Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 February 2016

Result

Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 6 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Liverpool · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland: match report

Liverpool drew with Sunderland 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Roberto Firmino opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Roberto Firmino (59') and Adam Lallana (70'). Sunderland scored through Adam Johnson (82') and Jermain Defoe (89').

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 11th on 32 points from 24 and Sunderland 19th on 19 points from 24. Liverpool went on to finish that season 8th with 58 points, and Sunderland 17th with 37.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Roberto Firmino of Liverpool (9.1), ahead of Jordon Ibe (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Dame N'DoyeSunderland
  • 39'Yellow card · Dame N'DoyeSunderland
  • 59'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 1-0
  • 70'Goal · Adam LallanaLiverpool · 2-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Alberto MorenoLiverpool
  • 82'Goal · Adam JohnsonSunderland · 2-1
  • 89'Goal · Jermain DefoeSunderland · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 5, draws 4, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, Mamadou Sakho, Alberto Moreno, Jordan Henderson, Emre Can, James Milner, Adam Lallana, Joe Allen, Roberto Firmino

Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)

Vito Mannone, Billy Jones, Lamine Koné, John O'Shea, Patrick van Aanholt, Jan Kirchhoff, Duncan Watmore, Lee Cattermole, Yann M'Vila, Wahbi Khazri, Jermain Defoe