Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Harrogate Town & Carlisle United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Carlisle United played their last game only three days ago, a League Two match. That game was also an away game, at Scunthorpe United. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Harrogate Town form and stats
Action has already taken place for Harrogate in EFL Trophy as they have defeated Tranmere Rovers, Mansfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle United U21 to reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Harrogate's EFL Trophy journey ended in the group stage.The complete League Two statistics playing at home this season for Harrogate Town are 3-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a EFL Trophy match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
A good away victory last time out for Harrogate Town, who won 2-1 against Tranmere Rovers.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sutton United (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Harrogate Town handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, five draws and six defeats.
There will be little rest for Harrogate after this match as they are travelling to Exeter City for a League Two game in only four days.
Harrogate Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at CNG Stadium with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Carlisle United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hartlepool United, Morecambe, Lincoln City and Everton U21 in order to reach 3rd round of EFL Trophy. Carlisle United's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Carlisle United so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose). When we have look at the EFL Trophy statistics, we find 2W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
264 minutes! That's how long the Carlisle United goalkeeper Mark Howard and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Carlisle United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Scunthorpe United. Howard was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.4. The agile goalkeeper Howard stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that result Carlisle United won their away game at Stevenage in the League Two. The scoreline was 2-0.Carlisle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
After this away game Carlisle return home for a League Two game against Bradford City. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Carlisle as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Carlisle have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior three meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Harrogate, one draw and zero wins for Carlisle United. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Armstrong 9 goals | J. Muldoon 6 goals | A. Pattison 6 goals |
Harrogate Town missing players
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| Harrogate Town | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | ||
| 10.7 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | Newport County | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Salford City | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 19 | Barrow | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 22 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -20 | 20 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
