Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool: result and report

Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland drew with Liverpool 2-2 in the Premier League on Monday 2 January 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Daniel Sturridge opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Jermain Defoe (25', penalty) and Jermain Defoe (84', penalty). Liverpool scored through Daniel Sturridge (19') and Sadio Mané (72').

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 18th on 14 points from 19 and Liverpool 2nd on 43 points from 19. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 24 points, and Liverpool 4th with 76.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Vito Mannone of Sunderland (8.9), ahead of Jermain Defoe (8.0).

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

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