English Premier League

FT Friday, April 24, 2026
Nottingham Forest WDDWW 5
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Sunderland LLWWL 0
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NFO415
SUN000
Stadium of Light · 47,047 att. · USA Net

Match Report

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Forest rout Sunderland to move closer to Premier League safety

Morgan Gibbs-White inspired Nottingham Forest to ease themselves further clear of the Premier League relegation zone with a stunning 5-0 victory at Sunderland.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
2
38.9
Possession
61.1
10
SHOTS
14
6
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
199
Accurate Passes
358
273
Passes
436
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.2
49
Long Balls
51
21
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
7
9
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
7
Interceptions
8
53
Effective Clearances
20
53
Clearances
20

Head to Head

SUN leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Robin RoefsG
  2. 15Omar AldereteCD-L
  3. 5Danny BallardCD-R
  4. 32Trai HumeLB
  5. 20Nordi MukieleRB
  6. 19Habib DiarraAM
  7. 27Noah SadikiLM
  8. 34Granit XhakaRM
  9. 9Brian BrobbeyF
  10. 28Enzo Le FéeAM-L
  11. 11Chris RiggAM-R

NFO · 4-4-2

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 23Jair PaulaCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 3Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 34Ola AinaRB
  6. 8Elliot AndersonCM-L
  7. 6Ibrahim SangaréCM-R
  8. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteLM
  9. 21Omari HutchinsonRM
  10. 11Chris WoodCF-L
  11. 19Igor JesusCF-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Own Goal by Trai Hume, Sunderland. Sunderland 0, Nottingham Forest 1.
  2. 31' Goal! Sunderland 0, Nottingham Forest 2. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
  3. 34' Goal! Sunderland 0, Nottingham Forest 3. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Igor Jesus with a headed pass following a corner.
  4. 37' Goal! Sunderland 0, Nottingham Forest 4. Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  5. 45' Substitution, Sunderland. Reinildo Mandava replaces Chris Rigg.
  6. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolás Domínguez replaces Ibrahim Sangaré.
  7. 50' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Morato replaces Jair Cunha because of an injury.
  8. 51' Habib Diarra (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 51' Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 58' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 60' Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 65' Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Habib Diarra.
  13. 67' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Igor Jesus.
  14. 67' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Luca Netz replaces Omari Hutchinson.
  15. 69' Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 75' Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 76' Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 88' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Chris Wood.
  19. 90'+5' Goal! Sunderland 0, Nottingham Forest 5. Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Taiwo Awoniyi.

Premier League News

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