Cambridge United vs Harrogate Town match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abbey Stadium (8127 seats)

5th position in the League Two table for Cambridge United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 16th-placed Harrogate Town visits Abbey Stadium.

Insights:
  • Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Cambridge United are 6-3-2 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Cambridge bring valid hopes of a third.

Cambridge enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Grimsby Town's place. The match ended 2-1 with Adam May and Paul Mullin scoring. Prior to that, an away loss at Stevenage.

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 Cambridge have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost six.

Cambridge United are traveling soon after this match as the EFL Trophy match at Oxford United awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Cambridge in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Cambridge have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

The visitors are W6-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. Momentum is building for Harrogate in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Harrogate Town play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Oldham Athletic (placed 14th). A 0-1 loss hosting Salford City before that.

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 16 relevant matches. Results were eight Harrogate wins, three draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Harrogate are hosting Carlisle United in the League Two only three days away.

The visiting Harrogate have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 11 games. Harrogate have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CambridgeP. Mullin
P. Mullin
17 goals
Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
9 goals
Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
7 goals

Cambridge United missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Cambridge United Harrogate Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 5 Played P 2 11 20
10 6 2 Won W 0 6 7
4 3 2 Drew D 0 1 4
7 2 1 Lost L 2 4 9
33 17 6 Scored S 1 14 21
20 10 5 Conceded C 3 11 24
95% 91% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 90%
81% 82% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 55%
52% 64% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 50%
14% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 15%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
52% 73% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 45%
24% 18% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 30%
29% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.1 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.4 9.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 13.1 12.6
3.7 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 4.2 3.8
43% 46% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 30% 28%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Carlisle United 21 12 3 6 32 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 39
2 Newport County 20 11 5 4 31 21 9 7 1 1 15 10 11 4 4 3 16 11 10 38
3 Forest Green Rovers 22 10 8 4 28 19 11 5 4 2 14 10 11 5 4 2 14 9 9 38
4 Cheltenham Town 21 10 5 6 30 21 11 5 3 3 17 12 10 5 2 3 13 9 9 35
5 Cambridge United 21 10 4 7 33 20 11 6 3 2 17 10 10 4 1 5 16 10 13 34
6 Crawley Town 22 9 7 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 19 11 12 4 4 4 15 17 6 34
7 Morecambe 20 10 4 6 27 30 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 5 1 4 14 17 -3 34
8 Salford City 20 9 6 5 27 15 11 5 6 0 18 7 9 4 0 5 9 8 12 33
9 Leyton Orient 22 10 3 9 32 26 11 6 2 3 19 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 6 33
10 Exeter City 19 8 7 4 40 26 10 6 1 3 22 10 9 2 6 1 18 16 14 31
11 Walsall 22 7 9 6 27 30 12 5 3 4 13 14 10 2 6 2 14 16 -3 30
12 Colchester United 21 7 8 6 27 29 10 6 3 1 17 10 11 1 5 5 10 19 -2 29
13 Tranmere Rovers 20 8 4 8 23 25 9 4 0 5 11 9 11 4 4 3 12 16 -2 28
14 Oldham Athletic 22 8 4 10 34 38 11 2 1 8 14 20 11 6 3 2 20 18 -4 28
15 Bolton Wanderers 21 7 5 9 25 33 11 3 2 6 11 16 10 4 3 3 14 17 -8 26
16 Harrogate Town 20 7 4 9 21 24 9 1 3 5 7 13 11 6 1 4 14 11 -3 25
17 Port Vale 22 7 4 11 29 33 11 3 3 5 12 14 11 4 1 6 17 19 -4 25
18 Bradford City 21 6 6 9 20 25 11 3 4 4 10 11 10 3 2 5 10 14 -5 24
19 Mansfield Town 21 4 11 6 26 27 11 1 6 4 14 16 10 3 5 2 12 11 -1 23
20 Scunthorpe United 21 7 2 12 22 32 10 3 2 5 10 17 11 4 0 7 12 15 -10 23
21 Barrow 21 4 8 9 29 31 11 2 7 2 18 16 10 2 1 7 11 15 -2 20
22 Stevenage 20 4 8 8 16 22 10 4 2 4 10 8 10 0 6 4 6 14 -6 20
23 Grimsby Town 22 5 5 12 19 37 11 2 3 6 8 18 11 3 2 6 11 19 -18 20
24 Southend United 20 4 4 12 13 33 10 3 1 6 10 16 10 1 3 6 3 17 -20 16

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.