+0.16 points a game is the venue form gap, in Queens Park Rangers's favour: Queens Park Rangers takes 1.48 a game at home over the last two seasons, Middlesbrough 1.32 away.
Queens Park Rangers: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season. Middlesbrough: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season.
The question this step asks
Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so.
The two sides
Queens Park Rangers -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 1, drew 1, lost 0 of 2, scoring 2 and conceding 1. Last season at home: won 10, drew 3, lost 10 of 23, scoring 40 and conceding 37 -- 1.43 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Cardiff City 2-1 at home; beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 away; drew with Bolton Wanderers 0-0 at home; beat Portsmouth 3-1 away; lost to Ipswich Town 0-3 away. The last of these is from last season.
The dugout
Every one of the 36 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Julien Stéphan. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Middlesbrough -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 0, drew 1, lost 1 of 2, scoring 2 and conceding 3. Last season away: won 8, drew 8, lost 7 of 23, scoring 34 and conceding 31 -- 1.39 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: drew with Burnley 1-1 away; beat West Bromwich Albion 3-1 at home; lost to Blackburn Rovers 1-2 away; beat Lincoln City 2-1 at home; lost to Hull City 0-1 away. The last of these is from last season.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 32 matches with one recorded (21, 11 apiece), most recently Kim Hellberg with 21. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 06:39 from matches completed before
kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator —
not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.