Wolverhampton Wanderers is new to this division, so the rank comparison rests on less than a shared season. Against the block the other keeps: Wrexham takes 0.67 points a game, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.73 -- nothing between them.
Wrexham: 50 league matches in the bank, 14 from this season and the rest from last season. Wolverhampton Wanderers: 50 league matches in the bank, 14 from this season and the rest from last season in the Premier League.
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
Wrexham -- at home
Where it stands
Stands 16th of 24 after 14 games, with 17 points. Last season it finished 7th of 24 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the top block (1st to 8th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 14 games old.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side new to its division. Against that block it has won 0, drew 2, lost 1 of 3 -- 2 points of 9. At home against them: won 0 of 1. Away against them: won 0 of 2.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 6, drew 4, lost 5 of 15 (1.47 a game); against the middle block won 7, drew 5, lost 6 of 18 (1.44 a game); against the bottom block won 8, drew 4, lost 2 of 14 (2.00 a game); against sides new to the division won 0, drew 2, lost 1 of 3 (0.67 a game).
Wolverhampton Wanderers -- away
Where it stands
Stands 3rd of 24 after 14 games, with 27 points. It was not in this division last season -- it came down from the Premier League, where it finished 20th of 20.
Its block
New to the division this season, so it takes no block from last season's final table.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the top block (1st to 8th). Against that block it has won 2, drew 2, lost 7 of 11 -- 8 points of 33. At home against them: won 2 of 5. Away against them: won 0 of 6.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 2, drew 2, lost 7 of 11 (0.73 a game); against the middle block won 4, drew 7, lost 8 of 19 (1.00 a game); against the bottom block won 3, drew 5, lost 8 of 16 (0.88 a game); against sides new to the division won 2, drew 0, lost 2 of 4 (1.50 a game).
Built 18:04 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.