Sunderland x Nottingham Forest - Highlights, Summary and Match ReportNottingham Forest produced a dominant performance at the Stadium of Light, sweeping Sunderland aside 5-0 in Premier League action. Despite the home side enjoying more possession, Forest were far more clinical and took full control of the contest with a ruthless first-half display.The breakthrough came midway through the first half when Trai Hume turned the ball into his own net, before Chris Wood doubled the lead on 31 minutes after being set up by Morgan Gibbs-White. Forest then struck twice more in quick succession, with Gibbs-White and Igor Jesus both finding the net to make it 4-0 by the 37th minute.Sunderland managed to get a goal back through Dan Ballard on 61 minutes, but it was only a brief interruption to Forest?s control.
The visitors continued to create danger and added a fifth in stoppage time, when Elliot Anderson completed the scoring with a right-footed finish from the centre of the box.The statistics reflected a match in which Sunderland had more of the ball and more shots, but Nottingham Forest were sharper in front of goal. Forest finished with six corners to Sunderland?s three and matched the hosts closely on expected goals, while turning their chances into a decisive and emphatic away victory.Incidents: The story of the matchSunderland Official Line-ups: Robin Roefs, Trai Hume, Omar Alderete, Nordi Mukiele, Daniel Ballard, Noah Sadiki, Granit Xhaka, Enzo Le Fée, Habib Diarra, Chris Rigg, Brian BrobbeyNottingham Forest Official Line-ups: Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Jair Cunha, Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams, Ibrahim Sangaré, Morgan Gibbs-White, Elliot Anderson, Igor Jesus, Chris Wood, Omari Hutchinson1': The match begins17': GOAL Sunderland: Trai Hume (Sunderland) socres an own goal!Nottingham Forest leads 2-0 with Chris Wood scoring from the center of the box with a left-footed shot, assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.31': GOAL Nottingham Forest: Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) scores!
Chris Wood scores goal number 3 in the competition (11 matches) Nottingham Forest leads 3-0 with Morgan Gibbs-White scoring a right-footed shot from the center of the box into the bottom left corner, assisted by Igor Jesus with a headed pass after a corner.34': GOAL Nottingham Forest: Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) scores! Morgan Gibbs-White scores goal number 13 in the competition (34 matches) Nottingham Forest leads Sunderland 4-0 as Igor Jesus scores with a right-footed shot from the center of the box into the bottom right corner after a set piece.37': GOAL Nottingham Forest: Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) scores!
Igor Jesus scores goal number 5 in the competition (33 matches) Sunderland 1, Nottingham Forest 4. Dan Ballard scores for Sunderland with a header from very close range into the top right corner, assisted by Nordi Mukiele after a set piece.Nottingham Forest scores with a right-footed shot from the center of the box by Elliot Anderson. The score is now Sunderland 0, Nottingham Forest 5.90 +5': GOAL Nottingham Forest: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) scores! Elliot Anderson scores goal number 3 in the competition (34 matches) 998': The referee whistles for the end of the match