Liverpool and Sunderland clash in a friendly in New York.
Liverpool vs SunderlandSee All Odds
Andoni Iraola's Liverpool reign starts for real against a Sunderland side who already look better equipped for the Premier League than most expected.
Where to watch Liverpool vs Sunderland?
Kick-off at GEODIS Park in Nashville is set for 11pm BST on Saturday 25 July, part of the ongoing Premier League Summer Series tour of the US.
The match will be available on LFCTV, All Red Video and SAFC Live.
Liverpool vs Sunderland Predicted Lineups
Both camps are missing significant numbers, with World Cup involvement stripping out a combined chunk of each squad and a handful of Sunderland's touring party not due to arrive in the US until 26 July.
Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Mamardashvili; Ramsay, Gomez, Jacquet, Kerkez; Nyoni, Jones; Szoboszlai, Elliott, Ngumoha; Wright
Van Dijk, Alisson and Gakpo are working separately back at the AXA Training Centre, while Mac Allister and Victor Munoz are given time off after playing in the World Cup final. Isak, Wirtz and Gravenberch aren't due to join Iraola's group until next week, and long-term absentees Ekitike, Endo, Bradley and Leoni have travelled but remain unavailable.
Sunderland (4-2-3-1): Ellborg; Mukiele, O'Nien, Hume, Reinildo; Browne, Rigg; Scott, Le Fee, Tutierov; Ogunsuyi
Xhaka, Talbi, Alderete and Meunier are all still on World Cup duty, with Brobbey, Diarra, Roefs, Adingra and three others not linking up with the squad until Sunday. Winger Jocelin Ta Bi remains stuck on a visa appeal.
Liverpool vs Sunderland Odds
Liverpool vs Sunderland Prediction
This looks a friendly built for goals rather than a tight tactical contest. Liverpool finished fourth for goals scored in the Premier League last season with 63, but also shipped 53 at the other end - good for only 13th in the division defensively. Sunderland were tighter in open play, conceding 48 across the campaign, but a backline missing Alderete, Roefs and Hume-Meunier cover is unlikely to hold that same shape here.
With both managers set to rotate heavily and neither side able to field anything like a settled XI, expect chances at both ends. Liverpool's record against Sunderland remains unbeaten stretching back over a decade, including a 1-1 draw at Anfield and a 1-0 win at the Stadium of Light last season, but the scoreline matters far less than the shape of the game in a fixture like this.
Score prediction: Liverpool 3-2 Sunderland
Liverpool vs Sunderland Betting Tips
Over 2.5 goals @ 4/7 with Paddy Power.
Over 3.5 available @ 7/4.
Liverpool's pre-season form last summer was relentlessly high-scoring - all six of their 2025-26 pre-season friendlies went over 3.5 goals. Sunderland were less extreme but still leaned that way, with five of their nine pre-season outings last year clearing the same line, including a 5-1 win over York City just a week ago that hints at similar attacking intent this time around.
Add in two heavily weakened squads, a raft of fringe and academy players being blooded, and a Liverpool attack that averaged 1.7 goals a game in the Premier League last season, and the conditions look set for an open, high-scoring friendly rather than a cagey one.
With Sunderland off the back of a 6 goal thriller in their first friendly, heavily rotated squads and the fact Liverpool friendlies last season went over 3.5 goals in 6 games back goals in this fixture.
