AFC Hornchurch: 5 league matches in the bank. Forest Green Rovers: 50 league matches in the bank, 5 from this season and the rest from last season.
The question this step asks
Step one is THE TABLE: rank against rank, and the blocks -- the table cut into a top, middle and bottom block, drawn from last season's final standings. The question is not just where each side stands but how it behaves against the company the other keeps: does it play to rank against the blocks above and below, or come apart?
The two sides
AFC Hornchurch -- at home
Where it stands
Stands 3rd of 24 after 5 games, with 12 points -- too few games yet to mean much. Last season it played outside the leagues we cover, so we hold no standing for it.
Its block
New to the division this season, so it takes no block from last season's final table.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the top block (1st to 8th). Against that block it has won 0, drew 0, lost 1 of 1. Away against them: won 0 of 1.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 0, drew 0, lost 1 of 1 (0.00 a game); against the middle block won 2, drew 0, lost 0 of 2 (3.00 a game); against sides new to the division won 2, drew 0, lost 0 of 2 (3.00 a game).
Forest Green Rovers -- away
Where it stands
Stands 17th of 24 after 5 games, with 6 points -- too few games yet to mean much. Last season it finished 7th of 24 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the top block (1st to 8th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 5 games old.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side new to its division. Against that block it has won 1, drew 0, lost 1 of 2. Away against them: won 1 of 2.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 5, drew 3, lost 9 of 17 (1.06 a game); against the middle block won 7, drew 4, lost 4 of 15 (1.67 a game); against the bottom block won 11, drew 4, lost 1 of 16 (2.31 a game); against sides new to the division won 1, drew 0, lost 1 of 2 (1.50 a game).
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.