The table makes Boreham Wood the bigger side: 3rd against 19th of 24 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Sutton United takes 0.77 points a game, Boreham Wood 2.54 -- the block form is Boreham Wood's.
Sutton United: 50 league matches in the bank, 12 from this season and the rest from last season. Boreham Wood: 50 league matches in the bank, 12 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
Sutton United -- at home
Where it stands
Stands 11th of 24 after 12 games, with 18 points. Last season it finished 19th of 24 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the bottom block (17th to 24th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 12 games old.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the top block (1st to 8th). Against that block it has won 2, drew 4, lost 7 of 13 -- 10 points of 39. At home against them: won 1 of 7. Away against them: won 1 of 6.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 2, drew 4, lost 7 of 13 (0.77 a game); against the middle block won 7, drew 3, lost 9 of 19 (1.26 a game); against the bottom block won 6, drew 7, lost 3 of 16 (1.56 a game); against sides new to the division won 0, drew 1, lost 1 of 2 (0.50 a game).
Boreham Wood -- away
Where it stands
Stands 1st of 24 after 12 games, with 32 points. Last season it finished 3rd 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 12 games old.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the bottom block (17th to 24th). Against that block it has won 10, drew 3, lost 0 of 13 -- 33 points of 39. At home against them: won 5 of 5. Away against them: won 5 of 8.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 10, drew 4, lost 4 of 18 (1.89 a game); against the middle block won 9, drew 2, lost 5 of 16 (1.81 a game); against the bottom block won 10, drew 3, lost 0 of 13 (2.54 a game); against sides new to the division won 3, drew 0, lost 0 of 3 (3.00 a game).
Built 18:31 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.