{"id":659963,"date":"2025-09-27T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=659963"},"modified":"2025-09-27T11:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:20:14","slug":"nottingham-forest-vs-sunderland-confirmed-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/27\/nottingham-forest-vs-sunderland-confirmed-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest vs Sunderland Confirmed Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the confirmed lineups for both Nottingham Forest and Sunderland ahead of their Premier League clash at 5:30 pm GMT today.<\/p>\n

Forest will be looking to give new boss Ange Postecoglou his first win on their fifth attempt, but his first at home. The Black Cats have started their season back in England\u2019s top tier well and are currently seventh in the table, but have yet to win away from home.<\/p>\n

Read More: Sunderland Predicted Lineup vs Nottingham Forest on September 27<\/a><\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest vs Sunderland Confirmed Lineups for September 27<\/h2>\n

Nottingham Forest Injury News<\/h3>\n

Douglas Luiz (doubt), Murillo (doubt), Nikola Milenkovic (doubt), Ola Aina (Out, hamstring),<\/p>\n

Sunderland Injury News<\/h3>\n

Aji Alese\u00a0(Out, shoulder),\u00a0Dennis Cirkin\u00a0(Out, wrist),\u00a0Leo Hjelde\u00a0(Out, calf), Romain Mundle (Out, thigh), Habib Diarra (Out, groin).<\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest Confirmed Lineup<\/h3>\n

Starting XI<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

GK Sels
\nRB Williams
\nCD Milenkovic
\nCD Morato
\nLB Zinchenko
\nM Dominguez
\nM Anderson
\nM Bakwa
\nM McAtee
\nM Ndoye
\nST Wood<\/p>\n

Substitutes<\/strong>: John, Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Kalimuendo, Jesus, Hutchinson, Yates, Jair Cunha<\/p>\n

Sunderland Confirmed Lineup<\/h3>\n

Starting XI<\/strong><\/p>\n

GK Roefs
\nRB Hume
\nCB Mukiele
\nCB Alderete
\nLB Masuaku
\nCM Xhaka \u00a9
\nCM Sadiki
\nCM Rigg
\nRW Talbi
\nLW Le Fee
\nST Isidor<\/p>\n

Substitutes<\/strong>: Patterson, Gerrtruida, Adingra, Mayenda, Brobbey, Traore, Ballard, Neil, O\u2019Nien<\/p>\n

Regis Le Bris on Ange Postecoglou<\/h3>\n

Sunderland’s head coach Regis Le Bris, has spoken about new Tricky Trees boss Ange Postecoglou’s style of play. He said<\/a>: \u201cHe\u2019ll need time, but he\u2019s a very proactive, offensive coach. With the players he has in this squad, he can use many different options. They are very impressive in the final third \u2013 it\u2019ll be tough.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we know about them is they are a strong squad with many threats\u2026 wingers, strikers. A dangerous opponent \u2013 that\u2019s obvious. We won\u2019t have gifts from them so we have to play our best football.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forest Boss Looking Forward to Playing at Home<\/h3>\n

Following four consecutive away games since taking over at the City Ground, Ange Postecoglou has said he is looking forward to his first home game. During his pre-match press conference<\/a>, saying that he’s “certainly looking forward” to playing at home for the first time and anticipates there being “a really good buzz” among the fans. He said “the players will enjoy it” too after four consecutive away games, adding: “When they walk out and they hear the noise that will be supportive of them, I think it will help the performance.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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