Harrogate Town have travelled here for an absorbing fight versus the home side Tranmere Rovers. Prepare for the match with this full League Two preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Tranmere Rovers and Harrogate Town.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first League Two game of the season here at Prenton Park. Last season these fans witnessed 10 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses from Tranmere Rovers's 23 home games.
Tranmere are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Milton Keynes Dons.
In the game before, a nice away victory at Barnsley (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties). A Carabao Cup match. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tranmere Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Salford City in only four days. This game is also played here at Prenton Park.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Tranmere Rovers at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Harrogate Town form and stats
Only one away game in the League Two so far for Harrogate Town and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 6 draws and 11 losses from 23 travels.
Harrogate's previous game was their home loss versus Forest Green Rovers (0-1).
Before that, the victory at home hosting Carlisle United in the Carabao Cup (1-0). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Harrogate Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Harrogate Town wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Harrogate have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a League Two match against Accrington Stanley. A demanding programme for the visiting team!
Harrogate Town have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Tranmere Rovers victories, four draws and one Harrogate Town win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hawkes 1 goals |  J. Muldoon 1 goals |
Tranmere Rovers missing players
Harrogate Town missing players
| Tranmere Rovers | Harrogate Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 9.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | 8.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 11% |
| 7.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Tranmere Rovers | Last season | Harrogate Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 16 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Lost | L | 11 | 18 | ||
| 45 | 27 | Scored | S | 28 | 59 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Conceded | C | 36 | 68 | ||
| 93% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 70% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 57% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 35% | ||
| 2% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 13% | ||
| 39% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 57% | ||
| 37% | 48% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 30% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.6 | 14.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milton Keynes Dons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Barrow | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Salford City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sutton United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Newport County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Walsall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Forest Green Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Morecambe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Notts County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Swindon Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 | Wrexham | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Stockport County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 61 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 27 | 91 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 61 | 39 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 85 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 20 | 83 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 21 | 28 | 79 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 66 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 76 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 61 | 43 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 76 |
| 7 | Salford City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 54 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 18 | 75 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 72 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 17 | 75 |
| 9 | Barrow | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 53 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 34 | -6 | 62 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 61 |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 56 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 31 | -7 | 61 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 48 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 28 | -3 | 58 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 34 | -12 | 58 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 58 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 37 | -12 | 58 |
| 15 | Newport County | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 53 | 56 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 26 | -3 | 57 |
| 16 | Walsall | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 46 | 49 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -3 | 55 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 49 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 29 | -13 | 55 |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 46 | 65 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 35 | -19 | 55 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 68 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 36 | -9 | 52 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 51 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 28 | -7 | 49 |
| 21 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 30 | -12 | 48 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 71 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 41 | -23 | 46 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 52 | 78 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 42 | -26 | 43 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 70 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 32 | -24 | 38 |
