Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tranmere Rovers & Harrogate Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
Tranmere have not come this way in the EFL Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Salford City, Oldham Athletic and Leeds United U21. Last season, Tranmere's EFL Trophy journey ended in the final.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Prenton Park as Tranmere Rovers have scored 11 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 7-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the EFL Trophy for Tranmere Rovers.
Tranmere are confident in defense, having played 334 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Tranmere's last game was hosting Leyton Orient and winning 1-0. Midfielder O'Connor was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game.
In the game before, an away victory in the League Two match versus Exeter City with a 1-0 scoreline.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 20 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn four and lost eight.
Tranmere has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Tranmere Rovers have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Harrogate Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Mansfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle United U21 in order to reach 2nd round of EFL Trophy. Harrogate Town's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the group stage.Playing away, Harrogate Town have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the League Two this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the EFL Trophy stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Harrogate are travelling again after losing away to Sutton United in their previous match (0-1). Midfielder Falkingham was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Falkingham hit two key passes.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Northampton Town.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 twelve relevant matches. Results were five Harrogate Town wins, one draw and six defeats.
Harrogate are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. Harrogate have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Tranmere two wins, two draws and Harrogate Town zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Armstrong 9 goals | J. Muldoon 6 goals | A. Pattison 6 goals |
Tranmere Rovers missing players
Harrogate Town missing players
| Tranmere Rovers | Harrogate Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 19 | 39 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 29% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | ||
| 13.4 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Newport County | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 10 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Walsall | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Salford City | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 14 | Rochdale | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Barrow | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 19 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 16 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 16 |