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

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 27.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

With their 15 point advantage in the league table, Harrogate Town fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Grimsby Town.

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Harrogate nor Grimsby Town 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.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

Harrogate Town have collected 16 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-4-6. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Harrogate after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Harrogate's previous game was a League Two match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Mansfield Town (placed 19th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Scunthorpe United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Harrogate Town handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are twelve wins, four draws and four defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Harrogate Town as they are travelling to their away game against Barrow in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

Harrogate aren't scoring a lot here at CNG Stadium in the league, with only 11 goals from 14 games. On the other hand, Harrogate Town have conceded 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grimsby Town so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-9 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Grimsby as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Crawley Town match.

Filipe Morais and Joe Adams scored in Grimsby Town's previous match, the home game against Crawley Town that ended 2-1. A 0-1 defeat away at Newport County before that.

We have checked recent matches where Grimsby Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were three victories, two draws and eleven defeats.

After this away game Grimsby Town return home for a League Two game against Leyton Orient. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Grimsby Town have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Grimsby Town - Harrogate 1-2, played this season. Harrogate Town-Grimsby Town H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Harrogate Town one win, Grimsby Town one win, one draw. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
11 goals
Harrogate TownJ. March
J. March
5 goals
Harrogate TownA. Martin
A. Martin
4 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Harrogate Town Grimsby Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 3 Played P 5 14 28
11 4 2 Won W 2 3 6
6 4 1 Drew D 1 2 6
13 6 0 Lost L 2 9 16
34 11 2 Scored S 5 11 22
37 15 0 Conceded C 7 26 47
90% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 86%
57% 36% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 64% 68%
53% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 64% 57%
23% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 36% 25%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 11%
50% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 43% 50%
30% 36% 100% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 21%
30% 43% 33% Failed to Score F T 60% 57% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.8
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.9 11.1 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.6 8.6
3.7 2.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 2.5
31% 27% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 31%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in League Two
  • Grimsby Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Cambridge United 31 15 7 9 47 29 16 8 5 3 22 13 15 7 2 6 25 16 18 52
2 Forest Green Rovers 28 14 9 5 39 26 13 6 5 2 18 13 15 8 4 3 21 13 13 51
3 Cheltenham Town 29 14 8 7 38 26 14 6 4 4 20 15 15 8 4 3 18 11 12 50
4 Morecambe 30 14 7 9 41 41 14 7 4 3 19 16 16 7 3 6 22 25 0 49
5 Tranmere Rovers 29 14 6 9 40 36 15 8 1 6 24 18 14 6 5 3 16 18 4 48
6 Exeter City 28 12 10 6 51 35 14 8 2 4 29 16 14 4 8 2 22 19 16 46
7 Salford City 29 12 9 8 39 25 15 7 8 0 26 11 14 5 1 8 13 14 14 45
8 Newport County 28 12 8 8 37 31 14 8 3 3 17 14 14 4 5 5 20 17 6 44
9 Bolton Wanderers 30 12 8 10 38 40 16 6 4 6 18 18 14 6 4 4 20 22 -2 44
10 Carlisle United 26 13 4 9 37 27 13 9 1 3 27 16 13 4 3 6 10 11 10 43
11 Bradford City 28 11 7 10 32 31 14 6 4 4 15 13 14 5 3 6 17 18 1 40
12 Leyton Orient 29 11 6 12 35 31 15 7 4 4 22 13 14 4 2 8 13 18 4 39
13 Harrogate Town 30 11 6 13 34 37 14 4 4 6 11 15 16 7 2 7 23 22 -3 39
14 Crawley Town 28 10 8 10 38 37 14 6 4 4 21 15 14 4 4 6 17 22 1 38
15 Walsall 28 8 13 7 35 37 15 5 5 5 16 18 13 3 8 2 19 19 -2 37
16 Scunthorpe United 28 11 2 15 31 37 14 6 2 6 18 19 14 5 0 9 13 18 -6 35
17 Oldham Athletic 29 10 5 14 46 53 15 4 1 10 21 27 14 6 4 4 25 26 -7 35
18 Port Vale 30 9 7 14 41 44 15 5 4 6 21 18 15 4 3 8 20 26 -3 34
19 Mansfield Town 29 7 13 9 37 40 14 2 6 6 18 23 15 5 7 3 19 17 -3 34
20 Stevenage 31 7 13 11 24 31 15 4 6 5 13 12 16 3 7 6 11 19 -7 34
21 Colchester United 29 7 12 10 31 39 14 6 5 3 21 16 15 1 7 7 10 23 -8 33
22 Barrow 28 6 8 14 33 39 14 3 7 4 20 20 14 3 1 10 13 19 -6 26
23 Grimsby Town 28 6 6 16 22 47 14 3 4 7 11 21 14 3 2 9 11 26 -25 24
24 Southend United 29 6 6 17 18 45 15 4 1 10 13 23 14 2 5 7 5 22 -27 24

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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.