Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Harrogate Town & Rochdale face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Harrogate nor Rochdale as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Harrogate Town form and stats
Last season, Harrogate's Carabao Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Harrogate Town have collected 3 points from their League Two home games so far after 1-0-0. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Harrogate after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A nice win for Harrogate last time playing, versus Rochdale. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Warren Burrell, Alexander Pattison and Luke Armstrong scoring for the victors. Luke Armstrong, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.8 (out of 10). Armstrong scored one goal and hit two key passes. A late climax in the match against Rochdale as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by Warren Burrell.
A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Cheltenham Town.This is expected to be a close game, with Harrogate Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Harrogate as a small favourite), we find ten games. Harrogate Town has won seven of these, drawn one and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Harrogate as they are travelling to their away game against Crawley Town in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
At CNG Stadium, Harrogate Town has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Rochdale form and stats
Rochdale's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
There might be some fixture complaints from Rochdale as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Two match against Harrogate Town (2-3). Attacker Alex Newby got a player rating of 8.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Newby scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total). Late heartbreak for Rochdale in the Harrogate Town match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Milton Keynes Dons.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rochdale playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were one Rochdale win, zero draws and one defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Rochdale are hosting Scunthorpe United in the League Two only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Rochdale has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Burrell 1 goals | A. Pattison 1 goals | L. Armstrong 1 goals |
Harrogate Town missing players
Rochdale missing players
| Harrogate Town | Rochdale | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 29 | ||
| 43 | 31 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Hartlepool United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Newport County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Stevenage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Salford City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Carlisle United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Colchester United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Exeter City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Sutton United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Barrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Port Vale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Walsall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |