A quick check of the pages does not paint a pretty picture for the Highlanders.
The past five games against the side from Perth have all ended one way - a Force victory.
One has to go back to the days of the Helen Clark Government to find a Highlanders win over the mob from the west.
There have been some Highlanders shockers in those five losses - the brain explosion in Queenstown in 2010, the abyss of last year in Perth.
It seems the Force and good performances by the Highlanders do not go together.
But luckily records are made to be broken. Games are decided by performance on the paddock not in the record books.
Winning runs - and losing runs - have to come to an end, eventually. The home side will hope for a new beginning tonight.
Refreshed from the bye, the Highlanders will hit the ground running and can set their season up with a win over the Western Australians.
But it will not be easy. The Force is coming off a 32-point first-half effort against the Rebels and will have a spring in its step.
Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph is fully aware of the task his side is facing.
''They are a very tough team. The Highlanders have played them the last five times and have not won. I have coached them the last two times and they have not won. So they are a tough team,'' he said.
''They are coming off a 30-point win against the Rebels, which would suggest it is going to be a really niggly game.''
The Force dispatched the Rebels 32-7 in Perth last week and has named an unchanged team. Joseph is working on what his side can control.
''Like the previous two games the focus for us has been on ourselves and preparing well and doing the best we can do.
''The guys have had a bit of a breather . . . We were ready for a break. The guys have come back in good spirits and we have trained really well this week but it means nothing unless we can get over the hump out there.
''We just have to play well. We have played well for about 70 % of the game but against quality sides like the Chiefs and the Force it is not enough.
''We need to put together a quality 80-minute performance.''
With four of their next five games at home, the Highlanders need to convert home games into victories.
''Home games are must-win games no matter who you are playing against.''
Joseph said the biggest lesson to come from the close loss to the Chiefs was the need to take every chance that came along.
''When you get the opportunity to win matches, like we did against the Chiefs, you have to take them. If you don't then you get on a losing streak. That is our focus, really.
''There are momentum changes right throughout a game and you need to turn that pressure into points.
''If you can't do that then you have to play right to the 81st minute to get a result.''
Tonight's game is bound to be quick - under cover with referee Glen Jackson in charge - so the best the Highlanders can do is get on the front foot straight away and put the Force immediately behind on the scoreboard.
