Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 March 2012

Result

Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 10 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool: match report

Sunderland beat Liverpool 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Nicklas Bendtner of Sunderland in the 56th minute.

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 12th on 34 points from 27 and Liverpool 7th on 39 points from 26. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Liverpool 8th with 52.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 2 draws and 7 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · James McCleanSunderland
  • 56'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerSunderland · 1-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Martin ŠkrtelLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 2, Liverpool 7.

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Wayne Bridge, Michael Turner, John O'Shea, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, James McClean, Nicklas Bendtner, Fraizer Campbell

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

Pepe Reina, José Enrique, Sebastián Coates, Martin Kelly, Jordan Henderson, Jay Spearing, Luis Suárez, Dirk Kuyt, Craig Bellamy, Charlie Adam, Martin Škrtel