+0.50 points a game is the venue form gap, in Arbroath's favour: Arbroath takes 1.80 a game at home over the last two seasons, Dunfermline Athletic 1.30 away.
Arbroath: 40 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season. Dunfermline Athletic: 40 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season.
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
Arbroath -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 1, drew 1, lost 0 of 2, scoring 1 and conceding 0. Last season at home: won 8, drew 8, lost 2 of 18, scoring 27 and conceding 20 -- 1.78 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Livingston 1-0 at home; beat Greenock Morton 2-1 away; drew with Inverness CT 0-0 at home; lost to Ayr United 0-2 away; drew with Dunfermline Athletic 0-0 away. The last of these is from last season.
The dugout
Every one of the 17 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Colin Hamilton. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Dunfermline Athletic -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 0, drew 1, lost 1 of 2, scoring 0 and conceding 2. Last season away: won 7, drew 4, lost 7 of 18, scoring 28 and conceding 22 -- 1.39 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Raith Rovers 1-0 at home; lost to Livingston 0-2 away; drew with Ayr United 1-1 at home; drew with Inverness CT 0-0 away; drew with Arbroath 0-0 at home. The last of these is from last season.
The dugout
Every one of the 20 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Neil Lennon. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 06:39 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.