Sutton United are enjoying their 6th, while Harrogate Town are bringing up the rear 3 points behind in the league standings. Can they cut the gap?
- Sutton United have the most points from losing position (10) in League Two
- Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in League Two
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sutton United form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Knights Community Stadium as Sutton United have scored 16 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 6-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Sutton United bring valid hopes of a third.
Sutton drew their last game, 2-2 away at Bradford City (placed 14th). The attacker Omar Bugiel won the honour of being "man of the match" for Sutton with a rating of 8.11/10. Bugiel hit three key passes.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Newport County (2-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Sutton United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sutton as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Sutton United has won seven of these, drawn two and lost three.
Sutton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Knights Community Stadium with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Sutton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. 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 3 home matches.
Harrogate Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Harrogate failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Northampton Town (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Attacker Jack Diamond got a player rating of 7.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Diamond scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 20 successful passes (of 22 total).
A 1-4 loss hosting Forest Green Rovers before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Harrogate Town playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were five Harrogate Town wins, one draw and five defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The EFL Trophy trip to Tranmere Rovers.
Harrogate Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Harrogate have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Sutton victories, one draw and one Harrogate Town win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Armstrong 9 goals |  D. Ajiboye 6 goals | J. Muldoon 6 goals |
Sutton United missing players
Harrogate Town missing players
| Sutton United | Harrogate Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 17 | 35 |
| 27 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 30 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 71% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 52% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 19% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 52% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 38% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 14% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 24% |
| 5 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.1 | 13.6 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.2 | 11.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 36% | 40% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 34% | 34% |
| 13 | 11.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10.6 | 11.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
- Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in League Two
- Harrogate Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sutton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sutton United have the most points from losing position (10) in League Two
- Sutton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Newport County | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 31 |
| 10 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Walsall | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 17 | Salford City | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 19 | Barrow | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 16 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 16 |