-0.79 points a game is the venue form gap, in Cambridge United's favour: Sheffield Wednesday takes 0.71 a game at home over the last two seasons, Cambridge United 1.50 away.
Sheffield Wednesday: 50 league matches in the bank, 11 from this season and the rest from last season in the Championship. Cambridge United: 50 league matches in the bank, 12 from this season and the rest from last season in the League Two.
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
Sheffield Wednesday -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 2, drew 2, lost 1 of 5, scoring 12 and conceding 3. Last season at home in the Championship: won 1, drew 6, lost 12 of 19, scoring 13 and conceding 35 -- 0.47 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: lost to Doncaster Rovers 0-2 away; lost to Notts County 0-2 away; beat AFC Wimbledon 5-0 at home; drew with Huddersfield Town 2-2 away; drew with Stockport County 0-0 at home.
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.
Cambridge United -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 2, drew 3, lost 0 of 5, scoring 8 and conceding 6. Last season away in the League Two: won 6, drew 9, lost 4 of 19, scoring 18 and conceding 12 -- 1.42 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: lost to Plymouth Argyle 2-3 at home; drew with Wycombe Wanderers 2-2 at home; beat Barnsley 2-1 away; beat Blackpool 1-0 at home; drew with AFC Wimbledon 1-1 at home.
The dugout
Every one of the 21 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Neil Harris. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 13:05 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.