Home - Sunderland
- Sunderland have won three of their last five, losing the other two.
- Le Bris has instilled a discipline around a 4-3-3 shape at Sunderland which has players patiently building from the back before surging forward and looking to overload the wings.
- The Black Cats have a target in Brian Brobbey, who is the most physical presence in their attack and has six goals in 26 Premier League appearances this season.
Away - Nottingham Forest
- Nottingham Forest have won five, drawn three and lost eight of their 16 away games in Premier League 2025/2026.
- Pereira is an attacking coach and, even after the team have been in a constant state of flux, Forest have played a patient, possession-based game with a back-three and combinations through the middle.
- They have been in fine form of late, unbeaten in five with three wins and two draws.
- Forest come into this one off the back of a 4-1 home thumping of Burnley.
- Forest have only scored 18 goals in 16 away league matches.
Head-to-Head
- A 1-0 win away at Nottingham Forest in the Premier League six months ago is the last time these sides met.
- This game will be the second time they have met in the Premier League since 1997.
Key Players
- Brian Brobbey
- 6 goals in 26 Premier League appearances this season.
- Gibbs-White
- 12 goals in 33 Premier League games this season.
- 4 goals in the last five games.
Betting Insights
Sunderland to beat Forest looks a good bet at 2.92 with Over 2.5 goals at 2.17 and Both Teams to Score - No at 1.94 .
Prediction
Sunderland are in good form, but Forest have enough to make this game interesting and we are likely to see goals, so we will take Sunderland to win and over 2.5 goals .
