+1.25 points a game is the venue form gap, in Partick Thistle's favour: Partick Thistle takes 2.30 a game at home over the last two seasons, Ayr United 1.05 away.
Partick Thistle: 40 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season. Ayr United: 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
Partick Thistle -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 1, drew 1, lost 0 of 2, scoring 2 and conceding 0. Last season at home: won 12, drew 6, lost 0 of 18, scoring 30 and conceding 12 -- 2.33 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: drew with Queen's Park 0-0 at home; drew with Inverness CT 1-1 away; beat Livingston 2-0 at home; beat Greenock Morton 1-0 away; drew with Queen's Park 1-1 at home. The last of these is from last season.
The dugout
Every one of the 15 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Mark Wilson. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Ayr United -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 0, drew 1, lost 1 of 2, scoring 1 and conceding 3. Last season away: won 4, drew 8, lost 6 of 18, scoring 21 and conceding 25 -- 1.11 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: drew with Greenock Morton 1-1 at home; lost to Raith Rovers 0-2 away; drew with Dunfermline Athletic 1-1 away; beat Arbroath 2-0 at home; lost to St. Johnstone 0-1 at home. The last of these is from last season.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 3 different managers took its 16 matches with one recorded (6, 6, 4 apiece), most recently Gary Naysmith with 4. 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.