The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Harrogate Town are in the 12th position while the guesting Tranmere Rovers worry at 18th.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Harrogate Town and Tranmere Rovers.
Harrogate Town form and stats
Harrogate Town have collected 5 points from their League Two home games so far after 1-2-1.
Harrogate Town are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Newport County. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Stevenage that ended 0-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Harrogate have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won twelve times, drawn four and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the FA Cup game versus Skelmersdale United in only three days. This game is also played here at CNG Stadium.
The Harrogate fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Harrogate's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
Playing away, Tranmere Rovers have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Tranmere are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The attacking players of Tranmere have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 218 minutes.
Tranmere failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Morecambe (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Prior to that match, the Tranmere manager M. Jackson faced defeat when travelling to Crawley Town and losing 0-4.
Tranmere Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and one defeat. From a total of six matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Tranmere are hosting Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup only four days away.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Tranmere Rovers's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Tranmere in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Muldoon 6 goals |   J. Vaughan 3 goals | L. Kerry 2 goals |
Harrogate Town missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Harrogate Town | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 80% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 10% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 80% | 70% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | 47 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 44 | 90 |
| 38 | 12 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 34% | 33% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 20% | 33% |
- Harrogate Town have scored more than double the goals of Tranmere Rovers.
- Tranmere Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tranmere Rovers have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Salford City | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Walsall | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Barrow | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -17 | 2 |