+0.55 points a game is the venue form gap, in Brighton & Hove Albion's favour: Brighton & Hove Albion takes 1.82 a game at home over the last two seasons, Crystal Palace 1.27 away.
Brighton & Hove Albion: 44 league matches in the bank, 6 from this season and the rest from last season. Crystal Palace: 44 league matches in the bank, 6 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
Brighton & Hove Albion -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 2, drew 1, lost 0 of 3, scoring 8 and conceding 1. Last season at home: won 9, drew 6, lost 4 of 19, scoring 30 and conceding 20 -- 1.74 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Sunderland 2-0 away; beat Arsenal 3-0 at home; beat Coventry City 5-0 away; drew with Leeds United 1-1 at home; lost to Chelsea 3-4 away.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 44 matches with one recorded (43, 1 apiece), most recently Fabian Hürzeler with 43. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Crystal Palace -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 1, drew 1, lost 1 of 3, scoring 3 and conceding 4. Last season away: won 7, drew 3, lost 9 of 19, scoring 22 and conceding 28 -- 1.26 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 at home; drew with Leeds United 0-0 away; lost to Ipswich Town 2-3 at home; beat Fulham 3-2 away; lost to Manchester City 1-4 at home.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 44 matches with one recorded (38, 6 apiece), most recently Pierre Sage with 6. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 07:06 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.