Chesterfield v Barnet

League Two, game week 5 — 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 47% of their games, both teams scoring in 60%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 46%. On the record there is no strong lean either way on goals.

Skip to the appraisal — and the market

Chesterfield: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season. Barnet: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 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 -- Chesterfield's numbers over its games, Barnet'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 Chesterfield's own 25 home matches read, one appeared in 12 (48%). In Barnet's own 25 away matches read, 11 (44%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 46% of games.

The two sides

Chesterfield -- at home

Over and under
Over 2.5 goals in 22 of its own 50 (44%); over 1.5 in 35 (70%); over 3.5 in 14 (28%). At home: over 2.5 in 11 of its 25 (44%).
Both teams to score
Both teams scored in 30 of its own 50 (60%). At home: 14 of its 25 (56%).
Clean sheets and blanks
Kept a clean sheet in 14 of its own 50 (28%); failed to score in 8 (16%).
Two goals clear
Counted over Chesterfield's own 50 matches read: Chesterfield or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 17 (34%). Chesterfield itself held the lead in 10, winning 8. In its home matches: one side or the other went two up in 12 of 25.

Barnet -- away

Over and under
Over 2.5 goals in 25 of its own 50 (50%); over 1.5 in 39 (78%); over 3.5 in 17 (34%). Away: over 2.5 in 10 of its 25 (40%).
Both teams to score
Both teams scored in 30 of its own 50 (60%). Away: 14 of its 25 (56%).
Clean sheets and blanks
Kept a clean sheet in 15 of its own 50 (30%); failed to score in 9 (18%).
Two goals clear
Counted over Barnet's own 50 matches read: Barnet or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 21 (42%). Barnet itself held the lead in 13, winning 12. In its away matches: one side or the other went two up in 11 of 25.

Built 06:10 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.