League Two preview: Can Salford City edge out victory against Harrogate Town?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Fri 22.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Peninsula Stadium (1400 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Salford City fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Harrogate Town's 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Salford City has the fewest conceded goals (17) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the League Two.

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Salford City form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Salford City, who have the fewest conceded goals (17) in League Two, have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 11 games. In general it's been a long time since Salford tasted defeat here at The Peninsula Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

The Salford goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 240 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

Salford shared the glory with Newport County in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that match, a win away at Scunthorpe United.

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

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Salford, as the League Two home game vs Cambridge United is only four days away.

A decent goal production from Salford in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Salford are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Peninsula Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

Playing away, Harrogate Town have won 6 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the League Two this season.

Harrogate Town delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Exeter City (placed 10th) in their previous match; a League Two game. Prior to that match, the Harrogate Town manager S. Weaver faced defeat when travelling to Cambridge United and losing 1-2.

We have checked recent matches where Harrogate have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, one draw and two defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Harrogate now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Tranmere Rovers is waiting in only four days.

Harrogate Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 15 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Harrogate have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Salford and Harrogate Town have met before this season: Harrogate Town - Salford City 0-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: five - three - one (Salford wins - draws - Harrogate Town wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
10 goals
SalfordI. Henderson
I. Henderson
8 goals
Salford CityJ. Wilson
J. Wilson
6 goals

Salford City missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Salford City Harrogate Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 4 12 22
10 5 2 Won W 0 6 7
7 6 0 Drew D 0 1 5
6 0 0 Lost L 4 5 10
29 18 6 Scored S 2 15 22
17 7 0 Conceded C 8 13 26
87% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 86%
61% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 55%
39% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 50%
13% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
35% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 45%
52% 55% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 32%
26% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.4 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
12.3 12.4 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12.6 12.3
4.8 5.3 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 4.1 3.6
26% 31% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 28%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Salford City has the fewest conceded goals (17) in League Two
  • Salford City has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in League Two
  • Salford City has the most clean sheets (12) in League Two
  • Salford City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Cambridge United 24 12 5 7 38 23 12 7 3 2 19 11 12 5 2 5 19 12 15 41
2 Newport County 22 11 7 4 32 22 10 7 2 1 15 10 12 4 5 3 17 12 10 40
3 Carlisle United 21 12 3 6 32 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 39
4 Forest Green Rovers 24 10 9 5 31 23 12 5 5 2 15 11 12 5 4 3 16 12 8 39
5 Salford City 23 10 7 6 29 17 11 5 6 0 18 7 12 5 1 6 11 10 12 37
6 Cheltenham Town 23 10 7 6 32 23 12 5 4 3 18 13 11 5 3 3 14 10 9 37
7 Leyton Orient 23 11 3 9 34 26 12 7 2 3 21 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 8 36
8 Morecambe 22 10 5 7 28 33 11 5 4 2 14 14 11 5 1 5 14 19 -5 35
9 Crawley Town 22 9 7 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 19 11 12 4 4 4 15 17 6 34
10 Exeter City 21 8 9 4 41 27 11 6 2 3 23 11 10 2 7 1 18 16 14 33
11 Tranmere Rovers 22 9 5 8 26 27 10 5 0 5 14 11 12 4 5 3 12 16 -1 32
12 Walsall 24 7 11 6 29 32 13 5 4 4 14 15 11 2 7 2 15 17 -3 32
13 Colchester United 22 7 9 6 28 30 11 6 4 1 18 11 11 1 5 5 10 19 -2 30
14 Mansfield Town 23 6 11 6 31 30 12 2 6 4 16 17 11 4 5 2 15 13 1 29
15 Port Vale 24 8 5 11 33 34 12 4 3 5 15 14 12 4 2 6 18 20 -1 29
16 Oldham Athletic 24 8 5 11 37 42 12 2 1 9 16 23 12 6 4 2 21 19 -5 29
17 Bolton Wanderers 23 7 7 9 27 35 12 3 3 6 12 17 11 4 4 3 15 18 -8 28
18 Harrogate Town 22 7 5 10 22 26 10 1 4 5 7 13 12 6 1 5 15 13 -4 26
19 Bradford City 21 6 6 9 20 25 11 3 4 4 10 11 10 3 2 5 10 14 -5 24
20 Barrow 23 5 8 10 30 32 12 3 7 2 19 16 11 2 1 8 11 16 -2 23
21 Scunthorpe United 23 7 2 14 22 34 11 3 2 6 10 18 12 4 0 8 12 16 -12 23
22 Stevenage 21 4 9 8 16 22 11 4 3 4 10 8 10 0 6 4 6 14 -6 21
23 Grimsby Town 24 5 6 13 19 40 12 2 4 6 8 18 12 3 2 7 11 22 -21 21
24 Southend United 23 5 5 13 15 35 12 4 1 7 12 18 11 1 4 6 3 17 -20 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.