Delightful dogfight as daring Salford City duel with determined Harrogate Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 14.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Peninsula Stadium (1400 seats)

Nothing but a win will satisfy the Salford City club members in this The Peninsula Stadium duel with Harrogate Town, as they enjoy a solid lead on the opposition in the League Two standings.

Insights:
  • Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) 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 Salford City and Harrogate Town.

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Salford City form and stats

Salford City have played 15 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Barrow game Salford has been unbeatable here at The Peninsula Stadium producing four straight wins.

Salford City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Tranmere Rovers.

Ahead of that match, Salford won a home game hosting Rochdale (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Salford City handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 11 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Salford City as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Swindon Town are visiting.

Salford has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Salford City have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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

Harrogate Town have only collected 11 points from their away games in the League Two, after 3-2-8 (13 played).

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Stockport County with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Harrogate Town goalkeeper Jameson was happy for a grand day at work against Stockport County, but even with making six saves the beating could not be stopped.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Carlisle United.

We have checked recent matches where Harrogate have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 12 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crewe Alexandra in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Harrogate Town have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. Harrogate's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Salford City have pulled off a streak of 10 consecutive matches without defeat (8-2-0) when playing Harrogate Town.

Salford City and Harrogate Town have played each other previously this season: Harrogate Town - Salford City 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
15 goals
Harrogate TownG. Thomson
G. Thomson
8 goals
Harrogate TownW. Burrell
W. Burrell
4 goals

Salford City missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Salford City Harrogate Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 3 13 28
14 7 2 Won W 1 3 7
6 4 1 Drew D 1 2 6
10 4 0 Lost L 1 8 15
40 18 7 Scored S 1 15 34
30 14 3 Conceded C 1 20 44
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 93%
63% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 71%
40% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 54% 57%
20% 13% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 32%
17% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 18%
43% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 46% 50%
37% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 23% 21%
27% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 36%
 
4.2 4.4 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.4 4.2
5.2 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.7 6.1
1.7 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.9 12.1 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.9 10.4
3.7 3.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 2.9
36% 34% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 47% 42%
 
12.9 12.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 19 15.1 14.3
3.3 3.2 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.6 4.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 30 19 6 5 39 17 15 11 3 1 21 4 15 8 3 4 18 13 22 63
2 Stevenage 27 16 8 3 39 18 14 12 1 1 27 6 13 4 7 2 12 12 21 56
3 Carlisle United 29 14 9 6 48 28 15 8 5 2 25 12 14 6 4 4 23 16 20 51
4 Northampton Town 28 14 8 6 42 28 14 7 4 3 20 13 14 7 4 3 22 15 14 50
5 Salford City 29 14 6 9 40 29 15 7 4 4 18 14 14 7 2 5 22 15 11 48
6 Mansfield Town 28 12 7 9 41 37 14 6 5 3 25 20 14 6 2 6 16 17 4 43
7 Stockport County 28 12 6 10 39 27 14 7 4 3 20 12 14 5 2 7 19 15 12 42
8 Swindon Town 28 11 9 8 37 30 14 6 5 3 22 13 14 5 4 5 15 17 7 42
9 Bradford City 27 11 9 7 32 26 14 5 6 3 18 14 13 6 3 4 14 12 6 42
10 Barrow 29 12 5 12 34 38 14 8 1 5 19 13 15 4 4 7 15 25 -4 41
11 Doncaster Rovers 28 12 4 12 33 40 14 8 1 5 21 17 14 4 3 7 12 23 -7 40
12 Sutton United 29 11 7 11 28 35 14 8 3 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 12 23 -7 40
13 AFC Wimbledon 28 10 9 9 30 29 13 6 4 3 15 11 15 4 5 6 15 18 1 39
14 Walsall 26 10 8 8 30 23 12 7 2 3 19 11 14 3 6 5 11 12 7 38
15 Tranmere Rovers 29 10 8 11 31 28 14 6 4 4 19 12 15 4 4 7 12 16 3 38
16 Grimsby Town 25 9 6 10 29 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 13 6 1 6 16 17 -3 33
17 Colchester United 30 8 7 15 30 38 15 4 6 5 16 17 15 4 1 10 14 21 -8 31
18 Crewe Alexandra 27 7 10 10 21 34 16 5 5 6 15 19 11 2 5 4 6 15 -13 31
19 Newport County 27 7 8 12 26 31 14 4 3 7 13 17 13 3 5 5 13 14 -5 29
20 Harrogate Town 27 7 6 14 33 41 14 4 4 6 18 21 13 3 2 8 15 20 -8 27
21 Crawley Town 26 6 7 13 29 42 13 6 1 6 18 19 13 0 6 7 11 23 -13 25
22 Hartlepool United 29 6 7 16 29 52 14 3 5 6 14 23 15 3 2 10 15 29 -23 25
23 Gillingham 27 5 9 13 15 31 13 4 4 5 7 12 14 1 5 8 8 19 -16 24
24 Rochdale 29 5 5 19 23 44 14 2 2 10 11 21 15 3 3 9 12 23 -21 20

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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.