Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Harrogate Town & Accrington Stanley face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Harrogate Town nor Accrington Stanley as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Harrogate Town form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Harrogate Town at their home stadium (CNG Stadium) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Harrogate are returning here after visiting Newport County and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. O'Connor and Thomson scored the goal(s). Midfielder Thomson was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.5 (out of ten) in that game. Thomson scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that game, the home loss against AFC Wimbledon with the scoreline 0-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Harrogate Town as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Stockport County are visiting.
Harrogate Town has scored {5 goals-1} so far and conceded {5 goals-2} from 5 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
The fans enjoyed Accrington's previous fixture versus Forest Green Rovers, a 2-1 win played at home. Attacker Andrews got a player rating of 9.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Andrews scored two goals.
Before that, Accrington Stanley travelled to Morecambe and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 1-1.Accrington have another fixture away in just four nights, a League Two game against Grimsby Town. A hard timetable for the guests!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Accrington Stanley as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Accrington Stanley's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Andrews 4 goals |  G. Thomson 3 goals | T. Leigh 3 goals |
Harrogate Town missing players
Accrington Stanley missing players
| Harrogate Town | Accrington Stanley | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 36 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.4 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 37% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 34% | ||
| 13.5 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Harrogate Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 4 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Barrow | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Walsall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Newport County | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 7 |
- Harrogate Town AFC
- Harrogate Advertiser - (local newspaper)
- Accrington Stanley
- Lancashire Telegraph - (local newspaper)
