The table makes Elgin City the bigger side: 6th against 10th of 10 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Elgin City takes 1.93 points a game, Edinburgh City 1.15 -- the block form is Elgin City's.
Elgin City: 46 league matches in the bank, 10 from this season and the rest from last season. Edinburgh City: 46 league matches in the bank, 10 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
Elgin City -- at home
Where it stands
Stands 3rd of 10 after 10 games, with 17 points. Last season it finished 6th of 10 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the middle block (4th to 7th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 10 games old.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the bottom block (8th to 10th). Against that block it has won 8, drew 5, lost 2 of 15 -- 29 points of 45. At home against them: won 5 of 7. Away against them: won 3 of 8.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 2, drew 6, lost 6 of 14 (0.86 a game); against the middle block won 5, drew 2, lost 9 of 16 (1.06 a game); against the bottom block won 8, drew 5, lost 2 of 15 (1.93 a game); against sides new to the division won 1, drew 0, lost 0 of 1 (3.00 a game).
Edinburgh City -- away
Where it stands
Stands 5th of 10 after 10 games, with 15 points. Last season it finished 10th of 10 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the bottom block (8th to 10th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 10 games old.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the middle block (4th to 7th). Against that block it has won 5, drew 8, lost 7 of 20 -- 23 points of 60. At home against them: won 2 of 11. Away against them: won 3 of 9.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 1, drew 4, lost 10 of 15 (0.47 a game); against the middle block won 5, drew 8, lost 7 of 20 (1.15 a game); against the bottom block won 6, drew 1, lost 3 of 10 (1.90 a game); against sides new to the division won 1, drew 0, lost 0 of 1 (3.00 a game).
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.