-0.48 points a game is the venue form gap, in Scunthorpe United's favour: Barrow takes 0.92 a game at home over the last two seasons, Scunthorpe United 1.40 away.
Barrow: 50 league matches in the bank, 10 from this season and the rest from last season in the League Two. Scunthorpe United: 50 league matches in the bank, 10 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
Barrow -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 2, drew 0, lost 2 of 4, scoring 6 and conceding 4. Last season at home in the League Two: won 4, drew 4, lost 12 of 20, scoring 16 and conceding 30 -- 0.80 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Southend United 4-2 away; beat Aldershot Town 1-0 at home; lost to Solihull Moors 0-1 away; drew with Worthing 2-2 away; beat Sutton United 3-0 at home.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 4 different managers took its 16 matches with one recorded (10, 4, 1, 1 apiece), most recently Adam Murray with 10. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Scunthorpe United -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 1, drew 0, lost 4 of 5, scoring 6 and conceding 9. Last season away: won 9, drew 5, lost 6 of 20, scoring 34 and conceding 31 -- 1.60 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Hartlepool United 4-1 at home; lost to AFC Hornchurch 0-1 away; lost to Boreham Wood 1-2 at home; beat Sutton United 2-0 away; lost to Harrogate Town 0-2 at home.
The dugout
Every one of the 20 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Andy Butler. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 19:01 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.