League Two duel: Close contest expected between Harrogate Town and Mansfield Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 01.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

It's been three sleeps since Harrogate Town ran out versus Stevenage and the result was 0-3. What happens versus Mansfield Town?

Insights:
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mansfield Town is in the best form (6-0-0) in League Two

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

When playing at home in the League Two, Harrogate Town have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at CNG Stadium.

The supporters are hoping that Harrogate Town will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Stevenage (placed 17th). Richards was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Richards won 10 of 11 duels.

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.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Harrogate Town as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Bradford City are visiting.

Harrogate Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at CNG Stadium with 21 goals in 12 league matches. Harrogate have conceded 18 from these games.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

Playing away, Mansfield Town have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the League Two this season. The fact that Mansfield Town have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

The regulars enjoyed Mansfield Town's previous game versus Leyton Orient (placed 15th), a 2-0 win played at home. McLaughlin was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.52. The defender McLaughlin served one assist, hit two key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Prior to that result Mansfield Town won their away game at Barrow. The scoreline was 3-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mansfield Town playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Mansfield Town wins, one draw and five defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Mansfield Town's away league games. Only 10 goals from 10 travels. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Mansfield Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played earlier this season: Mansfield Town - Harrogate 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Harrogate Town four wins, zero draws and Mansfield Town zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
9 goals
Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
9 goals
Harrogate TownA. Pattison
A. Pattison
6 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Mansfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Harrogate Town Mansfield Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 2 10 26
9 4 0 Won W 1 3 13
6 4 3 Drew D 1 2 5
10 4 2 Lost L 0 5 8
38 21 7 Scored S 2 10 37
38 18 11 Conceded C 1 14 31
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 90% 92%
84% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 81%
60% 67% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
40% 42% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 27%
16% 25% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 62%
16% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 10% 23%
32% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 23%
 
5.6 5.3 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5 4.9
4.2 4.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.9 4.5
1.4 0.9 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
11.9 12.9 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.9 12.4
4.7 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 2.8
32% 36% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 50%
 
11.1 11.7 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.7 9.6
3.3 3.4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Harrogate Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mansfield Town have scored away.
  • Mansfield Town is in the best form (6-0-0) in League Two

  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 26 17 7 2 55 21 13 9 2 2 23 9 13 8 5 0 32 12 34 58
2 Tranmere Rovers 27 14 6 7 28 19 14 10 0 4 19 10 13 4 6 3 9 9 9 48
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 26 13 6 7 33 24 13 8 2 3 18 9 13 5 4 4 15 15 9 45
6 Mansfield Town 26 13 5 8 37 31 16 10 3 3 27 17 10 3 2 5 10 14 6 44
7 Swindon Town 26 11 9 6 41 32 12 3 6 3 16 14 14 8 3 3 25 18 9 42
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 25 11 6 8 37 27 13 6 3 4 18 12 12 5 3 4 19 15 10 39
10 Salford City 28 10 7 11 31 28 14 5 6 3 15 11 14 5 1 8 16 17 3 37
11 Bradford City 27 8 12 7 34 32 13 4 7 2 20 16 14 4 5 5 14 16 2 36
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 26 10 5 11 31 36 12 4 3 5 15 18 14 6 2 6 16 18 -5 35
14 Harrogate Town 25 9 6 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 21 18 13 5 2 6 17 20 0 33
15 Leyton Orient 25 7 11 7 37 24 13 6 4 3 24 8 12 1 7 4 13 16 13 32
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 28 7 10 11 28 42 15 6 6 3 21 18 13 1 4 8 7 24 -14 31
18 Rochdale 25 6 11 8 30 32 12 3 6 3 14 12 13 3 5 5 16 20 -2 29
19 Walsall 27 7 8 12 30 37 14 4 5 5 20 21 13 3 3 7 10 16 -7 29
20 Carlisle United 27 6 9 12 19 35 14 3 7 4 9 12 13 3 2 8 10 23 -16 27
21 Barrow 27 6 8 13 27 35 14 3 5 6 15 19 13 3 3 7 12 16 -8 26
22 Colchester United 26 6 8 12 23 36 12 3 4 5 11 15 14 3 4 7 12 21 -13 26
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 26 17 7 2 55 21 13 9 2 2 23 9 13 8 5 0 32 12 34 58
2 Tranmere Rovers 27 14 6 7 28 19 14 10 0 4 19 10 13 4 6 3 9 9 9 48
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 26 13 6 7 33 24 13 8 2 3 18 9 13 5 4 4 15 15 9 45
6 Mansfield Town 26 13 5 8 37 31 16 10 3 3 27 17 10 3 2 5 10 14 6 44
7 Swindon Town 26 11 9 6 41 32 12 3 6 3 16 14 14 8 3 3 25 18 9 42
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 25 11 6 8 37 27 13 6 3 4 18 12 12 5 3 4 19 15 10 39
10 Salford City 28 10 7 11 31 28 14 5 6 3 15 11 14 5 1 8 16 17 3 37
11 Bradford City 27 8 12 7 34 32 13 4 7 2 20 16 14 4 5 5 14 16 2 36
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 26 10 5 11 31 36 12 4 3 5 15 18 14 6 2 6 16 18 -5 35
14 Harrogate Town 25 9 6 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 21 18 13 5 2 6 17 20 0 33
15 Leyton Orient 25 7 11 7 37 24 13 6 4 3 24 8 12 1 7 4 13 16 13 32
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 28 7 10 11 28 42 15 6 6 3 21 18 13 1 4 8 7 24 -14 31
18 Rochdale 25 6 11 8 30 32 12 3 6 3 14 12 13 3 5 5 16 20 -2 29
19 Walsall 27 7 8 12 30 37 14 4 5 5 20 21 13 3 3 7 10 16 -7 29
20 Carlisle United 27 6 9 12 19 35 14 3 7 4 9 12 13 3 2 8 10 23 -16 27
21 Barrow 27 6 8 13 27 35 14 3 5 6 15 19 13 3 3 7 12 16 -8 26
22 Colchester United 26 6 8 12 23 36 12 3 4 5 11 15 14 3 4 7 12 21 -13 26
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.