Worthing: 7 league matches in the bank. AFC Hornchurch: 7 league matches in the bank.
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
Worthing -- at home
Where it stands
Stands 16th of 24 after 7 games, with 8 points. 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 new to its division. Against that block it has won 0, drew 2, lost 0 of 2. At home against them: won 0 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 1, drew 0, lost 2 of 3 (1.00 a game); against the middle block won 1, drew 0, lost 1 of 2 (1.50 a game); against sides new to the division won 0, drew 2, lost 0 of 2 (1.00 a game).
AFC Hornchurch -- away
Where it stands
Stands 9th of 24 after 7 games, with 12 points. 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 new to its division. Against that block it has won 2, drew 0, lost 0 of 2. At home against them: won 1 of 1. Away against them: won 1 of 1.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 0, drew 0, lost 3 of 3 (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).
Built 07:03 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.