📊 Form Guide
Liverpool WWLLLW
Liverpool, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 0-2 Premier League victory versus West Ham United.
In that game, Liverpool managed 56% possession and 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Liverpool, the scorers were Alexander Isak (60') and Cody Gakpo (90'). West Ham United had 7 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.
A common aspect of more recent Liverpool games is the number of results with a nil in them.
From their previous 6 clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would have lost. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.
Ahead of this meeting, Liverpool have not lost a league tie with Sunderland in their previous 10 games. A decent run, indeed.
Sunderland WWDDLW
Sunderland will go into the game following on from a 3-2 Premier League win vs Bournemouth in their most recent game.
In that match, Sunderland managed 44% possession and 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Sunderland, the scorers were Enzo Le Fée (30'), Bertrand Traoré (46') and Brian Brobbey (69'). Bournemouth had 18 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Amine Adli (7') and Tyler Adams (15') scored for Bournemouth.
The stats don’t lie, and Sunderland have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals overall. Defensively, Sunderland have not been doing too well.
🤜🤛 Head to head
An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 06/12/2014 tells us that Liverpool have won 3 of these games and Sunderland 0, with the number of drawn games being 3.
12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 of them from The Reds and 4 belonging to The Black Cats. The average goals per game has been 2.
The last league encounter between these sides was Premier League match day 20 on 02/01/2017 which ended up with the score at Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool.
In that match, Sunderland managed 29% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jermain Defoe (25', 84').
Liverpool had 21 attempts at goal with 15 of them on target. Daniel Sturridge (19') and Sadio Mané (72') scored.
The referee was Anthony Taylor.
🗞️ Team News: Liverpool
In our view, The Reds could go for a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match and select Alisson Becker, Joseph Gomez, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo and Alexander Isak.
📋 Team News: Sunderland
There’s a good chance that The Black Cats appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation by sending out Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Daniel Ballard, Omar Alderete, Reinildo, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Bertrand Traore, Enzo Le Fee, Chemsdine Talbi and Wilson Isidor.
✨ Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Liverpool will most probably dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.
Conversely, Sunderland may well struggle getting goals but do we see them hitting back at some stage, too.
Our tip is for a controlled 3-1 win for Liverpool at the end of the 90 minutes.