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

The game is of huge significance 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 can’t afford any slip-ups tonight.

They will come up against a Sunderland side that were unfortunate to lose 4-3 at Aston Villa last Sunday after a late rally saw them hit back from 3-1 down. The Wearsiders will move alongside seventh-placed Bournemouth on 49 points with a win.

101GreatGoals.com has the full team news from Sunderland v Nottingham Forest, as well as details on how to watch live.

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Sunderland confirmed starting team vs Nottingham Forest

Sunderland make two changes, bringing in Trai Hume and Dan Ballard for Luke O’Nien and Reinildo Mandava.

Nilson Angulo and Bertrand Traore aren’t quite ready to return but winger Jocelin Ta Bi is back in training.

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

Sunderland starting XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Hume, Xhaka, Sadiki, Diarra, Rigg, Le Fee, Brobbey

Sunderland substitutes: Ellborg, Cirkin, Reinildo, Geertruida, O’Nien, Talbi, Mayenda, Isidor, Jones

Nottingham Forest confirmed starting team vs Sunderland

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

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

Nottingham Forest substitutes: Ortega, Morato, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Dominguez, Yates, McAtee, Netz, Bakwa

Where to watch Sunderland v Nottingham Forest

Sunderland versus 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 of the channels showing the game in your region.

Stats for Sunderland v Nottingham Forest

• 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