Liverpool and Sunderland share the points in 1-1 draw

Match report

Honours were even between Liverpool and Sunderland at Anfield on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, the Premier League matchday 14 game finishing 1-1. N. Mukiele (81' og) scored for Liverpool, while C. Talbi (67') found the net for Sunderland. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Liverpool had 68% of the ball and 23 shots (4 on target) against Sunderland’s 9 (6 on target). Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) was the top-rated player with 7.5. The result leaves Liverpool 6th in the Premier League table on 9 points and Sunderland 14th on 4.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Liverpool

6th · 9 points · P 5 W 2 D 3 L 0

Form

Sunderland

14th · 4 points · P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
5	Leeds	5	+4	9
6	Liverpool	5	+3	9
7	Everton	5	+3	9
13	Nottingham Forest	5	-1	5
14	Sunderland	5	-4	4
15	Crystal Palace	5	-5	4

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Wed, 11 Feb 2026, Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool

Full Liverpool vs Sunderland head-to-head

Match events

46'substitutionC. GakpoOff: M. Salah
54'yellow cardEnzo Le FéeYellow Card
55'yellow cardJoe GomezYellow Card
62'substitutionB. BrobbeyOff: W. Isidor
65'substitutionJ. GomezOff: C. Jones
67'goalC. TalbiAssist: E. Le Fee
74'substitutionA. Mac AllisterOff: H. Ekitike
79'substitutionE. Le FeeOff: L. Geertruida
81'own goalN. Mukiele(own goal)Own Goal
86'substitutionA. IsakOff: F. Chiesa
86'substitutionA. RobertsonOff: M. Kerkez
90+1'substitutionC. TalbiOff: L. O'Nien

Lineups

Liverpool

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Arne Slot

Starting XI

Substitutes

Sunderland

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Regis Le Bris

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

68%Possession32%
1.45Expected goals (xG)0.41
23Total shots9
4Shots on target6
8Shots off target2
11Blocked shots1
13Shots inside the box4
10Shots outside the box5
7Corners3
2Offsides2
10Fouls5
1Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
4Goalkeeper saves4
638Passes304
554Accurate passes218
87%Pass accuracy72%
-0.26Goals prevented-0.26

Player statistics

Liverpool

Liverpool player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1AlissonG	90	6.5		26 · 77%			1/2
2Joe GomezD	65	6.2	1 (0)	36 · 81%	1		1/9
4Virgil van DijkDTop rated	90	7.5		97 · 85%	1	1	11/13
5Ibrahima KonatéD	90	7.2	1 (1)	67 · 96%		3	8/12
26Andrew RobertsonD	86	6.3		63 · 92%	1	1	2/4
7Florian WirtzM	90	7.0	2 (1)	60 · 88%	3	1	4/7
8Dominik SzoboszlaiM	90	6.5	3 (2)	72 · 86%	2		1/5
10Alexis Mac AllisterM	74	6.9	2 (0)	57 · 86%		2	3/5
18Cody GakpoM	45	6.5		11 · 64%		1	1/5
38Ryan GravenberchM	90	7.0		68 · 91%	3	2	4/7
9Alexander IsakF	86	6.2	1 (0)	5 · 40%		1	2/6
25Giorgi MamardashviliG	–	–
6Miloš KerkezD	13	6.7		4 · 75%	1
3Wataru EndoM	–	–
17Curtis JonesM	25	6.9	1 (0)	31 · 97%	1
42Trey NyoniM	–	–
11Mohamed SalahF	45	6.7		30 · 83%	4		0/4
14Federico ChiesaF	13	7.5		3 · 100%
22Hugo EkitikéF	16	6.2	1 (0)	8 · 62%			1/4
73Rio NgumohaF	–	–

Sunderland

Sunderland player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
22Robin RoefsG	90	7.3				53 · 51%	1		3/3
5Daniel BallardD	90	6.7				38 · 71%		2	5/8
15Omar AldereteD	90	7.3			3 (2)	39 · 87%		1	3/5
17Reinildo MandavaD	90	7.3				24 · 83%		2	6/6
20Nordi MukieleD	90	6.2				16 · 69%		2	4/4
7Chemsdine TalbiM	89	7.3	1		2 (2)	22 · 86%		1	2/4
27Noah SadikiM	90	6.6				28 · 71%	1	2	5/8
32Trai HumeM	90	6.7			1 (1)	18 · 61%			3/12
34Granit XhakaM	90	7.3				39 · 82%		1	3/6
9Brian BrobbeyF	62	6.5				9 · 67%			3/6
28Enzo Le FéeF	79	6.2		1	1 (0)	14 · 57%	2	2	3/9
1Anthony PattersonG	–	–
6Lutsharel GeertruidaD	11	6.3				3 · 67%			0/1
4Dan NeilM	–	–
13Luke O'NienM	8	6.9						2	2/2
12Eliezer MayendaF	–	–
14Romaine MundleF	–	–
18Wilson IsidorF	28	6.6			1 (1)	1 · 100%			2/9
24Simon AdingraF	–	–
25Bertrand TraoréF	–	–