Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool: result and report

Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Wednesday 30 December 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland were beaten by Liverpool 0-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 December 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Christian Benteke of Liverpool in the 46th minute.

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 19th on 12 points from 18 and Liverpool 11th on 25 points from 18. Sunderland went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Liverpool 8th with 58.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Simon Mignolet of Liverpool (7.5), level with Christian Benteke (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 5 draws and 4 for Liverpool.

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