Comments and predictions for Nottingham vs Sunderland: Unsuccessful chase
The match between Nottingham vs Sunderland in the English Premier League takes place at 11:30 p.m. on September 27. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Nottingham vs Sunderland team information
For Forest, Ola Aina remains absent due to a hamstring injury. Key centre-back Murillo has missed three games with an ankle injury and will be assessed further before kick-off.
Midfielder Douglas Luiz is also doubtful after leaving the field early in the draw with Betis due to a “hamstring strain”. If he does not recover in time, Morgan Gibbs-White could be moved into central midfield alongside Ibrahima Sangare and Elliot Anderson – who is in good form.
Igor Jesus will be hoping to start and make his full Premier League debut after his midweek double. However, Chris Wood – who has started every Premier League game this season – is likely to return despite failing to score in his last four games.
For Sunderland, record signing Habib Diarra is out until December after groin surgery. Romaine Mundle (hamstring), Dennis Cirkin (wrist), Aji Alese (shoulder) and Leo Hjelde (Achilles) are also out. However, Luke O'Nien (shoulder) is ready to return.
Reinildo begins his three-match suspension after his red card last weekend. Arthur Masuaku is likely to replace him at left-back. Le Bris is also considering recalling Daniel Ballard or continuing with the central defender pairing of Omar Alderete and Nordi Mukiele, with Mukiele possibly moving to right-back to replace Trai Hume.
In midfield, Diarra's absence opens up the opportunity for Chris Rigg or Enzo Le Fée to partner Granit Xhaka and Noah Sadiki. If Sadiki is selected, Simon Adingra could join Chemsdine Talbi and Isidor in attack.
Latest predicted lineup for Nottingham vs Sunderland
Nottingham Forest:
Sels; Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Zinchenko; Sangare, Anderson; Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Sunderland:
Roefs; Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Masuaku; Rigg, Xhaka, Sadiki; Talbi, Isidor, Le Fee
Latest Nottingham vs Sunderland football review
Since Nuno Espirito Santo was sacked less than three weeks ago, Nottingham Forest have failed to win any of their first four games under new manager Ange Postecoglou – whose appointment has divided opinion among fans.
Two consecutive defeats to Arsenal (0-3) and Swansea City (2-3) – the latter in the League Cup – were followed by two draws. Forest held Burnley to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League, before drawing 2-2 with Real Betis in the Europa League on Wednesday.
Forest led 2-1 until the last five minutes thanks to a brace from new signing Igor Jesus, but former Manchester United player Antony scored a late equaliser, denying the team the chance to win on their return to European competition after a 30-year absence.
Postecoglou – who won the Europa League with Tottenham last season – becomes the first permanent Forest manager since Billy Walker in 1946 to start his tenure with a four-game winless run. However, the Greek-Australian tactician insists “there are many positives to be optimistic about and the wins will come”.
Forest return to the City Ground this weekend for their first home game under Postecoglou. They have lost four of their last six Premier League home games (W1 D1), including a 3-0 defeat to West Ham last time out – as many defeats as they had in their previous 20 home games (W10 D6).
Sunderland – last season's Championship play-off winners – are the new team with the most impressive start in the 2025-26 Premier League, having won 8 points after 5 matches, compared to Leeds (7) and Burnley (4).
The Black Cats are now unbeaten in three Premier League games, including a 2-1 win over Brentford and back-to-back draws with Crystal Palace and Aston Villa. In the draw with Villa, they played for over an hour with 10 men after Reinildo was sent off for a foul on Matty Cash, who also scored the opener. However, Wilson Isidor continued to shine, scoring an equaliser in the 75th minute – his third Premier League goal of the season. This is the best return for a Sunderland player after five games since Steven Fletcher in 2012-13 (five goals).
Standing 7th in the table and only 2 points behind the second team, Sunderland is 1 of 2 clubs that have not scored in the first half this season (along with Aston Villa), but in the second half they scored 6 goals - only less than champions Liverpool (7).
Sunderland are set to face Nottingham Forest in the league for the first time since a 1-0 win in the Championship in December 2017 under Chris Coleman. They have reason to be confident, having won five of their last seven meetings with Forest (losing two).
Latest Nottingham vs Sunderland score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Nottingham vs Sunderlandas follows:
- Sportsmole:Nottingham 2-1 Sunderland
- WhoScore:Nottingham 1-1 Sunderland
- We predict:Nottingham 1-1 Sunderland
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