+0.90 points a game is the venue form gap, in Dunfermline Athletic's favour: Dunfermline Athletic takes 1.57 a game at home over the last two seasons, Livingston 0.67 away.
Dunfermline Athletic: 44 league matches in the bank, 8 from this season and the rest from last season. Livingston: 48 league matches in the bank, 10 from this season and the rest from last season in the Scottish Premiership.
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
Dunfermline Athletic -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 2, drew 1, lost 0 of 3, scoring 4 and conceding 1. Last season at home: won 7, drew 5, lost 6 of 18, scoring 24 and conceding 19 -- 1.44 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: drew with Ayr United 1-1 away; beat Greenock Morton 1-0 away; beat Queen's Park 2-0 at home; drew with Arbroath 1-1 away; beat Raith Rovers 1-0 at home.
The dugout
Every one of the 24 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.
Livingston -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 2, drew 0, lost 2 of 4, scoring 6 and conceding 4. Last season away in the Scottish Premiership: won 1, drew 7, lost 12 of 20, scoring 16 and conceding 39 -- 0.50 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: lost to Partick Thistle 1-2 at home; lost to Ayr United 1-2 at home; beat Raith Rovers 2-0 away; drew with Inverness CT 2-2 at home; beat Greenock Morton 4-1 away.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 24 matches with one recorded (18, 6 apiece), most recently Marvin Bartley with 6. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 07:05 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.