Nottingham Forest picked up their first Championship victory of the season on Saturday as they dominated Birmingham City to win 3-0.

First-half goals from Joe Lolley and Lewis Grabban gave Sabri Lamouchi's side a comfortable lead and Michael Dawson sealed the points with a header from a corner after the break.

Arguably the only negative for the Reds was the fact that they were wasteful in front of goal and they really should have scored more to give the scoreline a fair reflection of their superiority over Blues.

Therefore, that performance will seriously alarm Pep Clotet and here we look at TWO hot and TWO not from the clash on Saturday...

HOT: Forest's attacking approach

When Lamouchi replaced Martin O'Neill this summer, the former Rennes chief would have been tasked with bringing a more attacking style of play to the City Ground but we didn't really see much sign of that in the opening two games.

However, the evidence was there against Blues. Even though they didn't completely control possession, they were relentless when they did get the ball and played with intensity and purpose.

It's no exaggeration to say that they could have easily scored five or six and that will delight the manager.

HOT: Midfield dominance from the hosts

Forest's dominance largely stemmed from the control they had in the midfield.

With Ben Watson sitting, new recruits Samba Sow and Alfa Semdo were given license to get forward and the pace, power and technical ability of the pair was too much for the Blues.

They helped the hosts run the game and they were simply too good on the day for the opposition.

NOT: Harlee Dean

The Blues skipper has an important role to play as a leader when the side are under pressure but he couldn't do much to prevent the side from conceding chance after chance.

As well as that, he had a poor afternoon individually from centre-back and he failed to pick up Dawson for the third goal.

In fairness, Dean acknowledged his performance wasn't up to scratch on Twitter and it was a day to forget for the former Brentford man.

NOT: The inconsistent Lee Camp

The experienced stopper was outstanding as Blues beat Bristol City last week and he also did very well in the opening day victory at Brentford.

But, he hasn't always convinced for the west Midlands outfit and he was poor on Saturday.

The opening goal is always crucial in the Championship and he really should have saved Joe Lolley's strike. That's not to say Blues would have picked up anything anyway but going behind to a soft goal after 15 minutes left them with an uphill battle.