Head to head

Liverpool vs Sunderland head to head

Liverpool and Sunderland have met 154 times in the English top flight since 1894/95. Liverpool have won 69, Sunderland 50, and 35 were drawn. 34 of those were in the Premier League: Liverpool 19 wins, Sunderland 3, 12 draws. Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 12 meetings. The last meeting was Sunderland 0–1 Liverpool on February 11, 2026, and the first Sunderland 3–2 Liverpool on November 24, 1894.

Liverpool v Sunderland

All top-flight meetings · since 1894/95

Liverpool crest

Liverpool

69

Liverpool wins

35

Draws

50

Sunderland wins

Sunderland crest

Sunderland

154 meetings · goals Liverpool 252–216 Sunderland

The scoreline grid

Every top-flight meeting from Liverpool's side: Liverpool goals along the bottom, Sunderland goals up the side. Select a square to see those meetings.

Sunderland goals
Liverpool goals

Times it's happened

Never

Once

2

3–4

5–9

10+

Home and away

VenuePLiverpool W–D–LGoals
At Liverpool7737–22–18137–94
At Sunderland7732–13–32115–122

Every meeting

Biggest wins

Liverpool

September 6, 1922Liverpool 5–1 Sunderland4-goal win
February 12, 1966Liverpool 4–0 Sunderland4-goal win
August 26, 1950Liverpool 4–0 Sunderland4-goal win

Sunderland

December 7, 1912Sunderland 7–0 Liverpool7-goal win
April 19, 1930Liverpool 0–6 Sunderland6-goal win
November 15, 1947Sunderland 5–1 Liverpool4-goal win

Highest-scoring meetings

December 6, 1930Sunderland 6–5 Liverpool11 goals
January 19, 1907Sunderland 5–5 Liverpool10 goals
April 3, 1954Liverpool 4–3 Sunderland7 goals

Most common results

Runs

Liverpool's longest winning run in this fixture is 8 and Sunderland's is 6. The longest unbeaten runs are 16 for Liverpool and 8 for Sunderland.