Harrogate Town vs Morecambe match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

Harrogate Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Morecambe.

Insights:
  • Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

Harrogate Town have played 16 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Cheltenham Town game Harrogate has been unbeatable here at CNG Stadium producing four straight wins.

In their previous game, the manager S. Weaver led his Harrogate Town to a defeat in the League Two match away at Forest Green Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at CNG Stadium. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Colchester United in a game that was won 3-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Harrogate Town here at CNG Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (15 from 16 games). Harrogate have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Morecambe form and stats

Playing away, Morecambe have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 7 defeats in the League Two this season.

The manager D. Adams was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground Globe Arena. Morecambe suffered a 1-3 loss to Newport County (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Forest Green Rovers.

The visiting Morecambe have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 24 goals from 18 games. In the opposite end, Morecambe have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Morecambe - Harrogate 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
12 goals
MorecambeC. Gomes
C. Gomes
12 goals
MorecambeA. Phillips
A. Phillips
8 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Morecambe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Harrogate Town Morecambe
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 16 6 Played P 7 18 35
14 6 1 Won W 0 7 16
6 4 1 Drew D 1 4 8
15 6 4 Lost L 6 7 11
40 15 3 Scored S 5 24 50
40 15 6 Conceded C 16 28 49
91% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
54% 38% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 89% 83%
51% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 67% 63%
20% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 28% 31%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
46% 31% 33% BTTS BTTS 57% 72% 69%
34% 44% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 17%
29% 38% 67% Failed to Score F T 43% 17% 14%
 
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 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 1.7 1.8
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12 11.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.9 12.3 12.5
3.8 3.3 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.7 1.5 1.9
30% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 89% 77%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 34 18 8 8 46 31 16 8 4 4 24 17 18 10 4 4 22 14 15 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 34 16 9 9 45 34 16 9 4 3 19 15 18 7 5 6 26 19 11 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 33 13 11 9 41 27 17 8 9 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 50
10 Crawley Town 33 14 8 11 44 40 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 50
11 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
12 Carlisle United 31 14 5 12 44 37 16 10 2 4 32 21 15 4 3 8 12 16 7 47
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 34 9 13 12 41 45 16 4 6 6 22 24 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 40
17 Oldham Athletic 34 11 7 16 51 60 18 4 2 12 23 33 16 7 5 4 28 27 -9 40
18 Scunthorpe United 33 12 4 17 34 43 16 6 2 8 18 23 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 40
19 Walsall 33 8 14 11 36 42 18 5 5 8 17 22 15 3 9 3 19 20 -6 38
20 Colchester United 34 8 13 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 18 1 8 9 10 29 -15 37
21 Port Vale 35 9 8 18 43 50 18 5 5 8 21 20 17 4 3 10 22 30 -7 35
22 Barrow 32 8 8 16 36 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 16 4 1 11 14 20 -5 32
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 26

Harrogate Town:
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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 Cheltenham Town 34 18 8 8 46 31 16 8 4 4 24 17 18 10 4 4 22 14 15 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 34 16 9 9 45 34 16 9 4 3 19 15 18 7 5 6 26 19 11 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 33 13 11 9 41 27 17 8 9 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 50
10 Crawley Town 33 14 8 11 44 40 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 50
11 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
12 Carlisle United 31 14 5 12 44 37 16 10 2 4 32 21 15 4 3 8 12 16 7 47
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 34 9 13 12 41 45 16 4 6 6 22 24 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 40
17 Oldham Athletic 34 11 7 16 51 60 18 4 2 12 23 33 16 7 5 4 28 27 -9 40
18 Scunthorpe United 33 12 4 17 34 43 16 6 2 8 18 23 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 40
19 Walsall 33 8 14 11 36 42 18 5 5 8 17 22 15 3 9 3 19 20 -6 38
20 Colchester United 34 8 13 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 18 1 8 9 10 29 -15 37
21 Port Vale 35 9 8 18 43 50 18 5 5 8 21 20 17 4 3 10 22 30 -7 35
22 Barrow 32 8 8 16 36 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 16 4 1 11 14 20 -5 32
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 26

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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.