Harrogate Town vs Bradford City betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

This is it, this is League Two and this is Harrogate Town - Bradford City. Prepare with our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Harrogate Town have to build on here at CNG Stadium in the League Two.

Stress levels are on the rise for Harrogate Town's attacking players as they have now played 181 minutes without scoring in a league game. Muldoon was their last goal scorer.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Harrogate, who played 0-0 against Mansfield Town. That match was also played at this venue (CNG Stadium). Midfielder Pattison was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Pattison dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Heartbreak before that as Harrogate Town lost 0-3 at Stevenage's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Harrogate Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Harrogate Town as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Harrogate Town has won six of these, drawn one and lost four.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Crawley Town are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Harrogate Town in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. Harrogate Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bradford City form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Bradford City have produced an overall stat of 4-5-5 so far.

Bradford City delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Leyton Orient (placed 15th) in their previous game. Midfield player Watt was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Watt scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 72 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Crawley Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Bradford City in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Bradford City, four draws and seven defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Bradford City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Stevenage is waiting in only three days.

16 goals have been conceded by Bradford City in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings with these teams: Harrogate Town won three, Bradford City triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford CityA. Cook
A. Cook
10 goals
Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
9 goals
Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
9 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Bradford City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Harrogate Town Bradford City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 4 14 28
9 4 0 Won W 0 4 8
7 5 0 Drew D 1 5 13
10 4 2 Lost L 3 5 7
38 21 0 Scored S 2 14 35
38 18 3 Conceded C 6 16 33
92% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 86%
81% 77% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 82%
58% 62% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 46%
38% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
15% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
54% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 71%
19% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 18%
35% 31% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 25%
 
5.6 5.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.8 5
4.3 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.9 5
1.4 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 12.8 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.9 12.9
4.7 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.1 3.8
31% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 32% 33%
 
11.2 11.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 12.9 11.7
3.2 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 27 17 8 2 56 22 13 9 2 2 23 9 14 8 6 0 33 13 34 59
2 Tranmere Rovers 28 15 6 7 29 19 15 11 0 4 20 10 13 4 6 3 9 9 10 51
3 Newport County 28 13 8 7 46 35 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 6 5 4 20 21 11 47
4 Sutton United 27 14 5 8 43 33 13 9 1 3 22 12 14 5 4 5 21 21 10 47
5 Northampton Town 27 13 6 8 33 25 14 8 2 4 18 10 13 5 4 4 15 15 8 45
6 Mansfield Town 27 13 6 8 37 31 16 10 3 3 27 17 11 3 3 5 10 14 6 45
7 Swindon Town 27 11 10 6 42 33 13 3 7 3 17 15 14 8 3 3 25 18 9 43
8 Exeter City 26 10 11 5 37 26 13 6 5 2 19 11 13 4 6 3 18 15 11 41
9 Port Vale 26 11 7 8 38 28 14 6 4 4 19 13 12 5 3 4 19 15 10 40
10 Salford City 29 11 7 11 33 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 14 5 1 8 16 17 4 40
11 Bradford City 28 8 13 7 35 33 14 4 8 2 21 17 14 4 5 5 14 16 2 37
12 Bristol Rovers 25 10 6 9 34 36 13 7 1 5 20 18 12 3 5 4 14 18 -2 36
13 Crawley Town 27 10 6 11 32 37 12 4 3 5 15 18 15 6 3 6 17 19 -5 36
14 Harrogate Town 26 9 7 10 38 38 13 4 5 4 21 18 13 5 2 6 17 20 0 34
15 Leyton Orient 26 7 12 7 38 25 13 6 4 3 24 8 13 1 8 4 14 17 13 33
16 Hartlepool United 27 8 7 12 25 37 13 7 4 2 17 12 14 1 3 10 8 25 -12 31
17 Stevenage 29 7 10 12 28 43 15 6 6 3 21 18 14 1 4 9 7 25 -15 31
18 Rochdale 26 6 12 8 31 33 12 3 6 3 14 12 14 3 6 5 17 21 -2 30
19 Walsall 27 7 8 12 30 37 14 4 5 5 20 21 13 3 3 7 10 16 -7 29
20 Barrow 28 7 8 13 28 35 14 3 5 6 15 19 14 4 3 7 13 16 -7 29
21 Colchester United 27 6 9 12 24 37 13 3 5 5 12 16 14 3 4 7 12 21 -13 27
22 Carlisle United 28 6 9 13 20 37 14 3 7 4 9 12 14 3 2 9 11 25 -17 27
23 Oldham Athletic 26 4 7 15 22 42 13 2 3 8 16 25 13 2 4 7 6 17 -20 19
24 Scunthorpe United 28 3 10 15 21 49 13 2 4 7 10 20 15 1 6 8 11 29 -28 19

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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 Forest Green Rovers 27 17 8 2 56 22 13 9 2 2 23 9 14 8 6 0 33 13 34 59
2 Tranmere Rovers 28 15 6 7 29 19 15 11 0 4 20 10 13 4 6 3 9 9 10 51
3 Newport County 28 13 8 7 46 35 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 6 5 4 20 21 11 47
4 Sutton United 27 14 5 8 43 33 13 9 1 3 22 12 14 5 4 5 21 21 10 47
5 Northampton Town 27 13 6 8 33 25 14 8 2 4 18 10 13 5 4 4 15 15 8 45
6 Mansfield Town 27 13 6 8 37 31 16 10 3 3 27 17 11 3 3 5 10 14 6 45
7 Swindon Town 27 11 10 6 42 33 13 3 7 3 17 15 14 8 3 3 25 18 9 43
8 Exeter City 26 10 11 5 37 26 13 6 5 2 19 11 13 4 6 3 18 15 11 41
9 Port Vale 26 11 7 8 38 28 14 6 4 4 19 13 12 5 3 4 19 15 10 40
10 Salford City 29 11 7 11 33 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 14 5 1 8 16 17 4 40
11 Bradford City 28 8 13 7 35 33 14 4 8 2 21 17 14 4 5 5 14 16 2 37
12 Bristol Rovers 25 10 6 9 34 36 13 7 1 5 20 18 12 3 5 4 14 18 -2 36
13 Crawley Town 27 10 6 11 32 37 12 4 3 5 15 18 15 6 3 6 17 19 -5 36
14 Harrogate Town 26 9 7 10 38 38 13 4 5 4 21 18 13 5 2 6 17 20 0 34
15 Leyton Orient 26 7 12 7 38 25 13 6 4 3 24 8 13 1 8 4 14 17 13 33
16 Hartlepool United 27 8 7 12 25 37 13 7 4 2 17 12 14 1 3 10 8 25 -12 31
17 Stevenage 29 7 10 12 28 43 15 6 6 3 21 18 14 1 4 9 7 25 -15 31
18 Rochdale 26 6 12 8 31 33 12 3 6 3 14 12 14 3 6 5 17 21 -2 30
19 Walsall 27 7 8 12 30 37 14 4 5 5 20 21 13 3 3 7 10 16 -7 29
20 Barrow 28 7 8 13 28 35 14 3 5 6 15 19 14 4 3 7 13 16 -7 29
21 Colchester United 27 6 9 12 24 37 13 3 5 5 12 16 14 3 4 7 12 21 -13 27
22 Carlisle United 28 6 9 13 20 37 14 3 7 4 9 12 14 3 2 9 11 25 -17 27
23 Oldham Athletic 26 4 7 15 22 42 13 2 3 8 16 25 13 2 4 7 6 17 -20 19
24 Scunthorpe United 28 3 10 15 21 49 13 2 4 7 10 20 15 1 6 8 11 29 -28 19

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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.