Match preview for League Two: Harrogate Town - Stockport County at CNG Stadium

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

Harrogate Town are looking to ignore the league table before this match versus Stockport County. Here's everything you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in League Two
  • Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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!

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Harrogate Town form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Harrogate Town at their home stadium (CNG Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Harrogate Town enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Carlisle United's place. The match ended 1-0. Finally, a league victory after five fixtures without one. Harrogate goalkeeper Jameson did an outstanding job against Carlisle United with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory. Goalkeeper Jameson got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.84 out of ten. Jameson topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Sutton United (0-1).

There will be little rest for Harrogate Town after this match as they are travelling to Salford City for a League Two game in only three days.

Harrogate Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Harrogate have conceded 21 from these games.

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Stockport County form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Stockport County have produced an overall stat of 5-2-7 so far.

Stockport County go into this game after a win, the home game against Tranmere Rovers that ended 3-2. That victory felt good as this side had gone three league rounds without winning. The attacker Wootton got a match rating of 8.05 in that game. Wootton scored one goal, hit the woodwork two (!) times and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Crewe Alexandra that ended 1-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crawley Town in just three days.

The visiting Stockport County have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Stockport have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved faced each other previously this match year: Stockport County - Harrogate Town 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Harrogate wins - draws - Stockport County wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
10 goals
Stockport CountyP. Madden
P. Madden
9 goals
Stockport CountyK. Wootton
K. Wootton
9 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Stockport County missing players

Harrogate Town Stockport County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
7 4 1 Won W 2 5 12
6 4 1 Drew D 1 2 6
14 6 1 Lost L 1 7 10
33 18 4 Scored S 10 19 39
41 21 4 Conceded C 5 15 27
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
70% 79% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 71%
56% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 43%
30% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 18%
19% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 14%
48% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 46%
22% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 36% 46%
37% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 18%
 
4.2 5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.3 5.4
6.1 5.5 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.1 4
1.6 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
10.6 13.1 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.9 12.9
2.9 3.4 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.6 4.1
42% 38% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 38% 34%
 
14.1 13.3 15.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.6 9.6
3.9 4.2 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 2.7 2.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in League Two
  • Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 28 17 6 5 36 17 14 10 3 1 20 4 14 7 3 4 16 13 19 57
2 Stevenage 26 16 7 3 39 18 14 12 1 1 27 6 12 4 6 2 12 12 21 55
3 Carlisle United 28 14 9 5 48 27 14 8 5 1 25 11 14 6 4 4 23 16 21 51
4 Northampton Town 27 14 7 6 42 28 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 7 4 3 22 15 14 49
5 Salford City 28 13 6 9 38 28 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 7 2 5 22 15 10 45
6 Swindon Town 28 11 9 8 37 30 14 6 5 3 22 13 14 5 4 5 15 17 7 42
7 Mansfield Town 27 12 6 9 40 36 14 6 5 3 25 20 13 6 1 6 15 16 4 42
8 Bradford City 26 11 8 7 31 25 13 5 5 3 17 13 13 6 3 4 14 12 6 41
9 Barrow 28 12 4 12 33 37 14 8 1 5 19 13 14 4 3 7 14 24 -4 40
10 Stockport County 27 11 6 10 36 25 13 6 4 3 17 10 14 5 2 7 19 15 11 39
11 AFC Wimbledon 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 6 4 3 15 11 14 4 5 5 15 17 2 39
12 Sutton United 28 11 6 11 28 35 13 8 2 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 12 23 -7 39
13 Tranmere Rovers 27 10 8 9 29 23 14 6 4 4 19 12 13 4 4 5 10 11 6 38
14 Walsall 25 10 7 8 30 23 12 7 2 3 19 11 13 3 5 5 11 12 7 37
15 Doncaster Rovers 26 11 4 11 31 39 12 7 1 4 19 16 14 4 3 7 12 23 -8 37
16 Grimsby Town 25 9 6 10 29 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 13 6 1 6 16 17 -3 33
17 Crewe Alexandra 26 7 10 9 21 32 15 5 5 5 15 17 11 2 5 4 6 15 -11 31
18 Colchester United 29 8 6 15 29 37 14 4 5 5 15 16 15 4 1 10 14 21 -8 30
19 Newport County 27 7 8 12 26 31 14 4 3 7 13 17 13 3 5 5 13 14 -5 29
20 Crawley Town 25 6 7 12 29 41 13 6 1 6 18 19 12 0 6 6 11 22 -12 25
21 Harrogate Town 26 6 6 14 32 41 14 4 4 6 18 21 12 2 2 8 14 20 -9 24
22 Hartlepool United 28 5 7 16 28 52 14 3 5 6 14 23 14 2 2 10 14 29 -24 22
23 Gillingham 26 4 9 13 14 31 12 3 4 5 6 12 14 1 5 8 8 19 -17 21
24 Rochdale 28 5 5 18 22 42 14 2 2 10 11 21 14 3 3 8 11 21 -20 20

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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.