The table makes Luton Town the bigger side: 7th against 20th of 24 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Luton Town takes 2.19 points a game, Leyton Orient 1.06 -- the block form is Luton Town's.
Luton Town: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season. Leyton Orient: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season.
The question this step asks
Step one is THE TABLE: rank against rank, and the blocks -- the table cut into a top, middle and bottom block, drawn from last season's final standings. The question is not just where each side stands but how it behaves against the company the other keeps: does it play to rank against the blocks above and below, or come apart?
The two sides
Luton Town -- at home
Where it stands
Stands 7th of 24 after 4 games, with 7 points -- too few games yet to mean much. Last season it finished 7th of 24 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the top block (1st to 8th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 4 games old.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the bottom block (17th to 24th). Against that block it has won 10, drew 5, lost 1 of 16 -- 35 points of 48. At home against them: won 5 of 8. Away against them: won 5 of 8.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 5, drew 3, lost 7 of 15 (1.20 a game); against the middle block won 8, drew 3, lost 7 of 18 (1.50 a game); against the bottom block won 10, drew 5, lost 1 of 16 (2.19 a game); against sides new to the division won 0, drew 1, lost 0 of 1 (1.00 a game).
Leyton Orient -- away
Where it stands
Stands 8th of 24 after 4 games, with 6 points -- too few games yet to mean much. Last season it finished 20th of 24 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the bottom block (17th to 24th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 4 games old.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the top block (1st to 8th). Against that block it has won 4, drew 5, lost 7 of 16 -- 17 points of 48. At home against them: won 2 of 8. Away against them: won 2 of 8.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 4, drew 5, lost 7 of 16 (1.06 a game); against the middle block won 5, drew 3, lost 10 of 18 (1.00 a game); against the bottom block won 6, drew 2, lost 6 of 14 (1.43 a game); against sides new to the division won 1, drew 0, lost 1 of 2 (1.50 a game).
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.