Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 March 2014
Result
Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Wednesday 26 March 2014, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland: match report
Liverpool drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 March 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Steven Gerrard opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Steven Gerrard (39') and Daniel Sturridge (48'). Sunderland scored through Ki Sung-Yeung (76').
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 65 points from 30 and Sunderland 17th on 28 points from 28. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 81 points, and Sunderland 10th with 45.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 5-3-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Sunderland's L-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 37'Yellow card · Santiago Vergini
- 39'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 40'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 48'Goal · Daniel Sturridge
- 76'Goal · Ki Sung-Yeung
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Mignolet, Glen Johnson, Martin Škrtel, Daniel Agger, Jon Flanagan, Jordan Henderson, Steven Gerrard, Joe Allen, Daniel Sturridge, Philippe Coutinho, Luis Suárez
Sunderland line-up (5-3-2)
Vito Mannone, Phil Bardsley, Santiago Vergini, John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Andrea Dossena, Liam Bridcutt, Emanuele Giaccherini, Lee Cattermole, Connor Wickham, Jozy Altidore