As week 6 of the 2025-2026 Premier League arrives, Nottingham Forest take on Sunderland at The City Ground on 2025-09-27 (kick-off 17:30 GMT).
With the data available to us, A. Postecoglou and R. Le Bris have not met as managers before.
With 5 points, Nottingham Forest sit 15th, while Sunderland have 8 points to occupy 7th.
Nottingham Forest report 4 missing players: O. Aina (Hamstring Injury), N. Dominguez (Knee Injury), Douglas Luiz (Hamstring Injury), Murillo (Injury) while Sunderland report 7 missing players: D. Cirkin (Wrist Injury), H. Diarra (Groin Injury), L. F. Hjelde (Achilles Tendon Injury), R. Mandava (Red Card), R. Mundle (Hamstring Injury), L. O'Nien (Shoulder Injury), A. Alese (Shoulder Injury).
We're predicting Nottingham Forest to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Sunderland are expected to line up in 4-3-3.
Nottingham Forest played out a 2-2 draw with Real Betis, and Sunderland shared the spoils 1-1 vs Aston Villa.
Struggling form all round: Nottingham Forest are 0-2-3 and Sunderland are 1-3-1 in their recent 5 matches.
Sunderland lead this rivalry - 3 wins from 5 matches versus Nottingham Forest (who've won just 1 game), alongside 1 draw.
With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (1-0-1 vs 0-1-1) and scoring roughly 1.50-2.00 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
Nottingham is going head to head with Sunderland on 27/9/2025 16:30 GMT at The City Ground for the England Premier League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Nottingham v Sunderland H2H statistics!