FOREST have proved hard to beat when they have scored the first goal in a game this season.

In the Championship, they have struck first in ten of their 28 games and have never lost.

They have won seven and drawn three, taking 24 points from a possible 30.

But it is a very different story when they concede the opening goal.

In the Championship, the opposition have scored first in half of the Reds' 28 matches.

And Forest have never recovered to win a match. More alarmingly, they have managed just two draws, with 12 of those 14 matches ending in defeat.

They have taken a woeful two points from a possible 42 when going behind first.