|
Liverpool pack their bags to visit Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Wednesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 73 games played, Reds have recorded 28 wins, and Sunderland have come away with 31 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Stadium Of Light was within the last three years, in December 2002, the Black Cats carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Liverpool | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 15 Dec | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 17 Nov | Liverpool | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Apr | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 25 Nov | Liverpool | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Feb | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Sep | Liverpool | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While Black Cats have scored 4, a worringly large 15 have been leaked at the other end.
Liverpool's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Reds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 14 games have yielded only 5 points. Liverpool's 22 points from 12 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 0 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Liverpool are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Been beaten in each of their previous 5 home matches. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Latest 7 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 8 most recent games. |
| Liverpool | 6 games since last away draw. 7 games since last defeat. |