Sunderland 1-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2012

Result

Sunderland 1-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2012, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland 1-1 Liverpool: match report

Sunderland drew with Liverpool 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 September 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Steven Fletcher opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Steven Fletcher (29'). Liverpool scored through Luis Suárez (71').

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 15th on 2 points from 2 and Liverpool 19th on 1 point from 3. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Liverpool 6th with 63.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 6 for Liverpool.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Steven FletcherSunderland · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Luis SuárezLiverpool
  • 63'Yellow card · Martin ŠkrtelLiverpool
  • 71'Goal · Luis SuárezLiverpool · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Sebastian LarssonSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 2, Liverpool 6.

Team news

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

Simon Mignolet, John O'Shea, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Danny Rose, Carlos Cuéllar

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

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Martin Kelly, Joe Allen, Jonjo Shelvey, Luis Suárez, Fabio Borini, Raheem Sterling, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel