Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 February 2008
Result
Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 2 February 2008, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland: match report
Liverpool defeated Sunderland 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 February 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Peter Crouch opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Peter Crouch (57'), Fernando Torres (69') and Steven Gerrard (89', penalty). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 7th on 40 points from 23 and Sunderland 16th on 23 points from 24. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-D-D-D-D and Sunderland's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Liam Miller
- 57'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 69'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 84'Yellow card · Steve Finnan
- 88'Yellow card · Craig Gordon
- 89'Penalty goal · Steven Gerrard
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)
Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Jermaine Pennant, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Peter Crouch, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel
Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Phil Bardsley, Jonny Evans, Dean Whitehead, Liam Miller, Daryl Murphy, Michael Chopra, Kenwyne Jones