National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sutton United or Harrogate Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
This stadium has artifical turf, which is not Harrogate Town's everyday surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on artifical turf Harrogate Town have performed like this: Played one match resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal production 0-1 (scored/conceded).
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 Sutton United and Harrogate Town.
Sutton United form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Knights Community Stadium as Sutton United have scored 22 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 9-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a EFL Trophy match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
A nice win for Sutton United last time playing, versus Northampton Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 0-0. A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sutton United, who played 0-0 against Northampton Town. That match was also played at this venue (The Knights Community Stadium). Sutton's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-0 versus Northampton Town. Bouzanis, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.82 out of 10 in that game. Bouzanis topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Sutton United had a League Two home game versus Colchester United which ended with a victory 3-2. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League Two home game that ended 3-2 versus Colchester United. Ahead of that match, Sutton United lost 3-2 at home to Colchester United.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 Sutton United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won ten times, drawn one and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sutton as they are travelling to their away game against Carlisle United in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
Sutton United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Knights Community Stadium with 22 goals in 13 league matches. Sutton United have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Harrogate Town form and stats
Harrogate Town's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the EFL Trophy stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Harrogate Town played 3-0 against Oldham Athletic in their previous match. The manager Weaver was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue CNG Stadium. Harrogate Town suffered a 3-0 loss to Oldham Athletic. The supporters enjoyed Harrogate's previous fixture versus Oldham Athletic, a 3-0 win played at home. Attacker Muldoon got a player rating of 9.95 in the game. "Man of the match" Muldoon scored three goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that result Harrogate Town won their away game at Newport County in the League Two. The scoreline was 0-4. Before that, Harrogate Town travelled to Newport County and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 0-4. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Newport County's place.We have checked recent matches where Harrogate Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, four draws and three defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Harrogate Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Stevenage is waiting in only four days.
The visiting Harrogate Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. 17 goals have been conceded by Harrogate Town in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Sutton United victories, one draw and one Harrogate Town win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Muldoon 9 goals | L. Armstrong 9 goals |  D. Ajiboye 6 goals |
Sutton United missing players
Harrogate Town missing players
| Sutton United | Harrogate Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 26 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 36% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| 12.6 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 30 | 55 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 44 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Newport County | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 41 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 41 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 40 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 10 | Salford City | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 33 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 33 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 32 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -6 | 32 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 30 |
| 17 | Walsall | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 29 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 28 |
| 19 | Stevenage | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 28 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -14 | 27 |
| 21 | Barrow | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 25 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -26 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 18 |
