National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Harrogate Town or Eastleigh that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Harrogate Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Fa Trophy for Harrogate Town, as the manager S. Weaver led his troops to eliminate Hartlepool United and Darlington, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Harrogate Town's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at CNG Stadium as Harrogate Town have scored 25 goals to get 33 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Vanarama National League are 10-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Harrogate Town drew their last game, 1-1 away at Aldershot Town. Ahead of that match, Harrogate Town lost 0-2 at home to Wrexham.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Harrogate Town's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Yeovil Town are coming to town in three days.
Harrogate Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at CNG Stadium with 25 goals in 16 league matches. Harrogate Town have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Eastleigh form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Yate Town and Matlock Town in order to reach 3rd Round of Fa Trophy. Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Eastleigh so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-8 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on B. Strevens, the Eastleigh manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Eastleigh have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 237 minutes since they last conceded in Vanarama National League.
J. Payne and T. Barnett scored in Eastleigh's previous match, the home game against Woking that ended 2-0. A draw for Eastleigh before that, at their own venue hosting Aldershot Town (0-0).
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Eastleigh playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, one draw and three home wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fylde in just three days.
Eastleigh find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 19 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Eastleigh have conceded 29 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Harrogate Town one win, zero draws and Eastleigh two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() J. Muldoon 11 goals | ![]() D. Hollands 9 goals | ![]() T. Barnett 9 goals |
Harrogate Town missing players
Eastleigh missing players
| Harrogate Town | Eastleigh | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 13 | 41 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 319 | 161 | Total Shots | T S | 90 | 268 | ||
| 131 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 114 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barrow | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 63 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 29 | 63 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 56 |
| 3 | Halifax Town | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 55 |
| 4 | Yeovil Town | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 54 |
| 5 | Boreham Wood | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Notts County | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 50 |
| 7 | Bromley | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 50 |
| 8 | Dover Athletic | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 50 |
| 9 | Solihull Moors | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 47 |
| 10 | Woking | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 50 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 32 | -7 | 47 |
| 11 | Barnet | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 46 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -6 | 46 |
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 44 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 42 |
| 15 | Torquay United | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 53 | 59 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 33 | -6 | 42 |
| 16 | Eastleigh | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 29 | -6 | 41 |
| 17 | Maidenhead United | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 41 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 26 | -7 | 41 |
| 18 | Aldershot Town | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 40 |
| 19 | Wrexham | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 27 | -1 | 39 |
| 20 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 37 |
| 21 | Chesterfield | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -15 | 34 |
| 22 | Fylde | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -13 | 31 |
| 23 | Ebbsfleet United | 33 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 30 | -21 | 30 |
| 24 | Chorley | 33 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 32 | -28 | 26 |