+1.04 points a game is the venue form gap, in Wrexham's favour: Wrexham takes 1.80 a game at home over the last two seasons, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.76 away.
Wrexham: 50 league matches in the bank, 14 from this season and the rest from last season. Wolverhampton Wanderers: 50 league matches in the bank, 14 from this season and the rest from last season in the Premier League.
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
Wrexham -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 3, drew 2, lost 2 of 7, scoring 12 and conceding 8. Last season at home: won 10, drew 4, lost 4 of 18, scoring 34 and conceding 27 -- 1.89 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Middlesbrough 2-0 at home; lost to Sheffield United 0-1 away; lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-2 away; beat Preston North End 4-1 at home; lost to West Bromwich Albion 1-2 at home.
The dugout
Every one of the 37 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Phil Parkinson. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Wolverhampton Wanderers -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 4, drew 1, lost 2 of 7, scoring 12 and conceding 10. Last season away in the Premier League: won 0, drew 6, lost 12 of 18, scoring 8 and conceding 33 -- 0.33 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Bristol City 2-1 away; beat Cardiff City 3-0 at home; beat Watford 1-0 at home; drew with Portsmouth 1-1 at home; beat Burnley 2-1 away.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 4 different managers took its 50 matches with one recorded (27, 14, 8, 1 apiece), most recently Paulo César da Silva Peixoto with 14. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 10:03 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.