Delightful dogfight as daring Harrogate Town duel with determined Rochdale

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

This fixture involves two squads residing in the carpet of the League Two, Harrogate Town holding 19th position and Rochdale sitting at 24th. A decent chance for one of the participants to boost their position.

Insights:
  • Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (40) in League Two

Harrogate are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Rochdale are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

Harrogate Town have collected 27 points from their League Two home games so far after 6-9-7.

Happy days for Harrogate Town in their previous game, a fixture away at Mansfield Town (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Weaver when Daly scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 13th minute. Mattock was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.23 out of 10. The defender Mattock hit one key pass and won 14 of 18 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Newport County with a 3-2 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Harrogate handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Betting people might want to know that 8 of the most recent 10 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.

Harrogate Town has scored 30 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. On the other hand, Harrogate Town have conceded 31 goals.

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Rochdale form and stats

There's been little loot from Rochdale's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 22 away games in the League Two. Rochdale only have 4 wins to counter their 13 defeats and 5 draws.

Rodney (2), Brierley and Keohane scored in Rochdale's previous match, the home game against Sutton United that ended 4-1. That victory felt nice as this club had gone four league games without victory. Attacker Rodney got a player rating of 8.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Rodney scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 31 successful passes (of 32 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Stockport County's place.

We have checked recent matches where Rochdale have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 3 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 22 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 31 goals have been conceded by Rochdale in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met previously this season: Rochdale - Harrogate Town 1-4. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Harrogate Town victories, one draw and zero Rochdale wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Pattison with 3 goals scored against Rochdale in these 3 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
16 goals
RochdaleD. Rodney
D. Rodney
11 goals
HarrogateA. Pattison
A. Pattison
8 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Rochdale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Harrogate Town Rochdale
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 6 Played P 6 22 45
12 6 2 Won W 2 4 9
15 9 3 Drew D 0 5 10
18 7 1 Lost L 4 13 26
58 30 8 Scored S 2 16 45
67 31 6 Conceded C 6 31 69
91% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 98%
76% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 55% 67%
58% 59% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 32% 44%
36% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 16%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 13%
56% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 51%
24% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 13%
29% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 38%
 
4.2 5.4 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4
5.8 5.1 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 6.4 5.4
1.4 1.1 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
10.6 12.6 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.3 9.2
3.5 4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.4 3
36% 34% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 30% 34%
 
14.4 13.1 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 14.9 13.4
4 3.9 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 3.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Harrogate Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (19) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (40) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have the most matches over the total-line (26) 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 45 26 12 7 60 33 23 15 6 2 32 13 22 11 6 5 28 20 27 90
2 Stevenage 45 23 13 9 60 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 22 6 11 5 20 23 21 82
3 Northampton Town 45 22 14 9 61 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 22 10 8 4 30 22 19 80
4 Stockport County 45 22 12 11 64 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 78
5 Carlisle United 45 20 15 10 65 42 23 11 8 4 34 21 22 9 7 6 31 21 23 75
6 Salford City 45 22 9 14 72 53 22 10 5 7 28 22 23 12 4 7 44 31 19 75
7 Bradford City 44 20 15 9 58 39 22 9 9 4 32 22 22 11 6 5 26 17 19 75
8 Mansfield Town 45 20 12 13 70 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 22 11 4 7 33 24 15 72
9 Barrow 45 18 8 19 47 52 22 12 3 7 29 18 23 6 5 12 18 34 -5 62
10 Swindon Town 45 15 13 17 59 54 22 8 6 8 29 23 23 7 7 9 30 31 5 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 45 15 13 17 45 47 22 10 6 6 27 19 23 5 7 11 18 28 -2 58
12 Grimsby Town 45 15 13 17 48 56 22 6 10 6 23 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -8 58
13 Sutton United 45 15 12 18 45 57 22 11 4 7 25 20 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 57
14 Newport County 45 14 14 17 51 54 22 6 6 10 25 28 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 56
15 Doncaster Rovers 45 16 7 22 45 63 23 11 1 11 27 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -18 55
16 Crewe Alexandra 44 13 15 16 43 56 22 10 6 6 29 24 22 3 9 10 14 32 -13 54
17 Walsall 45 11 19 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 23 3 10 10 18 30 -4 52
18 Gillingham 45 13 13 19 35 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 22 2 8 12 14 29 -14 52
19 Harrogate Town 45 12 15 18 58 67 22 6 9 7 30 31 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 51
20 Colchester United 45 12 13 20 44 49 22 6 9 7 25 21 23 6 4 13 19 28 -5 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 45 11 15 19 48 59 23 7 7 9 26 30 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 48
22 Crawley Town 45 11 13 21 47 69 23 9 7 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 46
23 Hartlepool United 45 9 15 21 51 77 23 5 10 8 27 36 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 42
24 Rochdale 45 9 10 26 45 69 23 5 5 13 29 38 22 4 5 13 16 31 -24 37

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Table
  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 45 26 12 7 60 33 23 15 6 2 32 13 22 11 6 5 28 20 27 90
2 Stevenage 45 23 13 9 60 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 22 6 11 5 20 23 21 82
3 Northampton Town 45 22 14 9 61 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 22 10 8 4 30 22 19 80
4 Stockport County 45 22 12 11 64 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 78
5 Carlisle United 45 20 15 10 65 42 23 11 8 4 34 21 22 9 7 6 31 21 23 75
6 Salford City 45 22 9 14 72 53 22 10 5 7 28 22 23 12 4 7 44 31 19 75
7 Bradford City 44 20 15 9 58 39 22 9 9 4 32 22 22 11 6 5 26 17 19 75
8 Mansfield Town 45 20 12 13 70 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 22 11 4 7 33 24 15 72
9 Barrow 45 18 8 19 47 52 22 12 3 7 29 18 23 6 5 12 18 34 -5 62
10 Swindon Town 45 15 13 17 59 54 22 8 6 8 29 23 23 7 7 9 30 31 5 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 45 15 13 17 45 47 22 10 6 6 27 19 23 5 7 11 18 28 -2 58
12 Grimsby Town 45 15 13 17 48 56 22 6 10 6 23 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -8 58
13 Sutton United 45 15 12 18 45 57 22 11 4 7 25 20 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 57
14 Newport County 45 14 14 17 51 54 22 6 6 10 25 28 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 56
15 Doncaster Rovers 45 16 7 22 45 63 23 11 1 11 27 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -18 55
16 Crewe Alexandra 44 13 15 16 43 56 22 10 6 6 29 24 22 3 9 10 14 32 -13 54
17 Walsall 45 11 19 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 23 3 10 10 18 30 -4 52
18 Gillingham 45 13 13 19 35 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 22 2 8 12 14 29 -14 52
19 Harrogate Town 45 12 15 18 58 67 22 6 9 7 30 31 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 51
20 Colchester United 45 12 13 20 44 49 22 6 9 7 25 21 23 6 4 13 19 28 -5 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 45 11 15 19 48 59 23 7 7 9 26 30 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 48
22 Crawley Town 45 11 13 21 47 69 23 9 7 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 46
23 Hartlepool United 45 9 15 21 51 77 23 5 10 8 27 36 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 42
24 Rochdale 45 9 10 26 45 69 23 5 5 13 29 38 22 4 5 13 16 31 -24 37

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.