Betting guide: Northampton Town expected to triumph over Harrogate Town at Sixfields Stadium

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

Northampton Town look forward to meeting Harrogate Town with expectations of winning all three points. Will they? Open our preview!

Insights:
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals (34) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in League Two

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 Northampton Town and Harrogate Town.

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Northampton Town form and stats

12 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Northampton Town have to build on here at Sixfields Stadium in the League Two.

Northampton are confident in defense, having played 249 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Northampton Town in their previous game, a fixture away at Oldham Athletic (placed 23rd) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Guthrie was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.74 out of 10. The defender Guthrie scored one goal and won 6 of 13 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Bradford City.

Northampton Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 21 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Northampton are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sixfields Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 21 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats. Three has not been a lucky number for Harrogate Town as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Scunthorpe United match.

Harrogate failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Swindon Town (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-4. Armstrong, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Armstrong scored one goal.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Salford City's place.

Harrogate Town find the net regularly in their away games. 29 goals from 21 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Harrogate Town have conceded 35 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Harrogate has visited these top teams six times, and 4 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The former H2H match ended Harrogate Town - Northampton Town 1-2, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
12 goals
Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
11 goals
Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
10 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Northampton Town Harrogate Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 6 21 42
20 12 5 Won W 1 7 12
10 4 0 Drew D 0 4 11
12 5 2 Lost L 5 10 19
49 28 14 Scored S 6 29 58
34 14 5 Conceded C 15 35 69
88% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 93%
57% 62% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 86% 86%
33% 29% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 60%
10% 10% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 36%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 14% 17%
36% 29% 29% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 55%
48% 52% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 19%
29% 24% 14% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 33%
 
4.4 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.9 4.9
4.6 4.6 4.1 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.3 4.9
2.1 1.8 0.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.7 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.7 11.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.2 11.7
3.5 3.5 4.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.5 4.4
33% 38% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 31% 31%
 
10 9.2 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.3 11.8
3.5 3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Harrogate Town have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have the most matches over the total-line (22) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals (14) at home in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals (34) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the most clean sheets (20) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Forest Green Rovers 41 22 13 6 69 37 21 13 4 4 31 15 20 9 9 2 38 22 32 79
2 Exeter City 41 21 14 6 60 36 20 12 6 2 33 17 21 9 8 4 27 19 24 77
3 Port Vale 42 21 12 9 64 39 21 11 6 4 33 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 25 75
4 Northampton Town 42 20 10 12 49 34 21 12 4 5 28 14 21 8 6 7 21 20 15 70
5 Bristol Rovers 42 20 10 12 57 45 21 13 3 5 31 20 21 7 7 7 26 25 12 70
6 Mansfield Town 41 20 9 12 59 47 20 13 3 4 34 22 21 7 6 8 25 25 12 69
7 Sutton United 41 19 10 12 62 48 20 12 5 3 33 16 21 7 5 9 29 32 14 67
8 Newport County 42 18 12 12 64 52 21 9 6 6 39 27 21 9 6 6 25 25 12 66
9 Tranmere Rovers 42 18 12 12 48 38 21 14 3 4 32 16 21 4 9 8 16 22 10 66
10 Swindon Town 41 18 11 12 66 50 20 7 7 6 30 21 21 11 4 6 36 29 16 65
11 Salford City 42 18 11 13 52 37 21 10 7 4 29 17 21 8 4 9 23 20 15 65
12 Crawley Town 41 16 9 16 52 56 21 8 6 7 27 27 20 8 3 9 25 29 -4 57
13 Hartlepool United 42 14 11 17 42 56 21 9 7 5 24 21 21 5 4 12 18 35 -14 53
14 Leyton Orient 42 12 16 14 56 41 21 9 5 7 34 17 21 3 11 7 22 24 15 52
15 Walsall 42 13 11 18 43 54 21 9 5 7 28 26 21 4 6 11 15 28 -11 50
16 Bradford City 42 11 16 15 45 50 21 4 10 7 25 28 21 7 6 8 20 22 -5 49
17 Rochdale 42 10 17 15 44 52 21 6 11 4 23 18 21 4 6 11 21 34 -8 47
18 Harrogate Town 42 12 11 19 58 69 21 5 7 9 29 34 21 7 4 10 29 35 -11 47
19 Carlisle United 42 12 11 19 36 56 21 6 7 8 16 22 21 6 4 11 20 34 -20 47
20 Colchester United 42 11 12 19 39 57 21 5 8 8 20 26 21 6 4 11 19 31 -18 45
21 Barrow 41 9 13 19 38 48 21 4 9 8 23 25 20 5 4 11 15 23 -10 40
22 Stevenage 41 9 13 19 37 61 21 7 6 8 23 28 20 2 7 11 14 33 -24 40
23 Oldham Athletic 42 9 10 23 42 66 21 5 3 13 25 37 21 4 7 10 17 29 -24 37
24 Scunthorpe United 42 4 12 26 26 79 21 3 5 13 13 34 21 1 7 13 13 45 -53 24

Harrogate Town:
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  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 41 22 13 6 69 37 21 13 4 4 31 15 20 9 9 2 38 22 32 79
2 Exeter City 41 21 14 6 60 36 20 12 6 2 33 17 21 9 8 4 27 19 24 77
3 Port Vale 42 21 12 9 64 39 21 11 6 4 33 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 25 75
4 Northampton Town 42 20 10 12 49 34 21 12 4 5 28 14 21 8 6 7 21 20 15 70
5 Bristol Rovers 42 20 10 12 57 45 21 13 3 5 31 20 21 7 7 7 26 25 12 70
6 Mansfield Town 41 20 9 12 59 47 20 13 3 4 34 22 21 7 6 8 25 25 12 69
7 Sutton United 41 19 10 12 62 48 20 12 5 3 33 16 21 7 5 9 29 32 14 67
8 Newport County 42 18 12 12 64 52 21 9 6 6 39 27 21 9 6 6 25 25 12 66
9 Tranmere Rovers 42 18 12 12 48 38 21 14 3 4 32 16 21 4 9 8 16 22 10 66
10 Swindon Town 41 18 11 12 66 50 20 7 7 6 30 21 21 11 4 6 36 29 16 65
11 Salford City 42 18 11 13 52 37 21 10 7 4 29 17 21 8 4 9 23 20 15 65
12 Crawley Town 41 16 9 16 52 56 21 8 6 7 27 27 20 8 3 9 25 29 -4 57
13 Hartlepool United 42 14 11 17 42 56 21 9 7 5 24 21 21 5 4 12 18 35 -14 53
14 Leyton Orient 42 12 16 14 56 41 21 9 5 7 34 17 21 3 11 7 22 24 15 52
15 Walsall 42 13 11 18 43 54 21 9 5 7 28 26 21 4 6 11 15 28 -11 50
16 Bradford City 42 11 16 15 45 50 21 4 10 7 25 28 21 7 6 8 20 22 -5 49
17 Rochdale 42 10 17 15 44 52 21 6 11 4 23 18 21 4 6 11 21 34 -8 47
18 Harrogate Town 42 12 11 19 58 69 21 5 7 9 29 34 21 7 4 10 29 35 -11 47
19 Carlisle United 42 12 11 19 36 56 21 6 7 8 16 22 21 6 4 11 20 34 -20 47
20 Colchester United 42 11 12 19 39 57 21 5 8 8 20 26 21 6 4 11 19 31 -18 45
21 Barrow 41 9 13 19 38 48 21 4 9 8 23 25 20 5 4 11 15 23 -10 40
22 Stevenage 41 9 13 19 37 61 21 7 6 8 23 28 20 2 7 11 14 33 -24 40
23 Oldham Athletic 42 9 10 23 42 66 21 5 3 13 25 37 21 4 7 10 17 29 -24 37
24 Scunthorpe United 42 4 12 26 26 79 21 3 5 13 13 34 21 1 7 13 13 45 -53 24

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