About Match
4 points for Sunderland (12th), 5 for Liverpool (7th): a 1-point gap. Per game in the league, Sunderland score 1 and conceding 1, Liverpool 2 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.42 goals per team per game. Victory would move Sunderland to 7 points and up to 3rd, overtaking Liverpool, with other results unchanged.
Liverpool have not lost in 5 games.
Across 25 recorded meetings, Sunderland have 3 wins to Liverpool's 12, with 10 draws, at 2.2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 36% of meetings won.
The match takes place at Stadium of Light in Sunderland (capacity 48,707).