report

Sunderland lost to Liverpool 0-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 November 2005. The half-time score was 0-2.

Luis García opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Sunderland did not score. Liverpool scored through Luis García (30') and Steven Gerrard (45').

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 5 points from 14 and Liverpool 7th on 22 points from 12. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 15 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 82.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 3 draws and 3 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Steve FinnanLiverpool
  • 30'Goal · Luis GarcíaLiverpool · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 0-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 3, Liverpool 3.

Team news

Sunderland line-up

Ben Alnwick, Gary Breen, Steven Caldwell, Danny Collins, Justin Hoyte, Liam Lawrence, Dean Whitehead, Jon Stead, Chris Brown, Tommy Miller, Christian Bassila

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Jamie Carragher, Luis García, Mohamed Sissoko, Peter Crouch, Morientes, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso