+0.88 points a game is the venue form gap, in Halifax Town's favour: Halifax Town takes 1.77 a game at home over the last two seasons, Barrow 0.88 away.
Halifax Town: 50 league matches in the bank, 14 from this season and the rest from last season. Barrow: 50 league matches in the bank, 13 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
Halifax Town -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 4, drew 2, lost 1 of 7, scoring 15 and conceding 7. Last season at home: won 9, drew 5, lost 5 of 19, scoring 35 and conceding 27 -- 1.68 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: drew with Southend United 2-2 away; beat Gateshead 4-1 at home; beat Solihull Moors 2-0 away; drew with Boston United 1-1 at home; lost to Worthing 1-2 away.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 21 matches with one recorded (14, 7 apiece), most recently John Matthew McGrath with 14. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Barrow -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 2, drew 3, lost 2 of 7, scoring 11 and conceding 11. Last season away in the League Two: won 3, drew 5, lost 11 of 19, scoring 24 and conceding 40 -- 0.74 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Tamworth 2-1 away; beat Wealdstone 2-1 at home; beat Scunthorpe United 3-0 at home; beat Southend United 4-2 away; beat Aldershot Town 1-0 at home.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 4 different managers took its 16 matches with one recorded (13, 1, 1, 1 apiece), most recently Adam Murray with 13. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 10:02 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.