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Sunderland U21 — Nottingham Forest U21: 5:1, Premier League 2 Division One

Premier League 2 Division One
Sunderland U21 D18 Jul · Away South Shields · 1:1D19 Aug · Home Jong PSV · 1:1W24 Aug · Home Nottingham Forest U21 · 5:1L31 Aug · Away Brentford U21 · 1:5W11 Sep · Home Ipswich Town U21 · 4:2W18 Sep · Home Norwich City U21 · 3:1
5:1
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Nottingham Forest U21 D18 Aug · Away Gateshead · 1:1L24 Aug · Away Sunderland U21 · 1:5W28 Aug · Home Manchester City U21 · 2:1L8 Sep · Away Scunthorpe · 1:2W14 Sep · Home Burnley U21 · 1:0W18 Sep · Away West Bromwich Albion U21 · 3:1
Venue: Stadium of Light City: Sunderland

In the Premier League 2 Division One game on 24 August 2026, Sunderland U21 beat Nottingham Forest U21 5:1. Match numbers: shots on target 13:4, corners 6:3.

Match report

Sunderland U21 ran riot against Nottingham Forest U21 in the Premier League 2, Division One, running out 5-1 winners at the Stadium of Light on Monday evening. The result shifts the table dramatically after both sides entered the fixture with identical records of one win and one defeat from two matches.

T. Samuel-Ogunsuyi set the tone with a penalty after just three minutes, and by then the pattern was clear: Forest would dominate the ball but Sunderland would punish them. The striker added two more before the break, his third goal landing in the 58th minute after J. Whittaker had pulled one back for the visitors in the 54th.

And here's the thing about that first half — Sunderland had the sharper legs. J. Newton came on for the hosts at the interval, and the home side didn't need long to stretch the back line further. T. Tuterov made it 5-1 in the 82nd minute before L. Sillah snatched a late consolation for Forest in the 86th.

The statistics tell a familiar tale of dominance without delivery. Forest held 80 per cent possession, earned 20 throw-ins to Sunderland's 14, and won 15 free kicks compared with 13. Yet Sunderland registered 13 shots on target against four, and converted three of their five attempts while Forest managed just one from four.

Nottingham Forest had been unbeaten in their previous two outings — a draw with Gateshead and a 2-0 victory over Luton Town U21 — but this result ends that run and drops them to 18th. Sunderland remain in 13th but now sit three points clear of the bottom half, having turned their form around after a 1-2 defeat to Burnley U21 in May.

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Match highlights Sunderland U21 — Nottingham Forest U21 Sunderland AFC

Key numbers

Possession, % 20 – 80
Shots on target 13 – 4
Shots off target 3 – 4
Attacks 55 – 43

Match events

  1. 3' 1:0 Sunderland U21 Penalty T. Samuel-Ogunsuyi
  2. 14' 1:0 Nottingham Forest U21 Yellow card C. Nwosu
  3. 46' 1:0 Nottingham Forest U21 Substitution J. Newton off: J. Powell
  4. 51' 2:0 Sunderland U21 Goal T. Samuel-Ogunsuyi
  5. 54' 3:0 Sunderland U21 Goal J. Whittaker assist: T. Proctor
  6. 56' 3:0 Nottingham Forest U21 Substitution F. Smith off: Z. Blake
  7. 56' 3:0 Nottingham Forest U21 Substitution A. Whitehall off: B. McClure
  8. 58' 4:0 Sunderland U21 Goal T. Samuel-Ogunsuyi assist: A. Lightfoot
  9. 60' 4:0 Nottingham Forest U21 Substitution J. Sinclair off: K. Clarke
  10. 68' 4:0 Sunderland U21 Substitution K. Munyakazi off: C. Dinsdale
  11. 68' 4:0 Sunderland U21 Substitution T. Samuel-Ogunsuyi off: J. Jones
  12. 72' 4:0 Nottingham Forest U21 Yellow card K. Clarke
  13. 76' 4:0 Sunderland U21 Substitution A. Lightfoot off: B. Hester
  14. 76' 4:0 Sunderland U21 Substitution J. Whittaker off: C. Scorer
  15. 77' 4:0 Sunderland U21 Substitution J. Neild off: L. Bell
  16. 77' 4:0 Nottingham Forest U21 Substitution D. Modupe off: B. Sanneh
  17. 82' 5:0 Sunderland U21 Goal T. Tuterov assist: B. Hester
  18. 85' 5:0 Sunderland U21 Yellow card C. Scorer
  19. 86' 5:1 Nottingham Forest U21 Goal L. Sillah assist: J. Powell
  20. 90+1' 5:1 Nottingham Forest U21 Yellow card B. McClure

Statistics

20 Possession, % 80
13 Shots on target 4
3 Shots off target 4
55 Attacks 43
6 Corners 3
13 Free kicks 15
0 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
6 Goal kicks 4
14 Throw-ins 20

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

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