Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2016

Result

Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Liverpool · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland: match report

Liverpool won against Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 November 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Divock Origi opened the scoring in the 75th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Divock Origi (75') and James Milner (90+1', penalty). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 27 points from 12 and Sunderland 19th on 8 points from 12. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Henderson of Liverpool (8.7), ahead of Dejan Lovren (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 60'Yellow card · Lamine KonéSunderland
  • 64'Yellow card · John O'SheaSunderland
  • 67'Yellow card · Dejan LovrenLiverpool
  • 70'Yellow card · Steven PienaarSunderland
  • 75'Goal · Divock OrigiLiverpool · 1-0
  • 90+1'Penalty goal · James MilnerLiverpool · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Nathaniel Clyne, Joël Matip, Dejan Lovren, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, Emre Can, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho

Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)

Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, Lamine Koné, John O'Shea, Patrick van Aanholt, Jason Denayer, Didier Ndong, Steven Pienaar, Duncan Watmore, Jermain Defoe, Victor Anichebe