Stockport County v Peterborough United

League One, game week 8 — UK time

Step 4 of 4 — The bookies' favourite markets.

What this step says

Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 58% of their games, both teams scoring in 57%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 56%. On the record this leans a goals match.

Skip to the appraisal — and the market

Stockport County: 50 league matches in the bank, 7 from this season and the rest from last season. Peterborough United: 50 league matches in the bank, 7 from this season and the rest from last season.

The question this step asks

Step four is THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE MARKETS -- over and under, both teams to score, and the two-goal lead that pays the 2UP offer out early -- read from what these two sides have actually produced, with the denominator on every figure. Still no price: these are the match's tendencies, not its odds.

How the counting works, once for the whole step: every figure is counted over ONE side's own matches -- Stockport County's numbers over its games, Peterborough United's over its own. The two clubs are never pooled into one denominator; where a single figure for this fixture is wanted, it is the AVERAGE of the two sides' rates, and says so.

For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Stockport County's own 24 home matches read, one appeared in 12 (50%). In Peterborough United's own 24 away matches read, 15 (62%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 56% of games.

The two sides

Stockport County -- at home

Over and under
Over 2.5 goals in 30 of its own 50 (60%); over 1.5 in 39 (78%); over 3.5 in 15 (30%). At home: over 2.5 in 15 of its 24 (62%).
Both teams to score
Both teams scored in 28 of its own 50 (56%). At home: 15 of its 24 (62%).
Clean sheets and blanks
Kept a clean sheet in 15 of its own 50 (30%); failed to score in 10 (20%).
Two goals clear
Counted over Stockport County's own 50 matches read: Stockport County or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 27 (54%). Stockport County itself held the lead in 16, winning 15. In its home matches: one side or the other went two up in 12 of 24.

Peterborough United -- away

Over and under
Over 2.5 goals in 28 of its own 50 (56%); over 1.5 in 40 (80%); over 3.5 in 13 (26%). Away: over 2.5 in 13 of its 24 (54%).
Both teams to score
Both teams scored in 29 of its own 50 (58%). Away: 14 of its 24 (58%).
Clean sheets and blanks
Kept a clean sheet in 11 of its own 50 (22%); failed to score in 12 (24%).
Two goals clear
Counted over Peterborough United's own 50 matches read: Peterborough United or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 28 (56%). Peterborough United itself held the lead in 10, winning 10. In its away matches: one side or the other went two up in 15 of 24.

Built 00:05 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.