English
Sunderland Stuns Nottingham Forest at City Ground
Nottingham, England – In a match played at the City Ground, Sunderland secured a significant victory over Nottingham Forest, despite the home side’s clear dominance in possession. Nottingham Forest controlled the game with 65% possession, generating 22 shots, 6 of which were on target. However, Sunderland’s solid defense and effective attack proved decisive.
O. Alderete’s goal in the 38th minute, assisted by G. Xhaka, gave Sunderland the lead, which they managed to hold onto despite constant pressure from Nottingham Forest. The match was characterized by intense play, with a total of four yellow cards for Nottingham Forest (N. Dominguez, N. Milenkovic, N. Williams and E. Anderson) and two for Sunderland (N. Sadiki and A. Masuaku). Despite the 7 corners in favor of Nottingham Forest, Sunderland defended with organization and took all three points. Nottingham Forest committed 11 fouls, while Sunderland committed 6. Sunderland had 3 shots on target and 5 shots off target, compared to Nottingham’s 10 shots off target.
Substitutions nottingham forest: at minute 46 N. Dominguez came in and M. Gibbs-White went out., at minute 60 J. McAtee came in and Igor Jesus went out., at minute 60 D. Ndoye came in and C. Hudson-Odoi went out., at minute 72 D. Bakwa came in and O. Hutchinson went out., at minute 90 C. Wood came in and A. Kalimuendo went out.
Substitutions sunderland: at minute 59 C. Rigg came in and B. Traore went out., at minute 59 A. Masuaku came in and L. Geertruida went out., at minute 75 E. Le Fee came in and D. Ballard went out., at minute 85 W. Isidor came in and B. Brobbey went out., at minute 85 C. Talbi came in and S. Adingra went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Nottingham Forest

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