Delightful dogfight as daring York City duel with determined Kidderminster Harriers

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: LNER Community Stadium (8005 seats)

Round two of the National League campaign and the squads have digested the first game. Here's the ultimate York City - Kidderminster Harriers guide:

This promises to be an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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York City form and stats

In the previous season, York City's league statistics were 13 wins, 12 draws and 21 losses, results that produced 19th place in the National League. Over these 46 matches they scored {55 goals} and let in 63. Performing at their own stadium in the former season York City managed 7-7-9 (win-draw-lost) with {27 goals} and 32 conceded.

York City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Wealdstone (1-2).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Notts County that finished 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how York have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the National League game versus Altrincham in only three days. This game is also played here at LNER Community Stadium.

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Kidderminster Harriers form and stats

Let's have a look at how Kidderminster Harriers performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 12 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded {42 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 26/21 goals scored/conceded.

Kidderminster Harriers's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Woking that finished 0-0.

Prior to that result Kidderminster Harriers won their away game at Brackley Town in the Vanarama National League North. The scoreline was 2-0.

Kidderminster are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Kidderminster Harriers have another fixture that requires travelling in just three nights, a National League game against Fylde. A strenuous fixture list for the visitors!

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (York City wins - draws - Kidderminster Harriers wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

YorkD. Akinyemi
D. Akinyemi
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York City missing players

Kidderminster Harriers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
York City Kidderminster Harriers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 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%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
14% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 6
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
York City Last season Kidderminster Harriers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   26 49
13 7   Won W   15 22
12 7   Drew D   5 12
21 9   Lost L   6 15
55 27   Scored S   33 56
63 32   Conceded C   22 43
98% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
80% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 63%
50% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 33%
20% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 10%
9% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 6%
59% 65%   BTTS BTTS   38% 37%
20% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 43%
24% 22%   Failed to Score F T   23% 33%
 
4.5 4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.5
5.2 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.7
1.8 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.4
3 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
9.4 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 9.7
3.3 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.2
36% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 27%
 
9.7 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   6.8 6.4
4.3 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 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 Southend United 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Aldershot Town 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Halifax Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Chesterfield 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Barnet 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Wealdstone 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Ebbsfleet United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Maidenhead United 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Gateshead 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Boreham Wood 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Fylde 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Solihull Moors 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Altrincham 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Eastleigh 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
15 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 Woking 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Kidderminster Harriers 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Dorking Wanderers 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
19 Hartlepool United 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
20 York City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Rochdale 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Bromley 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
23 Oxford City 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 0
24 Oldham Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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 Wrexham 46 34 9 3 116 43 23 22 1 0 74 19 23 12 8 3 42 24 73 111
2 Notts County 46 32 11 3 117 42 23 17 5 1 54 12 23 15 6 2 63 30 75 107
3 Chesterfield 46 25 9 12 81 52 23 15 2 6 48 27 23 10 7 6 33 25 29 84
4 Woking 46 24 10 12 71 48 23 11 7 5 38 24 23 13 3 7 33 24 23 82
5 Barnet 46 21 11 14 75 67 23 12 5 6 35 30 23 9 6 8 40 37 8 74
6 Boreham Wood 46 19 15 12 52 40 23 9 8 6 22 19 23 10 7 6 30 21 12 72
7 Bromley 46 18 17 11 68 53 23 9 10 4 35 23 23 9 7 7 33 30 15 71
8 Southend United 46 20 9 17 57 45 23 12 4 7 32 19 23 8 5 10 25 26 12 69
9 Eastleigh 46 19 10 17 56 57 23 14 5 4 33 22 23 5 5 13 23 35 -1 67
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 18 9 19 61 72 23 10 5 8 33 34 23 8 4 11 28 38 -11 63
11 Halifax Town 46 16 13 17 49 48 23 11 6 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 16 25 1 61
12 Oldham Athletic 46 16 13 17 63 64 23 11 6 6 37 30 23 5 7 11 26 34 -1 61
13 Wealdstone 46 16 12 18 57 72 23 10 6 7 35 32 23 6 6 11 22 40 -15 60
14 Gateshead 46 15 15 16 67 62 23 7 9 7 34 29 23 8 6 9 33 33 5 59
15 Solihull Moors 46 15 13 18 62 66 23 9 7 7 36 27 23 6 6 11 26 39 -4 58
16 Dorking Wanderers 46 16 9 21 67 91 23 12 4 7 40 42 23 4 5 14 27 49 -24 57
17 Altrincham 46 14 14 18 68 82 23 10 5 8 35 31 23 4 9 10 33 51 -14 56
18 Aldershot Town 46 14 11 21 64 76 23 6 6 11 31 36 23 8 5 10 33 40 -12 53
19 York City 46 13 12 21 55 63 23 7 7 9 27 32 23 6 5 12 28 31 -8 51
20 Maidenhead United 46 13 11 22 47 66 23 8 8 7 27 26 23 5 3 15 20 40 -19 50
21 Torquay United 46 12 12 22 58 80 23 6 7 10 36 41 23 6 5 12 22 39 -22 48
22 Yeovil Town 46 7 19 20 35 60 23 6 8 9 18 25 23 1 11 11 17 35 -25 40
23 Scunthorpe United 46 8 10 28 49 87 23 7 3 13 33 43 23 1 7 15 16 44 -38 34
24 Maidstone United 46 5 10 31 45 104 23 3 8 12 24 44 23 2 2 19 21 60 -59 25
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 Fylde 46 29 8 9 80 44 23 15 3 5 49 27 23 14 5 4 31 17 36 95
2 King's Lynn Town 46 27 12 7 84 43 23 17 3 3 48 20 23 10 9 4 36 23 41 93
3 Chester 46 22 18 6 72 41 23 9 9 5 34 21 23 13 9 1 38 20 31 84
4 Brackley Town 46 18 15 13 57 47 23 13 7 3 38 17 23 5 8 10 19 30 10 69
5 Alfreton Town 46 17 18 11 54 44 23 12 6 5 35 20 23 5 12 6 19 24 10 69
6 Kidderminster Harriers 46 19 12 15 49 42 23 7 7 9 23 21 23 12 5 6 26 21 7 69
7 Gloucester City 46 19 11 16 75 68 23 11 6 6 45 32 23 8 5 10 30 36 7 68
8 Scarborough Athletic 46 18 14 14 74 69 23 9 6 8 41 37 23 9 8 6 33 32 5 68
9 Spennymoor Town 46 18 14 14 68 67 23 11 8 4 36 28 23 7 6 10 32 39 1 68
10 Darlington 46 18 13 15 72 64 23 9 7 7 36 32 23 9 6 8 36 32 8 67
11 Buxton 46 18 13 15 55 54 23 10 7 6 29 25 23 8 6 9 26 29 1 67
12 Chorley 46 17 15 14 62 50 23 11 7 5 32 19 23 6 8 9 30 31 12 66
13 Curzon Ashton 46 18 11 17 58 55 23 10 5 8 33 27 23 8 6 9 25 28 3 65
14 Peterborough Sports 46 15 12 19 50 55 23 9 5 9 30 26 23 6 7 10 20 29 -5 57
15 Boston United 46 15 11 20 68 66 23 10 4 9 39 31 23 5 7 11 29 35 2 56
16 Hereford 46 15 10 21 47 56 23 7 8 8 26 23 23 8 2 13 21 33 -9 55
17 Banbury United 46 13 15 18 55 62 23 6 10 7 25 24 23 7 5 11 30 38 -7 54
18 Southport 46 13 11 22 50 62 23 7 7 9 27 30 23 6 4 13 23 32 -12 50
19 Blyth Spartans 46 12 14 20 49 62 23 5 10 8 26 28 23 7 4 12 23 34 -13 50
20 Farsley Celtic 46 12 14 20 51 75 23 8 8 7 27 28 23 4 6 13 24 47 -24 50
21 Kettering Town 46 11 16 19 41 63 23 9 10 4 25 18 23 2 6 15 16 45 -22 49
22 Leamington 46 10 18 18 41 60 23 9 6 8 25 22 23 1 12 10 16 38 -19 48
23 Bradford Park Avenue 46 11 13 22 43 65 23 9 4 10 24 25 23 2 9 12 19 40 -22 46
24 AFC Telford United 46 6 14 26 35 76 23 3 8 12 20 36 23 3 6 14 15 40 -41 32

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 Southend United 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Aldershot Town 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Halifax Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Chesterfield 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Barnet 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Wealdstone 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Ebbsfleet United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Maidenhead United 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Gateshead 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Boreham Wood 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Fylde 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Solihull Moors 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Altrincham 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Eastleigh 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
15 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 Woking 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Kidderminster Harriers 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Dorking Wanderers 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
19 Hartlepool United 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
20 York City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Rochdale 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Bromley 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
23 Oxford City 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 0
24 Oldham Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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