Leicester City Stand Point by David Bevan: Stats pointing in right direction

Let's start with a few little statistics, shall we?

Since the start of last season, only three teams in the entire Football League have lost fewer league games than Leicester City. You may have heard of them, the clubs in question being Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool.

Premiership clubs play eight fewer games in their league season which means that City have been the hardest team to beat in the country over the past 18 months, losing just 11 times in 79 league games. Only once during this period have an opposition team won by more than two goals – and we all know when that was.

So, although Nigel Pearson, his coaching staff and the players attempted to quell talk of revenge ahead of the visit of Nottingham Forest, it was the buzzword among the City faithful.

We can now draw a line under December's defeat at the City Ground because we have enjoyed another of those sporadic occasions at the Walkers Stadium when it begins to feel like a proper football ground.

Each of the three goals that City triumphantly hammered past Lee Camp in the Forest goal sparked the sort of celebrations not seen since Steve Howard's last-minute winner against Leeds United last season.

Perhaps the most exciting thing about this victory was the way in which City's youngsters raised their game to ensure they were on the right side of the one-sided scoreline this time.

Jack Hobbs and Michael Morrison were reliable at the back and restricted Forest to a minimum of chances.

In midfield, Andy King is flourishing alongside Richie Wellens and gave a performance reminiscent of that Leeds game in which he outshone the highly-rated Fabien Delph.

Up front, Martyn Waghorn gave Wes Morgan and Kelvin Wilson the gruelling 90-minute battle that they escaped in the first fixture. It was vital to our chances of winning a tight and competitive game.

However, I think one player deserves praise above any other for the incredible mental strength and physical effort he showed against Forest.

It could not have been easy for Wayne Brown in the run-up to this game, knowing that he would have to face his tormentor Robert Earnshaw again.

There was only one winner this time around.

Not only was Brown impassable but his passing showed an improvement as well.

Unfortunately, there are no Forest fans in my office but there will be thousands of City fans walking into work today with a huge grin and a wealth of one-liners ready for deployment.

Let's end with the most telling statistic of all – Leicester City 3 Nottingham Forest 0.