League Two news and guide: Walsall odds-on favoured to overpower Harrogate Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 25.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Poundland Bescot Stadium (11300 seats)

The home team ticketholders anticipate three points in this game, as the home advantage might do the trick versus a struggling visitor. Walsall are in 15th spot while the guesting Harrogate Town lose sleep at 20th.

Insights:
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Harrogate Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Walsall nor Harrogate Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Walsall form and stats

3-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Walsall so far this season. Walsall has recorded two wins in a row here at Poundland Bescot Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

An away draw last time out for Walsall, facing Sutton United in a game that ended 1-1. Maddox was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Sutton United after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Defender Daniels got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.62/10. Daniels hit one key pass and won 10 of 15 duels.

Ahead of that match, a home loss in the EFL Trophy against Milton Keynes Dons. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Walsall handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rochdale are coming to town in four days.

Walsall have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Poundland Bescot Stadium with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Walsall have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Harrogate Town so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Harrogate have lost on their last two travels.

Harrogate Town's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Tranmere Rovers that finished 1-1.

Before that game, the win at home against Morecambe in the EFL Trophy (2-1). We have checked recent matches where Harrogate Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 10 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Harrogate manager Weaver as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against AFC Wimbledon.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Harrogate Town as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. 9 goals have been conceded by Harrogate in these games.

Head 2 Head

Harrogate Town have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Walsall.

Top Goalscorers

WalsallD. Johnson
D. Johnson
8 goals
Harrogate TownA. Pattison
A. Pattison
4 goals
Harrogate TownM. Daly
M. Daly
3 goals

Walsall missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Walsall Harrogate Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 4 7 14
4 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
5 2 1 Drew D 1 1 3
6 2 0 Lost L 3 5 8
17 11 8 Scored S 1 4 11
15 6 2 Conceded C 6 9 18
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 86%
67% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 64%
40% 43% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 50%
13% 29% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 29% 36%
27% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 29%
20% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 57% 50%
 
4.1 4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 3.8
5 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 7.7 6.4
2.1 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.9 10.9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 7 9.9
2.7 3.9 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 2.8
41% 41% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 24% 28%
 
9.6 7.9 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.1 13.2
2.7 2.4 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Harrogate Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Harrogate Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Harrogate Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Walsall have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Harrogate Town have scored away.
  • Walsall 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 Leyton Orient 14 10 3 1 23 9 7 5 1 1 11 4 7 5 2 0 12 5 14 33
2 Stevenage 15 10 2 3 22 14 8 7 0 1 14 5 7 3 2 2 8 9 8 32
3 Northampton Town 15 9 3 3 26 16 7 5 0 2 13 7 8 4 3 1 13 9 10 30
4 Mansfield Town 14 8 2 4 23 16 6 4 2 0 12 6 8 4 0 4 11 10 7 26
5 Swindon Town 15 7 5 3 17 14 8 5 2 1 12 6 7 2 3 2 5 8 3 26
6 Bradford City 14 7 4 3 19 11 7 3 3 1 9 4 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 25
7 Carlisle United 14 6 6 2 21 14 8 4 3 1 13 8 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 24
8 Salford City 14 7 3 4 17 12 8 3 2 3 9 7 6 4 1 1 8 5 5 24
9 Tranmere Rovers 14 7 2 5 17 10 6 4 0 2 11 4 8 3 2 3 6 6 7 23
10 Grimsby Town 14 6 5 3 17 11 7 1 4 2 7 6 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 23
11 Barrow 14 7 1 6 17 16 6 4 0 2 8 6 8 3 1 4 9 10 1 22
12 Doncaster Rovers 15 6 4 5 19 20 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 2 3 3 7 11 -1 22
13 Crewe Alexandra 14 4 6 4 14 16 8 3 3 2 11 8 6 1 3 2 3 8 -2 18
14 Sutton United 15 5 3 7 14 18 8 4 2 2 10 8 7 1 1 5 4 10 -4 18
15 Walsall 15 4 5 6 17 15 7 3 2 2 11 6 8 1 3 4 6 9 2 17
16 Stockport County 14 4 3 7 16 19 7 2 3 2 7 8 7 2 0 5 9 11 -3 15
17 AFC Wimbledon 14 4 3 7 16 21 6 2 1 3 6 7 8 2 2 4 10 14 -5 15
18 Newport County 15 4 2 9 14 19 8 2 1 5 6 11 7 2 1 4 8 8 -5 14
19 Gillingham 14 2 7 5 6 14 8 2 4 2 4 6 6 0 3 3 2 8 -8 13
20 Harrogate Town 14 3 3 8 11 18 7 2 2 3 7 9 7 1 1 5 4 9 -7 12
21 Crawley Town 14 3 3 8 15 25 7 3 0 4 11 13 7 0 3 4 4 12 -10 12
22 Rochdale 14 3 2 9 11 21 7 1 1 5 6 10 7 2 1 4 5 11 -10 11
23 Colchester United 14 2 3 9 10 19 7 2 2 3 6 8 7 0 1 6 4 11 -9 9
24 Hartlepool United 15 1 6 8 13 27 7 1 4 2 5 8 8 0 2 6 8 19 -14 9

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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.