Preview: Carlisle United the probable winner when Harrogate Town arrive

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brunton Park (18202 seats)

Carlisle United should be favourites to win this home game vs Harrogate Town, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Carlisle United have the most scored goals (48) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in League Two

The hosts Carlisle United saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Two. This match was also played here at Brunton Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Harrogate Town have had more rest.

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Carlisle United form and stats

Carlisle United have performed here at Brunton Park this season with 8 wins from 14 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 1. After failing to beat Sutton United here at Brunton Park, Carlisle has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A nice win for Carlisle United last time playing, versus Barrow. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-1 with Mellish (2), Patrick, Garner and Dennis scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, Carlisle United "killed" Barrow in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Mellish, defender, was given a rating of 8.33/10 in that game, top of the team. Mellish scored two goals and won 0 of 2 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Rochdale.

A decent goal production from Carlisle in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 14 league matches. Carlisle United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Brunton Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

Harrogate Town have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-2-8 (12 played).

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Sutton United with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Eastman, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.33. Eastman won 5 of 7 duels.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Stevenage.

Betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's latest 16 league matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Harrogate Town manager Weaver as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Grimsby Town.

The visiting Harrogate Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 12 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Harrogate have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Harrogate Town have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive games without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Carlisle United.

The sides have met each other already this season, with the result Harrogate Town - Carlisle United 3-3 registered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Carlisle UnitedK. Dennis
K. Dennis
17 goals
Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
10 goals
Harrogate TownA. Pattison
A. Pattison
6 goals

Carlisle United missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Carlisle United Harrogate Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 2 12 26
14 8 4 Won W 0 2 6
9 5 1 Drew D 0 2 6
5 1 0 Lost L 2 8 14
48 25 10 Scored S 0 14 32
27 11 4 Conceded C 2 20 41
89% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
75% 64% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 73%
50% 43% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 58% 58%
25% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 31%
18% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 19%
57% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
39% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 19%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 42% 38%
 
5.2 6.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.5 4.3
4.4 3.6 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.4 5.9
1.4 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.8 13.1 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.2 10.8
4.1 4.6 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 2.6 3
41% 38% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 41%
 
10.4 8.3 9 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 14.5 13.8
2.7 2.1 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.6 3.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Carlisle United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Carlisle United have the most scored goals (48) in League Two
  • Carlisle United have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in League Two
  • Carlisle United is in the best form (5-0-1) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Leyton Orient 28 17 6 5 36 17 14 10 3 1 20 4 14 7 3 4 16 13 19 57
2 Stevenage 26 16 7 3 39 18 14 12 1 1 27 6 12 4 6 2 12 12 21 55
3 Carlisle United 28 14 9 5 48 27 14 8 5 1 25 11 14 6 4 4 23 16 21 51
4 Northampton Town 27 14 7 6 42 28 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 7 4 3 22 15 14 49
5 Salford City 28 13 6 9 38 28 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 7 2 5 22 15 10 45
6 Swindon Town 27 11 9 7 36 28 14 6 5 3 22 13 13 5 4 4 14 15 8 42
7 Mansfield Town 27 12 6 9 40 36 14 6 5 3 25 20 13 6 1 6 15 16 4 42
8 Bradford City 26 11 8 7 31 25 13 5 5 3 17 13 13 6 3 4 14 12 6 41
9 Barrow 28 12 4 12 33 37 14 8 1 5 19 13 14 4 3 7 14 24 -4 40
10 Stockport County 27 11 6 10 36 25 13 6 4 3 17 10 14 5 2 7 19 15 11 39
11 AFC Wimbledon 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 6 4 3 15 11 14 4 5 5 15 17 2 39
12 Sutton United 28 11 6 11 28 35 13 8 2 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 12 23 -7 39
13 Tranmere Rovers 27 10 8 9 29 23 14 6 4 4 19 12 13 4 4 5 10 11 6 38
14 Walsall 25 10 7 8 30 23 12 7 2 3 19 11 13 3 5 5 11 12 7 37
15 Doncaster Rovers 26 11 4 11 31 39 12 7 1 4 19 16 14 4 3 7 12 23 -8 37
16 Crewe Alexandra 25 7 10 8 21 29 14 5 5 4 15 14 11 2 5 4 6 15 -8 31
17 Grimsby Town 24 8 6 10 26 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 12 5 1 6 13 17 -6 30
18 Colchester United 29 8 6 15 29 37 14 4 5 5 15 16 15 4 1 10 14 21 -8 30
19 Newport County 26 6 8 12 24 30 13 3 3 7 11 16 13 3 5 5 13 14 -6 26
20 Crawley Town 25 6 7 12 29 41 13 6 1 6 18 19 12 0 6 6 11 22 -12 25
21 Harrogate Town 26 6 6 14 32 41 14 4 4 6 18 21 12 2 2 8 14 20 -9 24
22 Hartlepool United 28 5 7 16 28 52 14 3 5 6 14 23 14 2 2 10 14 29 -24 22
23 Gillingham 26 4 9 13 14 31 12 3 4 5 6 12 14 1 5 8 8 19 -17 21
24 Rochdale 28 5 5 18 22 42 14 2 2 10 11 21 14 3 3 8 11 21 -20 20

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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.