Season ticket holders at CNG Stadium haven’t seen many wins this season, with Harrogate Town languishing in the 21st spot. The guesting Doncaster Rovers will try to protect their higher league place in this fixture.
- Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in League Two
- Doncaster Rovers is in the worst form (0-1-5)
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Harrogate Town form and stats
5-8-7 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Harrogate Town so far this season. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Harrogate.
An away draw last time out for Harrogate Town, facing Leyton Orient in a game that ended 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Leyton Orient last time out, but a goal from Thomson completed a comeback to a draw result for Harrogate. Thomson (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.21/10. Thomson scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that, Harrogate Town drew at home versus AFC Wimbledon.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Harrogate Town handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Harrogate as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Walsall are visiting.
Harrogate Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 20 games. Harrogate Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 29 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Doncaster Rovers so far with only 20 points returning home. The records show 5-5-10 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Doncaster who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Crawley Town was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Doncaster Rovers failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Grimsby Town (placed 14th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Doncaster Rovers were so close to getting something from the game against Grimsby Town, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal six minutes into overtime. Attacker Barlow got a player rating of 7.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Barlow scored one goal and hit one key pass.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gillingham wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.We have checked recent matches where Doncaster have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Lacking goals? 12 of this side's most recent 15 league matches have seen two goals or less.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Stevenage.
The attacking power of Doncaster Rovers when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 20 league matches away. As for defending, Doncaster rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 30 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Doncaster Rovers - Harrogate Town 0-2 was the product when these participants last met, also in this season. Stats for the prior three meetings between these two sides are: one win for Harrogate Town, zero draws and two wins for Doncaster Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Armstrong 14 goals |   G. Miller 11 goals | A. Pattison 7 goals |
Harrogate Town missing players
Doncaster Rovers missing players
| Harrogate Town | Doncaster Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 40 | 20 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 47 | 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 41 |
| 59 | 29 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 30 | 57 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 72% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 70% | 71% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 45% | 44% |
| 32% | 35% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | 17% |
| 12% | 10% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 7% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 40% | 44% |
| 25% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 25% | 20% |
| 32% | 30% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 45% | 41% |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 12.6 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.1 | 9.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 34% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| 14.2 | 13.3 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 13.9 | 12 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4 |
- Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Doncaster Rovers is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in League Two
- Harrogate Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 40 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 81 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 41 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 55 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 73 |
| 3 | Stockport County | 41 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 18 | 24 | 70 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 41 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 70 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 40 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 70 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 40 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 68 |
| 7 | Salford City | 41 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 16 | 66 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 49 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 65 |
| 9 | Barrow | 41 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -1 | 61 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 41 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -3 | 57 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 41 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 42 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 53 |
| 12 | Swindon Town | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 51 |
| 13 | Walsall | 41 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 42 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 51 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 51 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | -7 | 51 |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 41 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 41 | 57 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -16 | 51 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 39 | 51 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -12 | 48 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 45 | 51 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 47 |
| 18 | Newport County | 40 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 41 | 47 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -6 | 47 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 41 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 44 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 47 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 41 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 39 | 47 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 27 | -8 | 42 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 59 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | -12 | 41 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 41 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 48 | 70 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 37 | -22 | 39 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 41 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 43 | 68 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 39 | -25 | 38 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 41 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 39 | 62 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 30 | -23 | 33 |
