The table makes Chelsea Women the bigger side: 3rd against 9th of 12 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Chelsea Women takes 2.75 points a game, Aston Villa Ladies 0.62 -- the block form is Chelsea Women's.
Chelsea Women: 22 league matches in the bank, all from last season. Aston Villa Ladies: 22 league matches in the bank, all 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
Chelsea Women -- at home
Where it stands
Has not played a league game yet this season, so the current table says nothing about it. Last season it finished 3rd of 12 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the top block (1st to 4th). Blocks are drawn from last season because its season has not started yet.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the bottom block (9th to 12th). Against that block it has won 7, drew 1, lost 0 of 8 -- 22 points of 24. At home against them: won 4 of 4. Away against them: won 3 of 4.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 2, drew 2, lost 2 of 6 (1.33 a game); against the middle block won 6, drew 1, lost 1 of 8 (2.38 a game); against the bottom block won 7, drew 1, lost 0 of 8 (2.75 a game).
Aston Villa Ladies -- away
Where it stands
Has not played a league game yet this season, so the current table says nothing about it. Last season it finished 9th of 12 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the bottom block (9th to 12th). Blocks are drawn from last season because its season has not started yet.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the top block (1st to 4th). Against that block it has won 1, drew 2, lost 5 of 8 -- 5 points of 24. At home against them: won 0 of 4. Away against them: won 1 of 4.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 1, drew 2, lost 5 of 8 (0.62 a game); against the middle block won 1, drew 2, lost 5 of 8 (0.62 a game); against the bottom block won 3, drew 1, lost 2 of 6 (1.67 a game).
Built 06:09 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.