+0.64 points a game is the venue form gap, in Wycombe Wanderers's favour: Wycombe Wanderers takes 1.76 a game at home over the last two seasons, Reading 1.12 away.
Wycombe Wanderers: 50 league matches in the bank, 7 from this season and the rest from last season. Reading: 50 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
Wycombe Wanderers -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 0, drew 2, lost 1 of 3, scoring 5 and conceding 6. Last season at home: won 13, drew 3, lost 6 of 22, scoring 44 and conceding 21 -- 1.91 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 away; beat Leyton Orient 3-2 away; drew with Milton Keynes Dons 3-3 at home; lost to Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 at home; lost to Stockport County 1-5 away.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 3 different managers took its 20 matches with one recorded (13, 5, 2 apiece), most recently Tom Hounsell 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.
Reading -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 0, drew 1, lost 1 of 2, scoring 1 and conceding 2. Last season away: won 6, drew 8, lost 8 of 22, scoring 31 and conceding 30 -- 1.18 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Notts County 2-0 at home; lost to Cambridge United 1-2 away; beat Blackpool 3-1 at home; beat Mansfield Town 5-0 at home; drew with AFC Wimbledon 0-0 away.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 19 matches with one recorded (13, 6 apiece), most recently Leam Richardson 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.
Built 00:04 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.