Liverpool face Sunderland in a huge clash in the Premier League’s race for European qualification.
Victory would lift Liverpool above Sunderland into the top six, whilst Sunderland can go as high as fourth depending on the result of Brighton’s clash against Aston Villa.
Team News
Liverpool have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 2-0 win at West Ham.
Conor Bradley (muscle), Jeremie Frimpong (hamstring) and Giovanni Leoni (ACL) remain absent.
Sunderland have no fresh injury concerns after their 3-2 comeback victory against Bournemouth.
Aji Alese (shoulder) and Habib Diarra (groin) are still sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Liverpool host Sunderland at Anfield on Wednesday 3 December at 8:15pm GMT, live on Sky Sports Football in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Liverpool are unbeaten in their last ten league meetings against Sunderland (W6, D4).
- Sunderland are yet to win away at Liverpool in Premier League (D8, L8).
- Two of Liverpool’s last three meetings against Sunderland ended in 2-2 draws.
- Two of Liverpool’s last four matches ended in 2-0 victories, whilst the other two ended in 3-0 defeats.
- Sunderland have lost just one of their last six matches (W3, D2, L1).
Prediction
Although Liverpool clinically dispatched West Ham in a well-controlled clinical display, they did still look vulnerable on breakaway quick attacks if not for Alisson’s saves so this is a test of if they’ve turned a corner if can get consecutive wins for the first time since September.
Sunderland though are a gutsy team who never know when they’re beaten but they must be more defensively switched on from the start than they were against Bournemouth, yet the conditions were awful for that game in fairness so they did well to knuckle down and fight back clinically.
Anfield however hasn’t been kind to Sunderland in the Premier League but with Liverpool still vulnerable and I think they need consecutive wins to reinstall confidence, this is a chance for Sunderland to end that hoodoo if bring their usual attack but a draw feels more instinctive for me.
Prediction: Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland
Result: Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland