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Watch: Granit Xhaka's Brilliant Assist Seals Sunderland Win Over Nottingham Forest

Sunderland visited Nottingham Forest on Saturday, September 27.
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Sunderland visited Nottingham Forest on Saturday, September 27th, on the occasion of MD6 of the Premier League.

The Black Cats were arriving at this encounter with a good streak of eight points after the first five matchdays. That is to say, the team managed by Regis Le Bris added points in four of their first five fixtures.

On the other hand, Nottingham Forest were arriving at this match after drawing 1-1 against Burnley, having only added five points.

The victory was taken by Sunderland, with a goal from Omar Alderete, magnificently assisted by captain Granit Xhaka.

Watch: Granit Xhaka's brilliant assist seals Sunderland win over Nottingham Forest

For this match, Le Bris had to make adjustments, as he could not count on Habib Diarra, recently operated on for a groin injury, nor on Reinildo, who was sent off in the last match against Aston Villa, and will be suspended for three matches.

The starting eleven for the Cats was as follows: Roefs; Hume, Mukiele, Alderete, Masuaku; Xhaka, Sadiki, Rigg; Talbi, Le Fee; Isidor.

For his part, Ange Postecoglou could not count on Douglas Luiz due to injury, and lined up the following starting eleven: Sels; Williams, Milenkovic, Morato, Zinchenko; Dominguez, Anderson; Bakwa, McAtee, Ndoye; Wood.

Sunderland's next match will be against Manchester United at Old Trafford next Saturday, October 4th, on the occasion of MD7 of the Premier League.

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Manuel Meza is a Mexican sports writer with in-depth knowledge of Mexican football and strong experience covering MLS, with over four years creating content on leagues across France, England, Greece, Spain, North America, and more.

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