Evenly matched teams: Harrogate Town vs Exeter City match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

Harrogate Town duel Exeter City for recognition and football prosperity.

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 Town and Exeter City.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

As mentioned below, Harrogate Town are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 League Two games.

A strong away win for Harrogate against Leyton Orient the last match, as Luke Armstrong (2) were on target. Attacking player Luke Armstrong bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.82 out of 10. Armstrong scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Barrow in a game that was won 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Harrogate 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 eight of these, drawn one and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Mansfield Town in only three days. This game is also played here at CNG Stadium.

At CNG Stadium, Harrogate Town has the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Exeter City form and stats

Still no away game victory in the League Two for Exeter City with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

There were no winners in Exeter's previous match, a EFL Trophy home game that ended 1-1 vs Chelsea U21 (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties). The draw against Chelsea U21 (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) came from a losing position. The Exeter manager M. Taylor brought on M. Jay as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Bristol Rovers.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Exeter playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Exeter City wins, two draws and five defeats.

0 goals so far away for Exeter City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the former two meetings): Harrogate won one game, one match ended in a draw and Exeter City got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownA. Pattison
A. Pattison
3 goals
Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
3 goals
Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
2 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Exeter City missing players

Harrogate Town Exeter City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 2 Played P 0 2 4
3 2 2 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
7 5 5 Scored S 0 0 4
3 3 3 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
33% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
33% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 75%
 
6.7 8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4
3.7 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.5 5.5
1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.5 11
5.7 7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 4.2
41% 36% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 24%
Harrogate Town Last season Exeter City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
16 8   Won W   7 18
9 5   Drew D   9 16
21 10   Lost L   7 12
52 24   Scored S   33 71
61 29   Conceded C   30 50
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 85%
59% 48%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 72%
52% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 50%
22% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 30%
9% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 15%
48% 35%   BTTS BTTS   65% 57%
28% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 30%
33% 43%   Failed to Score F T   26% 28%
 
5 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 5.7
4.6 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5.3
1.1 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1
5 1   Red cards R C   3 3
 
12.3 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.2
4 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.3
28% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 36%

  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 4 4 0 0 13 6 2 2 0 0 8 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 7 12
2 Bradford City 4 3 1 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 10
3 Harrogate Town 3 3 0 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 9
4 Swindon Town 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 7
5 Mansfield Town 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
6 Stevenage 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
7 Hartlepool United 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 6
8 Carlisle United 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
9 Newport County 3 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 6
10 Northampton Town 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
11 Leyton Orient 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5
12 Exeter City 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 5
13 Colchester United 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
14 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
15 Rochdale 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 4
16 Barrow 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 4
17 Port Vale 4 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 3
18 Scunthorpe United 4 0 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 3
19 Crawley Town 3 1 0 2 5 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 7 -3 3
20 Bristol Rovers 4 1 0 3 3 8 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 3
21 Sutton United 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
22 Salford City 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 2
23 Walsall 4 0 1 3 2 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -5 1
24 Oldham Athletic 4 0 0 4 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 46 24 10 12 61 39 23 13 5 5 37 21 23 11 5 7 24 18 22 82
2 Cambridge United 46 24 8 14 73 49 23 12 5 6 30 20 23 12 3 8 43 29 24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 10 13 59 50 23 11 5 7 27 23 23 12 5 6 32 27 9 79
4 Morecambe 46 23 9 14 69 58 23 13 5 5 38 27 23 10 4 9 31 31 11 78
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 23 13 5 5 27 17 23 7 8 8 30 25 15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 23 10 7 6 31 27 23 10 6 7 28 24 8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 23 11 5 7 30 22 23 9 8 6 25 28 5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 23 11 11 1 36 15 23 8 3 12 18 19 20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 23 11 7 5 38 20 23 7 9 7 33 30 21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 23 12 5 6 38 25 23 6 7 10 22 26 9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 23 9 7 7 32 25 23 8 3 12 21 30 -2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 23 10 6 7 30 27 23 6 7 10 26 35 -6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 23 9 5 9 27 25 23 8 4 11 30 32 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 23 8 8 7 26 20 23 6 10 7 15 21 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 23 9 7 7 22 19 23 7 4 12 26 34 -5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 23 6 10 7 33 31 23 7 9 7 24 24 2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 23 8 5 10 24 29 23 8 4 11 28 32 -9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 23 6 2 15 31 42 23 9 7 7 41 39 -9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 23 7 6 10 20 27 23 4 14 5 25 26 -8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 23 10 7 6 32 26 23 1 11 11 12 35 -17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 23 7 8 8 32 32 23 6 3 14 21 27 -6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 23 7 6 10 22 28 23 6 3 14 19 36 -23 48
23 Southend United 46 10 15 21 29 58 23 5 6 12 16 29 23 5 9 9 13 29 -29 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 10 13 23 37 69 23 5 8 10 17 30 23 5 5 13 20 39 -32 43

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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.