Liverpool vs Sunderland prediction — 2026-12-02

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Premier League · Regular Season - 13 · 2026-12-02 20:00 UTC · Anfield, Liverpool

LiverpoolTeam strength 1910.8 · projected league finish #5

MOST LIKELY RESULT

Liverpool

single most likely score: 2–0 (11.8%)

SunderlandTeam strength 1735.9 · projected league finish #17

Liverpool wins 62.3%Draw — neither team wins 23.7%Sunderland wins 14.0%Average simulated goals 1.95–0.83

These three percentages add to 100%. They show what may happen, not what will happen.

Why does Liverpool have the highest number? Liverpool currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Liverpool playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.95for Liverpool and 0.83 for Sunderland. That makes Liverpool the highest of the three result estimates at 62.3%. For the full league season, Liverpool is projected to earn about 64points and Sunderland about 42. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Liverpool a 62.3% chance of beating Sunderland at home in the Premier League on 2026-12-02, with 23.7% for the draw and 14.0% for an away win. The single most likely score is 2–0 (11.8%), with average simulated goals of 1.95–0.83; the chance of both teams scoring is 49.7% and of three or more total goals 52.6%. Estimates come from an Elo → Dixon-Coles → Monte Carlo model, walk-forward backtested on 913 internationals (ranked probability score 0.175 vs 0.241 for random guessing) with a public prediction record.

Source: The Open Model (theopenmodel.com) · probabilities as of the latest daily build · data reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Possible final scores

	0	1	2	3	4
0	7.5	3.8	2.1	0.6	0.1
1	10.8	11.4	4.2	1.2	0.2
2	11.8	9.8	4.1	1.1	0.2
3	7.7	6.4	2.6	0.7	0.2
4	3.7	3.1	1.3	0.4	0.1
5+	2.1	1.7	0.7	0.2	0.0

Home-team goals run down the left; away-team goals run across the top. Each cell is that score's estimated chance.

Most likely scores

2–0 11.8%1–1 11.4%1–0 10.8%2–1 9.8%3–0 7.7%0–0 7.5%

Other match possibilities

Both teams to score		49.7%
2 or more total goals		77.9%
3 or more total goals		52.6%
4 or more total goals		30.4%
Liverpool avoids defeat		86.0%
Sunderland avoids defeat		37.7%
Liverpool allows no goals		43.5%
Sunderland allows no goals		14.2%