Sunderland 0-5 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Friday 24 April 2026

Result

Sunderland 0-5 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Friday 24 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-4

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Sunderland 0-5 Nottingham Forest: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Nottingham Forest 0-5 in the Premier League on Friday 24 April 2026. It was 0-4 at half-time.

Sunderland did not score. Nottingham Forest scored through an own goal by Trai Hume (17'), Chris Wood (31'), Morgan Gibbs-White (34'), Igor Jesus (37') and Elliot Anderson (90+5').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 11th on 46 points from 33 and Nottingham Forest 16th on 36 points from 33. Sunderland went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 44.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest (8.1), ahead of Igor Jesus (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Own goal · Trai HumeNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Chris WoodNottingham Forest · 0-2
  • 34'Goal · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest · 0-3
  • 37'Goal · Igor JesusNottingham Forest · 0-4
  • 51'Yellow card · Habib DiarraSunderland
  • 51'Yellow card · Nicolás DomínguezNottingham Forest
  • 58'Yellow card · Elliot AndersonNottingham Forest
  • 60'Yellow card · Igor JesusNottingham Forest
  • 69'Yellow card · Neco WilliamsNottingham Forest
  • 75'Yellow card · Granit XhakaSunderland
  • 76'Yellow card · Ryan YatesNottingham Forest
  • 90+5'Goal · Elliot AndersonNottingham Forest · 0-5

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 0, Nottingham Forest 0.

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Dan Ballard, Omar Alderete, Trai Hume, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Chris Rigg, Habib Diarra, Enzo Le Fée, Brian Brobbey

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-4-2)

Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenković, Jair Cunha, Neco Williams, Omari Hutchinson, Ibrahim Sangaré, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Igor Jesus, Chris Wood