Confirmed teams and full lineups as Igor Jesus starts, TV channel, live stream online

Sunderland and Nottingham Forest have named their starting 11 for tonight’s Premier League clash at the Stadium of Light.

The game is of huge importance to Forest, in particular, with Vitor Pereira’s men starting the weekend just five points clear of the bottom three.

And with 18th-placed Tottenham facing already relegated Wolves tomorrow, Forest cannot afford to slip up tonight.

They will face a Sunderland side who unfortunately lost 4-3 at Aston Villa last Sunday after a late bid saw them fight back from 3-1 down. The Wearsiders will move up to seventh-placed Bournemouth on 49 points with a win.

101GreatGoals.com has the full Sunderland v Nottingham Forest team news and details on how to watch live.

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Sunderland have confirmed their starting line-up against Nottingham Forest

Sunderland made two changes, bringing on Trae Hume and Dan Ballard for Luke O’Nien and Rainildo Mandava.

Nilsson Angulo and Bertrand Traore are not quite ready to return, but winger Jocelyn Tabby is back in training.

Defender Omar Alderete is fit after coming off against Villa with an illness that swept through the camp but recovered.

Sunderland starting XI: Roofes, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Hume, Xhaka, Sadiki, Diarra, Rigg, Le Fey, Brobbie

Sunderland Subs: Elborg, Chirkin, Rainildo, Gertrude, O’Nien, Talby, Mayenda, Isidore, Jones

Nottingham Forest have confirmed their starting line-up against Sunderland

forest are without injured duo Murillo and Callum Hudson-Odoi and make two changes, starting Jair Cunha in place of Brazilian centre-back and striker Igor Jesus, in place of Dylan Bakwa.

Nottingham Forest starting XI: Sels. Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Wood, Jesus, Hutchinson, Cunha, Milenkovic, Aina

Nottingham Forest Subs: Ortega, Morato, Avoni, Ndoye, Dominguez, Yates, McAtee, Netz, Bakwa

Where to watch Sunderland vs Nottingham Forest

Sunderland v Nottingham Forest kicks off at 8pm tonight. You can watch it on Sky Sports Premier League and Main Event. It can be streamed on Sky Go.

If you’re watching from outside the UK, click HERE for details on the channels showing the game in your region.

Sunderland vs Nottingham Forest stats

• Forest have lost five of their last six meetings with Sunderland
• Sunderland have never won a Premier League game on a Friday
• Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White has scored six goals in his last six league games