Match Preview: Sunderland v Nottingham Forest — Welcome To Sunderland!
It’s Friday night football at the Stadium of Light as Forest travel north to try and help preserve their Premier League status!
Scarves display Chris Rigg, Regis Le Bris, and Robin Roefs of Sunderland during the Premier League match between Sunderland and Crystal Palace at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, England, on January 17, 2026. (Photo by Michael Driver/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images Friday 24th April 2026 Sunderland v Nottingham Forest – Premier League Stadium of Light – Kick-Off: 20:00 Tickets & Match Coverage Tickets: Tickets are available. TV/Stream: Full live match coverage is available on Sky Sports.
Radio: Full live match commentary available via BBC Radio Newcastle (not online) Don’t forget to follow the blow-by-blow account of the game on the Roker Report Twitter feed ( @RokerReport ) and check out the player ratings after the full-time whistle at www. RokerReport. sbnation.
com! The build-up… We knew the possible prizes on offer if we had won at Villa Park last Sunday, and just as the game was looking to be fizzling out into a frustrating defeat, the Lads got it back on level terms to look good for a point, then threatened to take all three, and then came away with nowt. We didn’t quite know what to make of it after the final whistle, but one thing was clear, and that was that these lads are up for the fight to squeeze everything out of this season.
If we’d taken maximum points from Villa Park, that would have been not only our third consecutive win, but it would have been our third straight win on the road, which would have been the first time this season that either of those two things had happened. To say that at this stage of the season, when the inevitable questioning of the players’ intentions in the run-in is put forward, once again shows the character of this group of players we currently have at the club. It also nods at a more positive style of play.