Liverpool vs Sunderland Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd December 2025

Liverpool enjoy home advantage, when visitors Sunderland swing by on Wednesday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Liverpool are placed eightth with 21 points after 13 matches. Sunderland occupy a position as sixth in the league on 22 points.

As Liverpool are highly expected to claim the victory against Sunderland, they should be able to finish the round ahead of their upcoming opponent. It is safe to say though, that the visitors will want to get some more distance to the hosts after this game.

Liverpool go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 16. That amounts to an average of 1.6 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Sunderland managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded ten goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded one goals an average per game.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Liverpool played against Sunderland. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair.

Liverpool vs Sunderland Prediction

Liverpool Form

Liverpool lost twice in their last three matches, as they were defeated 0-3 by Nottingham Forest and 1-4 against PSV Eindhoven. They turned the table by winning 0-2 against West Ham. It has been a bit hit-and-miss for Liverpool but at least mostly hit, as they put four wins on the board in their previous six Premier League matches. They didn't draw any matches, but lost twice, scoring ten goals while conceding eight.

Ambitions are high for Liverpool, and winning the title is still possible, but they need to raise their level to achieve the highest prize.

Sunderland Form

In their last three matches, Sunderland drew 2-2 with Arsenal, lost 1-0 against Fulham and beat Bournemouth 3-2. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Sunderland won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying six goals conceded and three scored.

Sunderland were spoken of as contenders for a title, but current form has them running a little behind in the Premier League.

Liverpool should be too strong at Anfield to drop any points against Sunderland, and combining the home win with over 2.5 goals looks the value bet.

Liverpool have taken six points from their last seven games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of eight goals to 12. Sunderland took nine points from their last six games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won two, scored seven goals and conceded seven. Liverpool claimed seven wins, zero draws as well as six defeats in the Premier League this season. Sunderland enjoy a record of six wins, four draws and three defeats in the Premier League.

Liverpool vs Sunderland Squads

Liverpool Squad

Slot will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Sunderland from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Alisson Becker (0/8), Armin Pecsi (0/0), Freddie Woodman (0/0), Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/5), Andrew Robertson (0/8), Calvin Ramsay (0/0), Conor Bradley (0/9), Giovanni Leoni (0/0), Ibrahima Konate (0/13), Jeremie Frimpong (0/4), Joseph Gomez (0/5), Milos Kerkez (1/12), Rhys Williams (0/0), Virgil van Dijk (0/13), Alexis Mac Allister (0/12), Curtis Jones (0/11), Dominik Szoboszlai (1/13), Federico Chiesa (2/9), Florian Wirtz (0/12), Ryan Gravenberch (3/11), Stefan Bajcetic (0/0), Trey Nyoni (0/0), Wataru Endo (0/4), Alexander Isak (1/6), Cody Gakpo (4/13), Hugo Ekitike (3/12), Mohamed Salah (4/12), Rio Ngumoha (1/5).

Sunderland Squad

Below is the full team squad of Sunderland. The manager Le Bris will pick his starting XI against Liverpool from these players:

Anthony Patterson (0/0), Blondy Nna Noukeu (0/0), Robin Roefs (0/13), Simon Moore (0/0), Ajibola Alese (0/0), Arthur Masuaku (0/3), Daniel Ballard (2/11), Dennis Cirkin (0/0), Joseph Anderson (0/0), Leo Hjelde (0/0), Luke O'Nien (0/0), Lutsharel Geertruida (0/10), Nordi Mukiele (1/11), Omar Alderete (1/9), Reinildo (0/10), Timothee Pembele (0/0), Trai Hume (0/13), Abdoullah Ba (0/0), Chris Rigg (0/6), Daniel Neil (0/0), Enzo Le Fee (2/12), Granit Xhaka (1/13), Habib Diarra (0/4), Jay Matete (0/0), Noah Sadiki (0/13), Ahmed Abdullahi (0/0), Bertrand Traore (1/8), Brian Brobbey (2/8), Chemsdine Talbi (1/13), Eliezer Mayenda (1/8), Ian Poveda (0/0), Romaine Mundle (0/1), Simon Adingra (0/8), Wilson Isidor (4/13).

Liverpool vs Sunderland Team News

Liverpool could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Sunderland. Liverpool have to alter their line-up, as both Alexis Mac Allister and Andrew Robertson get a day in the shade.

Liverpool are unable to field Mohamed Salah on Wednesday against Sunderland, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Sunderland have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Liverpool at Anfield.

Daniel Ballard is too injured to face Sunderland.

Liverpool vs Sunderland Lineups

Liverpool vs Sunderland H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Liverpool played against Sunderland. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair. Liverpool claimed six wins against Sunderland in the last ten encounters, leaving them with a small psychological edge before their next meeting.

Liverpool vs Sunderland Results

In the last ten matches between Liverpool and Sunderland over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 4/7 with bookies.

Liverpool vs Sunderland Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Mohamed Salah, who is performing well for The Reds. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Sunderland.The visitors will be looking to Brian Brobbey to find the net once again, after managing two Premier League goals for Sunderland in recent matches.

Liverpool claimed six wins in their previous 10 matches at Anfield across all tournaments. They lost four as well, while visitors Sunderland won three of their last 10 away matches. They drew one and lost six. Both teams scored in seven of the last 10 Premier League matches for Liverpool at Anfield. Both teams also found their way to the target in two of the previous 10 away games for Sunderland.

Liverpool managed an average of 1.7 goals in the past ten encounters against Sunderland, who scored 0.7 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened five times, while both teams scored five times. Liverpool saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Sunderland, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.