+0.80 points a game is the venue form gap, in Peterborough United's favour: Peterborough United takes 1.36 a game at home over the last two seasons, Sheffield Wednesday 0.56 away.
Peterborough United: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season. Sheffield Wednesday: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season in the Championship.
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
Peterborough United -- 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 8, drew 6, lost 9 of 23, scoring 39 and conceding 30 -- 1.30 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: drew with Stevenage 0-0 at home; lost to Blackpool 0-4 away; beat Mansfield Town 2-1 at home; lost to Bradford City 0-2 away; lost to Doncaster Rovers 1-3 at home. 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 23 matches with one recorded (13, 10 apiece), most recently Luke Williams with 13. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Sheffield Wednesday -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 2, drew 0, lost 0 of 2, scoring 4 and conceding 2. Last season away in the Championship: won 1, drew 5, lost 17 of 23, scoring 15 and conceding 45 -- 0.35 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 away; beat Bromley 7-2 at home; lost to Bradford City 0-1 at home; beat Leyton Orient 2-1 away; beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 at home in the Championship. The last of these is from last season.
The dugout
Every one of the 34 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Henrik Pedersen. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 06:38 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.