Match Report
Nottingham Forest (16th, 44 pts) visited Sunderland (7th, 54 pts) with 10 points between them. On the form table Nottingham Forest stood 5th over the last five rounds, despite being 16th overall. Per game in the league, Sunderland were scoring 1.11 and conceding 1.26, Nottingham Forest 1.26 and 1.34, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
Nottingham Forest carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 3 for Sunderland, 1 for Nottingham Forest and 0 drawn, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 0% of the wins in this fixture. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
The match was played at Stadium of Light (capacity 48,707). On the scoreboard, Nottingham Forest led 4-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-5.
Goal scorers
Nottingham Forest: Trai Hume (17' og), Chris Wood (31'), Morgan Gibbs-White (34'), Igor Jesus (37'), Elliot Anderson (90')
Key stats
Possession: Sunderland 61% · Nottingham Forest 39% · Total shots: 14-10 · On target: 4-6 · Corners: 3-6