+0.96 points a game is the venue form gap, in Ipswich Town's favour: Ipswich Town takes 2.21 a game at home over the last two seasons, Liverpool 1.25 away.
Ipswich Town: 48 league matches in the bank, 2 from this season and the rest from last season in the Championship. Liverpool: 40 league matches in the bank, 2 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
Ipswich Town -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 1, drew 0, lost 0 of 1, scoring 2 and conceding 1. Last season at home in the Championship: won 14, drew 8, lost 1 of 23, scoring 43 and conceding 17 -- 2.17 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: lost to Manchester United 2-5 away; beat Sunderland 2-1 at home; beat Queens Park Rangers 3-0 at home in the Championship; drew with Southampton 2-2 away in the Championship; drew with West Bromwich Albion 0-0 away in the Championship. The last 3 of these are from last season.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 35 matches with one recorded (33, 2 apiece), most recently Gary O'Neil with 2. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Liverpool -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 0, drew 1, lost 0 of 1, scoring 2 and conceding 2. Last season away: won 7, drew 3, lost 9 of 19, scoring 29 and conceding 33 -- 1.26 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: drew with Nottingham Forest 2-2 at home; drew with Newcastle United 2-2 away; drew with Brentford 1-1 at home; lost to Aston Villa 2-4 away; drew with Chelsea 1-1 at home. The last 3 of these are from last season.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 40 matches with one recorded (38, 2 apiece), most recently Andoni Iraola Sagarna with 2. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 07:02 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.