League Two preview: Can Doncaster Rovers edge out victory against Harrogate Town?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 17.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: M-Power Stadium

League Two: What this game might lack in glamour it should make up for in tempo and attitude. Let's go: Doncaster Rovers - Harrogate Town!

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in League Two

Doncaster Rovers and Harrogate Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

5-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Doncaster Rovers so far this season.

A strong away win for Doncaster Rovers against Newport County the last match, as Knoyle were on target. Knoyle, defender, was given a rating of 7.52/10 in that game, top of the team. Knoyle scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Walsall that was lost 0-2.

Doncaster Rovers has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

Harrogate Town have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-1-7 (10 played).

Two trips in a row for Harrogate, whose manager Weaver could celebrate last time after the win against Rochdale. Attacker Armstrong got a player rating of 8.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Armstrong scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A loss, in the FA Cup away at Hartlepool United, earlier. Harrogate Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 12 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.

Observe that 8 of this side's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

Harrogate Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Harrogate Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Doncaster wins - draws - Harrogate Town wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Doncaster RoversG. Miller
G. Miller
9 goals
Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
6 goals
Harrogate TownA. Pattison
A. Pattison
5 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Doncaster Rovers Harrogate Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 4 10 20
9 5 2 Won W 0 2 5
4 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
8 4 0 Lost L 3 7 11
24 13 5 Scored S 4 11 24
27 12 1 Conceded C 8 16 30
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 90%
71% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 70% 75%
52% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 60%
19% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 25%
5% 10% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 15%
52% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 45%
19% 10% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 25%
33% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 40%
 
4.8 4.6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 4
4.8 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 7.2 6.3
1.4 0.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.4 11.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8 10.8
3.2 4.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 3.1
35% 32% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 39% 39%
 
11.9 8.6 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 14 13.7
3.4 2.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
  • Doncaster Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Harrogate Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Harrogate Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) 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 20 15 3 2 33 12 10 8 1 1 17 4 10 7 2 1 16 8 21 48
2 Stevenage 21 13 5 3 31 16 11 9 1 1 20 5 10 4 4 2 11 11 15 43
3 Northampton Town 20 11 6 3 34 20 10 5 3 2 16 10 10 6 3 1 18 10 14 39
4 Mansfield Town 21 10 4 7 29 27 10 5 3 2 17 14 11 5 1 5 12 13 2 33
5 Barrow 20 11 1 8 27 24 10 8 0 2 18 8 10 3 1 6 9 16 3 34
6 Bradford City 20 9 6 5 26 20 10 3 5 2 12 9 10 6 1 3 14 11 6 33
7 Carlisle United 20 8 9 3 31 21 10 4 5 1 14 9 10 4 4 2 17 12 10 33
8 Swindon Town 21 8 8 5 24 21 11 5 4 2 13 8 10 3 4 3 11 13 3 31
9 Doncaster Rovers 21 9 4 8 24 27 10 5 1 4 13 12 11 4 3 4 11 15 -3 28
10 Salford City 20 9 4 7 23 18 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 6 1 3 13 7 5 31
11 AFC Wimbledon 21 8 6 7 25 24 10 5 2 3 13 10 11 3 4 4 12 14 1 29
12 Walsall 20 8 6 6 25 17 10 6 2 2 17 8 10 2 4 4 8 9 8 30
13 Stockport County 20 8 4 8 29 22 10 4 3 3 13 10 10 4 1 5 16 12 7 28
14 Grimsby Town 20 7 6 7 22 20 10 2 5 3 11 11 10 5 1 4 11 9 2 24
15 Tranmere Rovers 21 7 6 8 20 18 10 4 2 4 12 9 11 3 4 4 8 9 2 27
16 Sutton United 21 7 5 9 19 26 11 6 2 3 12 10 10 1 3 6 7 16 -7 23
17 Crewe Alexandra 19 6 7 6 18 22 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 2 4 3 5 12 -4 25
18 Newport County 21 6 4 11 20 24 11 3 1 7 9 14 10 3 3 4 11 10 -4 22
19 Crawley Town 21 5 6 10 22 32 11 5 1 5 14 15 10 0 5 5 8 17 -10 21
20 Harrogate Town 20 5 4 11 24 30 10 3 3 4 13 14 10 2 1 7 11 16 -6 19
21 Hartlepool United 21 3 6 12 18 39 10 2 4 4 7 16 11 1 2 8 11 23 -21 12
22 Rochdale 20 4 3 13 14 29 10 2 1 7 8 15 10 2 2 6 6 14 -15 15
23 Gillingham 20 2 8 10 6 24 10 2 4 4 4 11 10 0 4 6 2 13 -18 14
24 Colchester United 21 3 5 13 18 29 10 3 4 3 12 11 11 0 1 10 6 18 -11 14

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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.