League Two: What this fixture might not have in elegance it should make up for in pace and attitude. Get ready for Swindon Town - Harrogate Town!
- Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Harrogate Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. That game was also an away game, at Grimsby Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Swindon Town form and stats
6-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Swindon Town so far this season.
Happy days for Swindon Town in their previous game, a fixture away at Salford City (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. At last, a league win after four games without. Khan (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Khan dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 42 successful passes (of 44 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Sutton United.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Swindon Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 7 and lost 4.
Swindon has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches.
Harrogate Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Harrogate Town so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-8 (win-draw-lose). With three draws in a row for Harrogate Town the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Harrogate Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Grimsby Town (placed 17th). Goalkeeper Oxley made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Grimsby Town. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Goalkeeper Oxley got the top player rating of the team with 8.64/10. Oxley topped it up with a clean sheet.
A draw for Harrogate before that, at their own venue hosting Crewe Alexandra (2-2).Harrogate Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 12 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
A new game in only three days for Harrogate, the League Two home match versus Northampton Town. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Harrogate Town have scored 16 goals in 15 league games away. 21 goals have been conceded by Harrogate Town in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played earlier this season: Harrogate Town - Swindon 3-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Swindon Town wins - draws - Harrogate Town wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Armstrong 10 goals |   J. Williams 8 goals | J. Wakeling 6 goals |
Swindon Town missing players
Harrogate Town missing players
| Swindon Town | Harrogate Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 40 | 22 | 14 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 37 |
| 35 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 47 |
| 90% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 90% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 71% |
| 45% | 47% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 47% | 55% |
| 13% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 32% |
| 13% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 52% | 47% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 47% | 52% |
| 29% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 29% | 27% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 35% |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 14.5 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.9 | 10.4 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 34% | 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 44% | 41% |
| 11.3 | 10 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.3 | 14.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
- Harrogate Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Harrogate Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Leyton Orient | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 70 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 57 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 55 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 54 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 52 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 52 |
| 7 | Salford City | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 49 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 48 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -4 | 47 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -6 | 46 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 45 |
| 12 | Barrow | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -5 | 44 |
| 13 | Walsall | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 42 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 41 |
| 16 | Newport County | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -3 | 37 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 37 |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 37 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -8 | 35 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 30 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 30 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -26 | 27 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 51 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -25 | 21 |
- Swindon Town
- Swindon Advertiser - (local newspaper)
- Harrogate Town AFC
- Harrogate Advertiser - (local newspaper)
