After the first round it's Harrogate Town - Forest Green Rovers 3-0 in points. Who will prevail in this second League Two game of the season?
It's no vacation for neither Harrogate nor Forest Green Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Harrogate Town form and stats
The previous season, Harrogate Town's league results were 12 wins, 16 draws and 18 losses, ending with 19th place in the League Two. In these 46 matches they scored {59 goals} and let in 68. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Harrogate Town delivered 6-10-7 (win-draw-lost) with {31 goals} and 32 conceded.
Harrogate Town's previous match was a Carabao Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 vs Carlisle United. The home team are looking to continue in that form. Oxley, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.2 out of 10 in that game. Oxley topped it up with a clean sheet.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Doncaster Rovers and winning 1-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Harrogate Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 5.
There will be little rest for Harrogate after this match as they are travelling to Tranmere Rovers for a League Two game in only three days.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Forest Green Rovers performed last season in the League One: They landed a 24th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 9 draws and 31 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded {89 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 7 and lost 15 with 16/47 goals scored/conceded.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Carabao Cup home defeat versus Portsmouth with 1-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Omotoye got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Omotoye scored one goal and hit one key pass.
The game before that, in the League Two, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Salford City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Forest Green Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Forest Green Rovers, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
After this away game Forest Green Rovers return home for a League Two game against Swindon Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding four meetings): Harrogate won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Forest Green Rovers have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / one.
Top Goalscorers
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Harrogate Town missing players
Forest Green Rovers missing players
| Harrogate Town | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Harrogate Town | Last season | Forest Green Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Lost | L | 15 | 31 | ||
| 59 | 31 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 68 | 32 | Conceded | C | 47 | 89 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 98% | ||
| 76% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 57% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 35% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 24% | ||
| 13% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 9% | ||
| 57% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | ||
| 28% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 43% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 25% | ||
| 14.2 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sutton United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Salford City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Barrow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Harrogate Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Gillingham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Swindon Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Walsall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Stockport County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Wrexham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Newport County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 24 | Notts County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -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 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 61 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 27 | 91 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 61 | 39 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 85 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 20 | 83 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 21 | 28 | 79 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 66 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 76 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 61 | 43 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 76 |
| 7 | Salford City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 54 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 18 | 75 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 72 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 17 | 75 |
| 9 | Barrow | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 53 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 34 | -6 | 62 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 61 |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 56 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 31 | -7 | 61 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 48 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 28 | -3 | 58 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 34 | -12 | 58 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 58 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 37 | -12 | 58 |
| 15 | Newport County | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 53 | 56 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 26 | -3 | 57 |
| 16 | Walsall | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 46 | 49 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -3 | 55 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 49 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 29 | -13 | 55 |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 46 | 65 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 35 | -19 | 55 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 68 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 36 | -9 | 52 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 51 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 28 | -7 | 49 |
| 21 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 30 | -12 | 48 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 71 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 41 | -23 | 46 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 52 | 78 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 42 | -26 | 43 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 70 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 32 | -24 | 38 |
| 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 82 | 47 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 35 | 101 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 101 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 66 | 98 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 81 | 37 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 44 | 96 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 80 | 47 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 33 | 86 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 62 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 81 |
| 6 | Peterborough United | 46 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 75 | 54 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 29 | 21 | 77 |
| 7 | Derby County | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 76 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 61 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 70 |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 51 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 69 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 70 | 66 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 4 | 62 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 0 | 62 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 61 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 59 |
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 51 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 58 |
| 14 | Exeter City | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 64 | 68 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 41 | -4 | 56 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 57 | 79 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 46 | -22 | 56 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 61 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 34 | -16 | 54 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 58 | 73 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 37 | -15 | 53 |
| 18 | Port Vale | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 41 | -23 | 49 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 56 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 47 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 41 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 42 | -27 | 46 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 66 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 33 | -22 | 45 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 47 | 78 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 47 | -31 | 44 |
| 23 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 77 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 38 | -37 | 44 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 89 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 42 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 47 | -58 | 27 |