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title: "Sunderland vs Liverpool: Match Preview"
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author: "Chris Sparks"
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published: "2015-12-28T12:39:43Z"
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# Sunderland vs Liverpool: Match Preview

Sunderland host Liverpool in the final fixture of 2015 in front of the Sky cameras at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats are entering crisis mode as a series of poor performances have opened up a five-point gap between themselves and safety. A Boxing Day defeat to Manchester City showed Sunderland’s lack of fight and quality and Sam Allardyce has [voiced his concerns](https://readsunderland.com/2015/12/27/bringing-people-way-forward-allardyce/). Liverpool travel to Wearside following an impressive win against league leaders Leicester City on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp’s men, captained by Sunderland man Jordan Henderson, are hoping to mount a late push to the top 4 and will see Wednesday clash as an ideal opportunity to claim three points.

**Kickoff –** Wednesday 30th December @ 1945

**Venue –** The Stadium of Light

**Last Season** – Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool

**Referee –** Kevin Friend

**Potential Sunderland** **Squad** **–** Pantilimon, Mannone, Matthews, Jones, Brown, O’Shea, Yedlin, Coates, Van Aanholt, Cattermole, Rodwell, Lens, Gomez, Toivonen, M’Vila, Johnson, Borini, Graham, Watmore, Fletcher, Defoe.

**Injuries:** Larsson (Hamstring), Kaboul (Hamstring).

**Potential Liverpool Squad:** Bogdan, Mignolet, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno, Clyne, Toure, Allen, Ibe, Firmino, Teixeira, Lucas, Can, Henderson, Benteke, Brannagan, Randall, Sinclair, Rossiter, Lallana, Origi, Coutinho.

![Alex Livesey/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/https://media.readsunderland.com/readsunderland/2015/12/491955850.jpg)

**Injuries:** Skrtel, Sturridge, Milner, Flanagan, Ings, Gomez.

**Read Sunderland’s Prediction:**

Sunderland must perform better than the last two games, but this will be no easy game. The Black Cats have major injury issues and a squad lacking quality.

Sunderland 1-2 Liverpool