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Sunderland travel to Anfield to face Liverpool in the Premier League.
Last time out Sunderland beat Bournemouth and Liverpool beat West Ham.
Sunderland came from behind to win 3-2 after Bournemouth took an early 2-0 lead during a torrential downpour on Wearside.
Amine Adli's close-range finish and Tyler Adams' stunning goal from the halfway line gave Bournemouth a 2-0 lead, Enzo Le Fee's penalty and Bertrand Traore's low strike put Sunderland level, and substitute, Brian Brobbey, headed in Le Fee's 69th-minute corner to complete the Black Cats' turnaround. Romaine Mundle made his premier league debut coming on from the bench. Bournemouth's Lewis Cook was shown a 96th-minute red card for elbowing Noah Sadiki.
Alexander Isak scored his first Premier League goal for Liverpool since his record £125m move, as Arne Slot's side ended their wretched run with a much-needed victory at West Ham United.
The Reds ended a dismal sequence of nine defeats in 12 games - their worst since 1954 - with a deserved success. Arne Slot dropped Mo Salah from a league starting line-up for the first time since April 2024, and was rewarded with a much-improved display.
Liverpool then added the second goal that their superiority deserved when Gakpo finished well in stoppage time, moving up to eighth place in the table, three points off the top four.
Regis le Bris:
“We have a big week, but this is exactly the challenges that we want to face. Nothing is played before the game, but anything is possible. You play with your identity, we don’t know the scenario before and we will see.”
“Today we have shown that even with a bad scenario, it was a tough start, everything is possible, and we changed the dynamic.”
“So maybe it will happen at Liverpool.”
Presser on Tuesday at 13:30
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Arne Slot:
"I get asked this question a lot (why was Salah left out)
“Mo has had an unbelievable career and will have a very good future at this club because he’s such a special player, but when you have four games in 10 days you have to decide once in a while on a certain line-up.”
“The way they set up with a full-back that’s constantly high and a winger who’s inside, I thought this would help the team,” he said, the implication being that he doubted Salah’s capacity to perform the necessary defensive work.
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Form:
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Match Appointments:
Referee: STUART ATWELL
Assistant Referee: Constantine Hatzidakis
Assistant Referee: Adrian Holmes
Fourth Official: Dean Whitestone
Video Assistant Referee: Timothy Wood
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Matthew Donohue
Team Lineups:
Sunderland AFC: Roefe, Reinildo, Ballard, Alderete, Mukiele, Xhaka, Sadiki, Le Fee, Traore, Talbi, Isidor.
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Subs: Patterson, Geertruida, Hume, Neil, Rigg, Adingra, Mayenda, Mundle, Brobbey.
Injured: Alese, Cirkin, Hjelde, Diarra.
Liverpool FC: Alisson, Gomez, Konate, van Dyke, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Gakpo, Isak
Substitutes: Mamardashvili, Endo, Salah, Chiesa, Jones, Ekitike, Robertson, Nyoni, Ngumoha.
Injured: Leoni, Bradley, Frimpong.
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Betting Odds:
Sunderland 13/2 Liverpool 1/3 Draw 4/1
My two pence:
Liverpool are struggling at the moment and this is our opportunity to finally get one over them. Looking at their playing style we should be using the long throws to put pressure on their defenders and look to break on the counter attack as often as possible, but we do need to defend against their wing play. I wouldn’t be surprised if we reverted to 5 at the back for this one, but I’d rather keep the same side with maybe Brobbey starting and then unleash Isidor and Mayenda with 30 minutes left.
I’m going for a 1-0 away win
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Ha’way the Lads
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