It's the Fa Trophy: Harrogate Town and Hartlepool United face off

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Competition: England Fa Trophy
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Harrogate Town or Hartlepool United that keep their silverware dream alive.

Hartlepool United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round.

27 points is a decent return from 13 Vanarama National League games here for Harrogate Town. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

The Harrogate Town supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Torquay United in Vanarama National League and win 2-1. A Vanarama National League defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Sutton United.

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 three games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Harrogate Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 20 goals in 13 league matches. Harrogate Town are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

Hartlepool United's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 2nd round.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Hartlepool United won their last game, 1-0 versus Exeter City played at home. A 1-2 defeat away at Woking before that.

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 Hartlepool United playing away, we found five games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 2 home wins.

Hartlepool United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. 16 goals have been conceded by Hartlepool United in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Harrogate Town won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Hartlepool United has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 0

Top Goalscorers

Hartlepool UnitedG. Toure
G. Toure
11 goals
Harrogate TownB. Kiernan
B. Kiernan
7 goals
Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
7 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Hartlepool United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Harrogate Town Hartlepool United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
11 8   Won W   5 10
6 2   Drew D   5 9
8 3   Lost L   3 6
36 19   Scored S   25 43
35 12   Conceded C   17 32
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
80% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 80%
52% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   77% 60%
28% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 40%
16% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 16%
60% 46%   BTTS BTTS   77% 68%
28% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 24%
20% 23%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
6.2 5.9   Corners For (avg) C F   4.5 4.6
4.8 4.2   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.3 5.8
1.2 0.8   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.7
4 3   Red Cards R C   0 2
 
300 164   Total Shots T S   139 294
115 64   Shots on Target S O   57 116
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 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 Barrow 24 15 2 7 46 27 12 8 1 3 18 10 12 7 1 4 28 17 19 47
2 Yeovil Town 25 13 5 7 42 29 13 7 3 3 22 14 12 6 2 4 20 15 13 44
3 Bromley 25 12 8 5 43 31 12 6 5 1 26 16 13 6 3 4 17 15 12 44
4 Woking 25 11 8 6 37 31 13 5 5 3 16 16 12 6 3 3 21 15 6 41
5 Solihull Moors 24 12 4 8 37 25 11 9 0 2 22 9 13 3 4 6 15 16 12 40
6 Harrogate Town 25 11 7 7 38 34 13 8 3 2 20 12 12 3 4 5 18 22 4 40
7 Halifax Town 24 11 5 8 32 30 11 5 2 4 16 14 13 6 3 4 16 16 2 38
8 Stockport County 25 11 5 9 35 39 13 7 1 5 20 21 12 4 4 4 15 18 -4 38
9 Boreham Wood 25 10 7 8 36 28 12 5 3 4 17 13 13 5 4 4 19 15 8 37
10 Barnet 24 9 7 8 36 33 13 6 4 3 21 15 11 3 3 5 15 18 3 34
11 Torquay United 25 10 4 11 43 43 12 6 1 5 20 20 13 4 3 6 23 23 0 34
12 Notts County 24 8 9 7 36 28 13 5 6 2 20 13 11 3 3 5 16 15 8 33
13 Eastleigh 24 8 9 7 30 32 13 5 6 2 18 14 11 3 3 5 12 18 -2 33
14 Hartlepool United 24 8 8 8 37 34 11 3 4 4 17 18 13 5 4 4 20 16 3 32
15 Dover Athletic 23 9 5 9 29 32 13 2 4 7 16 22 10 7 1 2 13 10 -3 32
16 Maidenhead United 25 9 4 12 32 35 12 2 3 7 12 18 13 7 1 5 20 17 -3 31
17 Dagenham & Redbridge 25 8 6 11 30 33 13 5 3 5 22 20 12 3 3 6 8 13 -3 30
18 Fylde 24 7 7 10 29 38 11 4 4 3 12 14 13 3 3 7 17 24 -9 28
19 Sutton United 25 6 9 10 26 31 12 2 4 6 14 18 13 4 5 4 12 13 -5 27
20 Aldershot Town 25 7 6 12 26 36 12 4 3 5 16 16 13 3 3 7 10 20 -10 27
21 Wrexham 25 6 8 11 30 35 13 5 5 3 16 13 12 1 3 8 14 22 -5 26
22 Ebbsfleet United 25 5 8 12 36 48 12 2 4 6 18 26 13 3 4 6 18 22 -12 23
23 Chesterfield 25 5 8 12 33 47 13 3 2 8 17 25 12 2 6 4 16 22 -14 23
24 Chorley 25 4 11 10 23 43 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 7 5 13 24 -20 23

Table
  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 24 15 2 7 46 27 12 8 1 3 18 10 12 7 1 4 28 17 19 47
2 Yeovil Town 25 13 5 7 42 29 13 7 3 3 22 14 12 6 2 4 20 15 13 44
3 Bromley 25 12 8 5 43 31 12 6 5 1 26 16 13 6 3 4 17 15 12 44
4 Woking 25 11 8 6 37 31 13 5 5 3 16 16 12 6 3 3 21 15 6 41
5 Solihull Moors 24 12 4 8 37 25 11 9 0 2 22 9 13 3 4 6 15 16 12 40
6 Harrogate Town 25 11 7 7 38 34 13 8 3 2 20 12 12 3 4 5 18 22 4 40
7 Halifax Town 24 11 5 8 32 30 11 5 2 4 16 14 13 6 3 4 16 16 2 38
8 Stockport County 25 11 5 9 35 39 13 7 1 5 20 21 12 4 4 4 15 18 -4 38
9 Boreham Wood 25 10 7 8 36 28 12 5 3 4 17 13 13 5 4 4 19 15 8 37
10 Barnet 24 9 7 8 36 33 13 6 4 3 21 15 11 3 3 5 15 18 3 34
11 Torquay United 25 10 4 11 43 43 12 6 1 5 20 20 13 4 3 6 23 23 0 34
12 Notts County 24 8 9 7 36 28 13 5 6 2 20 13 11 3 3 5 16 15 8 33
13 Eastleigh 24 8 9 7 30 32 13 5 6 2 18 14 11 3 3 5 12 18 -2 33
14 Hartlepool United 24 8 8 8 37 34 11 3 4 4 17 18 13 5 4 4 20 16 3 32
15 Dover Athletic 23 9 5 9 29 32 13 2 4 7 16 22 10 7 1 2 13 10 -3 32
16 Maidenhead United 25 9 4 12 32 35 12 2 3 7 12 18 13 7 1 5 20 17 -3 31
17 Dagenham & Redbridge 25 8 6 11 30 33 13 5 3 5 22 20 12 3 3 6 8 13 -3 30
18 Fylde 24 7 7 10 29 38 11 4 4 3 12 14 13 3 3 7 17 24 -9 28
19 Sutton United 25 6 9 10 26 31 12 2 4 6 14 18 13 4 5 4 12 13 -5 27
20 Aldershot Town 25 7 6 12 26 36 12 4 3 5 16 16 13 3 3 7 10 20 -10 27
21 Wrexham 25 6 8 11 30 35 13 5 5 3 16 13 12 1 3 8 14 22 -5 26
22 Ebbsfleet United 25 5 8 12 36 48 12 2 4 6 18 26 13 3 4 6 18 22 -12 23
23 Chesterfield 25 5 8 12 33 47 13 3 2 8 17 25 12 2 6 4 16 22 -14 23
24 Chorley 25 4 11 10 23 43 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 7 5 13 24 -20 23

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