+0.71 points a game is the venue form gap, in Hartlepool United's favour: Hartlepool United takes 1.67 a game at home over the last two seasons, Eastleigh 0.96 away.
Hartlepool United: 49 league matches in the bank, 3 from this season and the rest from last season. Eastleigh: 49 league matches in the bank, 3 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
Hartlepool United -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 1, drew 0, lost 0 of 1, scoring 2 and conceding 0. Last season at home: won 10, drew 7, lost 6 of 23, scoring 29 and conceding 23 -- 1.61 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: lost to Sutton United 1-2 away; beat Aldershot Town 1-0 away; beat Barrow 2-0 at home; lost to Boston United 1-3 away; beat Southend United 4-3 at home. The last 2 of these are from last season.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 3 different managers took its 14 matches with one recorded (10, 3, 1 apiece), most recently the most recent manager recorded with 3. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Eastleigh -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 0, drew 0, lost 1 of 1, scoring 0 and conceding 1. Last season away: won 6, drew 5, lost 12 of 23, scoring 25 and conceding 37 -- 1.00 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Scunthorpe United 3-2 at home; lost to Kidderminster Harriers 0-1 away; beat Gateshead 2-1 at home; beat Scunthorpe United 1-0 away; drew with Tamworth 1-1 at home. The last 2 of these are from last season.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 4 different managers took its 19 matches with one recorded (10, 5, 3, 1 apiece), most recently Matt Gray with 3. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 00:02 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.