League Two match prediction: Little separates Harrogate Town and Port Vale in quality

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

Harrogate Town and Port Vale have both delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf term. Both teams hold mid-table places in the League Two.

Insights:
  • Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in League Two
  • Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Harrogate Town nor Port Vale 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

When playing at home in the League Two, Harrogate Town have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games.

Harrogate travelled for their previous game, a trip to Barrow that ended 0-0. Defender Smith got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.14/10. Smith won 10 of 13 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Bradford City with a 3-1 scoreline.

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 eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn one and lost four.

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

The Harrogate Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 15 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Port Vale form and stats

6-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Port Vale in their League Two matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Port, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Port Vale go into this game after a win, the home game against Stevenage that ended 2-0. Hall was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.71. The defender Hall hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

A 1-1 draw at Rochdale's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Port Vale playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were five Port Vale wins, three draws and four defeats.

Port Vale have another match away from home in just four nights, a League Two game vs Colchester United. A gruelling schedule for the visitors!

Port are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 15 away games so far. 18 goals have been conceded by Port Vale in these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides met each other earlier on this season: Port Vale - Harrogate 2-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Harrogate Town victories, one draw and two Port Vale wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HarrogateJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
10 goals
Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
10 goals
Harrogate TownJ. Diamond
J. Diamond
9 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Port Vale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Harrogate Town Port Vale
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 3 15 31
11 5 2 Won W 2 6 13
9 5 0 Drew D 1 5 10
12 5 3 Lost L 0 4 8
50 24 6 Scored S 7 24 45
49 21 8 Conceded C 3 18 31
91% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 87%
81% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 71%
59% 60% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 47% 39%
44% 40% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 26%
19% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 16%
56% 60% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 55%
22% 27% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 35%
31% 27% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 23%
 
5.1 5.1 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 4.9
5.1 4.7 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 1.3 3.5 3.5
1.4 1.1 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11.6 12.4 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.4 10.7
4.7 4.7 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 4.4 3.9
33% 34% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 36% 37%
 
11.6 12.3 13.6 Shots against (avg) S A 5.3 10.5 10
3.3 3.5 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 3.7 3.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Harrogate Town have the most matches over the total-line (18) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in League Two
  • Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (22) 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 32 19 9 4 62 27 16 11 2 3 27 11 16 8 7 1 35 16 35 66
2 Northampton Town 33 16 8 9 38 26 16 10 2 4 22 10 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
7 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
8 Newport County 33 14 10 9 54 44 16 8 5 3 34 20 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 52
9 Port Vale 31 13 10 8 45 31 16 7 5 4 21 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 14 49
10 Bristol Rovers 32 13 9 10 45 40 16 8 3 5 23 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 48
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
13 Crawley Town 31 12 7 12 39 42 15 5 4 6 19 22 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 43
14 Harrogate Town 32 11 9 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 42
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Rochdale 31 8 14 9 39 40 15 4 8 3 19 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -1 38
17 Walsall 33 10 8 15 35 45 17 6 5 6 24 23 16 4 3 9 11 22 -10 38
18 Leyton Orient 31 7 12 12 38 32 17 6 4 7 24 14 14 1 8 5 14 18 6 33
19 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
20 Barrow 32 7 11 14 30 39 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 32
21 Colchester United 33 7 11 15 30 47 16 3 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 32
22 Carlisle United 32 7 10 15 24 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -21 31
23 Oldham Athletic 31 7 9 15 31 47 15 4 3 8 20 26 16 3 6 7 11 21 -16 30
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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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 32 19 9 4 62 27 16 11 2 3 27 11 16 8 7 1 35 16 35 66
2 Northampton Town 33 16 8 9 38 26 16 10 2 4 22 10 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
7 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
8 Newport County 33 14 10 9 54 44 16 8 5 3 34 20 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 52
9 Port Vale 31 13 10 8 45 31 16 7 5 4 21 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 14 49
10 Bristol Rovers 32 13 9 10 45 40 16 8 3 5 23 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 48
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
13 Crawley Town 31 12 7 12 39 42 15 5 4 6 19 22 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 43
14 Harrogate Town 32 11 9 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 42
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Rochdale 31 8 14 9 39 40 15 4 8 3 19 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -1 38
17 Walsall 33 10 8 15 35 45 17 6 5 6 24 23 16 4 3 9 11 22 -10 38
18 Leyton Orient 31 7 12 12 38 32 17 6 4 7 24 14 14 1 8 5 14 18 6 33
19 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
20 Barrow 32 7 11 14 30 39 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 32
21 Colchester United 33 7 11 15 30 47 16 3 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 32
22 Carlisle United 32 7 10 15 24 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -21 31
23 Oldham Athletic 31 7 9 15 31 47 15 4 3 8 20 26 16 3 6 7 11 21 -16 30
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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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.