+0.42 points a game is the venue form gap, in Hartlepool United's favour: Hartlepool United takes 1.50 a game at home over the last two seasons, Harrogate Town 1.08 away.
Hartlepool United: 50 league matches in the bank, 10 from this season and the rest from last season. Harrogate Town: 50 league matches in the bank, 10 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
Hartlepool United -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 2, drew 0, lost 2 of 4, scoring 4 and conceding 4. Last season at home: won 8, drew 6, lost 6 of 20, scoring 24 and conceding 23 -- 1.50 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: lost to Scunthorpe United 1-4 away; lost to Worthing 1-3 at home; lost to Altrincham 1-2 away; lost to Kidderminster Harriers 0-2 away; beat Woking 1-0 at home.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 15 matches with one recorded (10, 5 apiece), most recently the most recent manager recorded with 10. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Harrogate Town -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 2, drew 0, lost 2 of 4, scoring 7 and conceding 8. Last season away in the League Two: won 5, drew 5, lost 10 of 20, scoring 21 and conceding 27 -- 1.00 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Eastleigh 4-1 at home; lost to Boreham Wood 1-4 away; lost to Fylde 1-2 at home; beat Tamworth 3-1 at home; beat Scunthorpe United 2-0 away.
The dugout
Every one of the 20 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Simon Weaver. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 19:01 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.