Delightful dogfight as daring Harrogate Town duel with determined Oldham Athletic

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

Bring on Harrogate Town - Oldham Athletic! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this game should be immense!

Insights:
  • Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in League Two

Harrogate Town and Oldham Athletic should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Harrogate Town at their home stadium (CNG Stadium) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. It's been an uphill battle for Harrogate Town in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Tranmere Rovers game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Diamond was the last player to score a league goal for Harrogate Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Harrogate Town haven't scored in 246 minutes.

No payout for Harrogate Town in their previous match, an away game at Newport County that ended in defeat 0-4. As you see from the result above, Harrogate suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The forward Thomson was named "man of the match" for Harrogate Town with a rating of 7.43/10. Thomson hit three key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Luton Town (0-4).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Harrogate Town matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and zero defeats (from three games).

There will be little rest for Harrogate Town after this match as they are travelling to Sutton United for a EFL Trophy game in only three days.

The Harrogate Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Harrogate defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Oldham Athletic have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-4-6 (12 played). Two points from the last two away games for Oldham Athletic, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Oldham Athletic have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 258 minutes ago. Couto was the goal scorer. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Oldham Athletic goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler is eager to challenge this, with his 193 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Oldham might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Wigan Athletic proved too strong as Oldham Athletic slumped to a 0-6 defeat in front of their own fans at Boundary Park. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Wigan Athletic was particularly ugly (0-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.

A 0-0 draw at Hartlepool United's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Oldham Athletic playing away, we found six games. Results were three away wins, zero draws and three home wins.

Oldham Athletic are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 6 goals from 12 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Oldham in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H game ended Oldham Athletic - Harrogate Town 1-2, earlier this season. Stats for the preceeding three meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Harrogate Town, zero draws and one win for Oldham Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

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

Harrogate Town missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Harrogate Town Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 12 24
8 3 3 Won W 0 2 4
6 4 1 Drew D 0 4 6
9 4 0 Lost L 4 6 14
35 18 11 Scored S 1 6 22
35 18 4 Conceded C 9 14 39
96% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 79%
83% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 62%
57% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 58%
43% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 25%
17% 27% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
61% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 46%
13% 9% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 42% 29%
30% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 58% 46%
 
5.6 5.3 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.9 4.9
4.2 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 6.6 5.6
1.4 0.9 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 12.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10.6 11
4.7 4.8 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.7 3.1
32% 34% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 19% 29%
 
11.3 11.8 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 11.4 12.3
3.3 3.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 2.4 3.3
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 Oldham Athletic have scored away.
  • Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 24 15 7 2 48 21 12 8 2 2 20 9 12 7 5 0 28 12 27 52
2 Tranmere Rovers 25 13 6 6 27 15 13 10 0 3 19 6 12 3 6 3 8 9 12 45
3 Northampton Town 24 12 5 7 32 24 12 7 2 3 17 9 12 5 3 4 15 15 8 41
4 Swindon Town 24 11 7 6 39 30 11 3 5 3 15 13 13 8 2 3 24 17 9 40
5 Sutton United 24 12 4 8 38 31 11 8 0 3 19 10 13 4 4 5 19 21 7 40
6 Newport County 25 10 8 7 42 34 12 6 3 3 24 13 13 4 5 4 18 21 8 38
7 Mansfield Town 24 11 5 8 32 30 15 9 3 3 25 17 9 2 2 5 7 13 2 38
8 Exeter City 24 9 10 5 35 26 12 6 4 2 19 11 12 3 6 3 16 15 9 37
9 Port Vale 22 10 5 7 36 26 11 5 3 3 17 11 11 5 2 4 19 15 10 35
10 Bradford City 24 7 11 6 31 29 12 4 7 1 19 14 12 3 4 5 12 15 2 32
11 Crawley Town 23 9 5 9 28 32 11 4 3 4 15 17 12 5 2 5 13 15 -4 32
12 Leyton Orient 22 7 10 5 37 21 11 6 3 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 31
13 Salford City 24 8 7 9 28 24 13 5 6 2 15 8 11 3 1 7 13 16 4 31
14 Harrogate Town 23 8 6 9 35 35 11 3 4 4 18 18 12 5 2 5 17 17 0 30
15 Walsall 24 7 8 9 29 32 12 4 5 3 19 17 12 3 3 6 10 15 -3 29
16 Bristol Rovers 22 8 5 9 29 33 12 6 1 5 19 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -4 29
17 Hartlepool United 24 8 4 12 24 36 12 7 3 2 16 11 12 1 1 10 8 25 -12 28
18 Rochdale 23 6 9 8 30 32 11 3 5 3 14 12 12 3 4 5 16 20 -2 27
19 Barrow 24 6 8 10 25 28 12 3 5 4 14 14 12 3 3 6 11 14 -3 26
20 Carlisle United 24 6 8 10 19 30 12 3 6 3 9 10 12 3 2 7 10 20 -11 26
21 Stevenage 25 5 9 11 22 40 13 4 6 3 16 17 12 1 3 8 6 23 -18 24
22 Colchester United 23 5 7 11 17 32 11 3 3 5 10 14 12 2 4 6 7 18 -15 22
23 Scunthorpe United 25 3 10 12 19 44 11 2 4 5 8 16 14 1 6 7 11 28 -25 19
24 Oldham Athletic 24 4 6 14 22 39 12 2 2 8 16 25 12 2 4 6 6 14 -17 18

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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.