Balanced ball game between Harrogate Town and Walsall expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

A story of highs and lows for these two contenders so far this campaign, occupying positions near the center of the League Two table. Here's the Harrogate Town - Walsall latest:

Insights:
  • Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Harrogate Town nor Walsall 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

Harrogate Town have collected 21 points from their League Two home games so far after 5-6-6. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Harrogate to get some points in this home game.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 249 minutes without scoring a league goal. Armstrong was the last player to find the net.

Harrogate Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tranmere Rovers (0-2). Midfielder Thomson was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Thomson hit two key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Harrogate Town lost 0-3 at Bristol Rovers's place.

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 nine games. Harrogate Town has won six of these, drawn one and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Leyton Orient in only three days. This game is also played here at CNG Stadium.

The Harrogate fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Harrogate Town have conceded 24 goals.

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Walsall form and stats

There's been little loot from Walsall's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 18 away games in the League Two. Walsall only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Walsall, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The regulars enjoyed Walsall's previous fixture versus Oldham Athletic (placed 23rd), a 2-1 win played at home. Wilkinson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.0. Wilkinson scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that, Walsall secured a home win against Sutton United with the score 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Walsall playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Walsall wins, six draws and three defeats.

The attacking power of Walsall when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 18 league matches away. 24 goals have been conceded by Walsall in these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the result Walsall - Harrogate Town 1-3 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Harrogate one win, two draws and Walsall zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
11 goals
WalsallG. Miller
G. Miller
11 goals
Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
10 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Walsall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Harrogate Town Walsall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 17 6 Played P 4 18 37
11 5 1 Won W 1 4 12
10 6 2 Drew D 1 5 10
15 6 3 Lost L 2 9 15
52 26 5 Scored S 2 13 40
57 24 8 Conceded C 5 24 48
92% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
83% 82% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 56% 65%
58% 59% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 28% 43%
39% 35% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 27%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 5%
56% 65% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 39% 51%
19% 24% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 24%
33% 24% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 30%
 
5 5.1 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.7 4.8
5.1 4.8 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.4 4.4
1.4 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.6 12.4 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.4 11.5
4.5 4.5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.8 3.8
32% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 29%
 
11.8 12.4 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 11.3 10.7
3.4 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.3 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 the most scored goals in the first half (31) 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 36 19 12 5 65 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 69
2 Northampton Town 37 18 9 10 45 32 18 11 3 4 26 13 19 7 6 6 19 19 13 63
3 Newport County 37 17 11 9 60 46 18 9 6 3 36 21 19 8 5 6 24 25 14 62
4 Tranmere Rovers 37 18 8 11 43 32 19 14 1 4 29 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 11 62
5 Exeter City 35 16 13 6 52 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 17 6 7 4 23 19 17 61
6 Swindon Town 37 17 10 10 61 45 19 7 7 5 30 20 18 10 3 5 31 25 16 61
7 Bristol Rovers 37 17 9 11 52 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 10 60
8 Sutton United 36 16 9 11 54 42 18 11 4 3 31 15 18 5 5 8 23 27 12 57
9 Port Vale 35 15 11 9 53 35 18 9 5 4 28 15 17 6 6 5 25 20 18 56
10 Mansfield Town 34 16 8 10 47 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 16 4 5 7 16 21 7 56
11 Salford City 35 13 11 11 39 32 16 6 7 3 18 13 19 7 4 8 21 19 7 50
12 Hartlepool United 36 13 9 14 36 46 18 9 6 3 22 16 18 4 3 11 14 30 -10 48
13 Bradford City 37 11 13 13 42 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 19 7 5 7 19 20 -3 46
14 Walsall 37 12 10 15 40 48 19 8 5 6 27 24 18 4 5 9 13 24 -8 46
15 Crawley Town 36 12 9 15 44 52 18 5 6 7 22 26 18 7 3 8 22 26 -8 45
16 Harrogate Town 36 11 10 15 52 57 17 5 6 6 26 24 19 6 4 9 26 33 -5 43
17 Rochdale 35 8 16 11 40 46 17 4 10 3 20 17 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 40
18 Carlisle United 36 10 10 16 31 49 19 5 7 7 15 21 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 40
19 Colchester United 37 9 12 16 36 51 18 4 8 6 19 23 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 39
20 Leyton Orient 35 7 16 12 43 37 18 6 5 7 26 16 17 1 11 5 17 21 6 37
21 Barrow 36 8 13 15 32 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 18 5 4 9 15 20 -9 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 35 7 10 18 35 54 16 4 3 9 21 28 19 3 7 9 14 26 -19 31
24 Scunthorpe United 37 4 12 21 25 63 19 3 5 11 13 27 18 1 7 10 12 36 -38 24

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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 36 19 12 5 65 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 69
2 Northampton Town 37 18 9 10 45 32 18 11 3 4 26 13 19 7 6 6 19 19 13 63
3 Newport County 37 17 11 9 60 46 18 9 6 3 36 21 19 8 5 6 24 25 14 62
4 Tranmere Rovers 37 18 8 11 43 32 19 14 1 4 29 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 11 62
5 Exeter City 35 16 13 6 52 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 17 6 7 4 23 19 17 61
6 Swindon Town 37 17 10 10 61 45 19 7 7 5 30 20 18 10 3 5 31 25 16 61
7 Bristol Rovers 37 17 9 11 52 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 10 60
8 Sutton United 36 16 9 11 54 42 18 11 4 3 31 15 18 5 5 8 23 27 12 57
9 Port Vale 35 15 11 9 53 35 18 9 5 4 28 15 17 6 6 5 25 20 18 56
10 Mansfield Town 34 16 8 10 47 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 16 4 5 7 16 21 7 56
11 Salford City 35 13 11 11 39 32 16 6 7 3 18 13 19 7 4 8 21 19 7 50
12 Hartlepool United 36 13 9 14 36 46 18 9 6 3 22 16 18 4 3 11 14 30 -10 48
13 Bradford City 37 11 13 13 42 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 19 7 5 7 19 20 -3 46
14 Walsall 37 12 10 15 40 48 19 8 5 6 27 24 18 4 5 9 13 24 -8 46
15 Crawley Town 36 12 9 15 44 52 18 5 6 7 22 26 18 7 3 8 22 26 -8 45
16 Harrogate Town 36 11 10 15 52 57 17 5 6 6 26 24 19 6 4 9 26 33 -5 43
17 Rochdale 35 8 16 11 40 46 17 4 10 3 20 17 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 40
18 Carlisle United 36 10 10 16 31 49 19 5 7 7 15 21 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 40
19 Colchester United 37 9 12 16 36 51 18 4 8 6 19 23 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 39
20 Leyton Orient 35 7 16 12 43 37 18 6 5 7 26 16 17 1 11 5 17 21 6 37
21 Barrow 36 8 13 15 32 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 18 5 4 9 15 20 -9 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 35 7 10 18 35 54 16 4 3 9 21 28 19 3 7 9 14 26 -19 31
24 Scunthorpe United 37 4 12 21 25 63 19 3 5 11 13 27 18 1 7 10 12 36 -38 24

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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.