Harrogate Town and Crawley Town have delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golf phrase. The teams both hold mid-table places in the League Two.
- Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Harrogate and Crawley Town.
Harrogate Town form and stats
5 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Harrogate Town have to build on here at CNG Stadium in the League Two.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mark Oxley not having conceded a league goal in 190 minutes.
Harrogate Town's last game was hosting Bradford City (placed 12th) and winning 2-0. Midfield player Diamond got a match rating of 8.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Diamond scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
In the match before that, Harrogate Town hosted Mansfield Town and drew the game 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Harrogate Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won four times, drawn four and lost six.
There will be little rest for Harrogate Town after this match as they are travelling to Rochdale for a League Two game in only four days.
Harrogate Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at CNG Stadium with 23 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, Harrogate Town have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Crawley Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
There were no winners in Crawley's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Stevenage (placed 16th). Attacker Nichols got a player rating of 8.53 in the game. "Man of the match" Nichols scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that, Crawley Town travelled to Swindon Town and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Crawley Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is seven wins, four draws and five defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
After this away game Crawley return home for a League Two game against Hartlepool United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Crawley Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). 19 goals have been conceded by Crawley Town in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought before this season: Crawley Town - Harrogate Town 2-2. Head-to-head numbers (for the last three meetings): Harrogate won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Crawley Town have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one The games between these teams have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 2 red cards from the last three encounters.Top Goalscorers
  J. Muldoon 9 goals | L. Armstrong 9 goals |  K. Appiah 8 goals |
Harrogate Town missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| Harrogate Town | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 40 | 23 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 38 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 39 |
| 93% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 81% | 79% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 68% |
| 56% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 40% | 54% |
| 37% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 21% |
| 15% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 52% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 68% |
| 22% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 18% |
| 33% | 29% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 13% | 18% |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11.9 | 12.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10.8 | 10.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 32% | 35% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 33% | 37% |
| 11.4 | 12.1 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
- Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 36 | 62 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 52 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 48 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 48 |
| 5 | Newport County | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 47 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 45 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 43 |
| 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 | Harrogate Town | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 37 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 37 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 37 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 33 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -15 | 32 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 31 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -2 | 30 |
| 19 | Barrow | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 30 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -12 | 30 |
| 21 | Walsall | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 29 |
| 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 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 22 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -29 | 19 |
