Betting preview: Boreham Wood vs Harrogate Town should be interesting

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Meadow Park (4502 seats)

Boreham Wood will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Harrogate Town.

Boreham Wood and Harrogate Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Boreham Wood form and stats

Boreham Wood have collected 18 points from their Vanarama National League home games so far after 5-3-4. Boreham Wood has recorded two wins in a row here at Meadow Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Nathan Ashmore not having conceded a league goal in 229 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Boreham Wood will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Fa Trophy game against Royston Town. In the game before, an away victory in the Vanarama National League match versus Dover Athletic with a 2-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Boreham Wood have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 6.

Boreham Wood are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Harrogate Town playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League this season.

The supporters enjoyed Harrogate Town's previous game versus Hartlepool United (placed 14th), a Fa Trophy 3-2 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Torquay United.

What a finish in the last match, as Harrogate Town came back from being down 0-2 and secured all three points through B. Kiernan in the 90th minute.

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 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Harrogate Town wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Harrogate Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. In the opposite end, Harrogate Town have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Harrogate Town - Boreham Wood 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 1 Boreham Wood victory, 1 draw and 1 Harrogate Town win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Boreham WoodK. Tshimanga
K. Tshimanga
13 goals
Boreham WoodT. Marsh
T. Marsh
9 goals
Harrogate TownB. Kiernan
B. Kiernan
7 goals

Boreham Wood missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Boreham Wood Harrogate Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 12 25
10 5 3 Won W 0 3 11
7 3 0 Drew D 1 4 7
8 4 0 Lost L 2 5 7
36 17 6 Scored S 5 18 38
28 13 0 Conceded C 9 22 34
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
76% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
56% 58% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 58% 52%
32% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 42% 32%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 33% 16%
52% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 56%
32% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 32%
24% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 20%
 
6.4 6.7 6 Corners For (avg) C F 7.3 6.4 6.3
4.7 4.4 5.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.3 5.6 4.8
1.6 1.5 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.2
4 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 4
 
251 126 40 Total Shots T S 35 136 301
122 70 22 Shots on Target S O 16 52 117
30% 24% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 35% 32%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Boreham Wood have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Barrow 24 15 2 7 46 27 12 8 1 3 18 10 12 7 1 4 28 17 19 47
2 Yeovil Town 25 13 5 7 42 29 13 7 3 3 22 14 12 6 2 4 20 15 13 44
3 Bromley 25 12 8 5 43 31 12 6 5 1 26 16 13 6 3 4 17 15 12 44
4 Woking 25 11 8 6 37 31 13 5 5 3 16 16 12 6 3 3 21 15 6 41
5 Solihull Moors 24 12 4 8 37 25 11 9 0 2 22 9 13 3 4 6 15 16 12 40
6 Harrogate Town 25 11 7 7 38 34 13 8 3 2 20 12 12 3 4 5 18 22 4 40
7 Halifax Town 24 11 5 8 32 30 11 5 2 4 16 14 13 6 3 4 16 16 2 38
8 Stockport County 25 11 5 9 35 39 13 7 1 5 20 21 12 4 4 4 15 18 -4 38
9 Boreham Wood 25 10 7 8 36 28 12 5 3 4 17 13 13 5 4 4 19 15 8 37
10 Barnet 24 9 7 8 36 33 13 6 4 3 21 15 11 3 3 5 15 18 3 34
11 Torquay United 25 10 4 11 43 43 12 6 1 5 20 20 13 4 3 6 23 23 0 34
12 Notts County 24 8 9 7 36 28 13 5 6 2 20 13 11 3 3 5 16 15 8 33
13 Eastleigh 24 8 9 7 30 32 13 5 6 2 18 14 11 3 3 5 12 18 -2 33
14 Hartlepool United 24 8 8 8 37 34 11 3 4 4 17 18 13 5 4 4 20 16 3 32
15 Dover Athletic 23 9 5 9 29 32 13 2 4 7 16 22 10 7 1 2 13 10 -3 32
16 Maidenhead United 25 9 4 12 32 35 12 2 3 7 12 18 13 7 1 5 20 17 -3 31
17 Dagenham & Redbridge 25 8 6 11 30 33 13 5 3 5 22 20 12 3 3 6 8 13 -3 30
18 Fylde 24 7 7 10 29 38 11 4 4 3 12 14 13 3 3 7 17 24 -9 28
19 Sutton United 25 6 9 10 26 31 12 2 4 6 14 18 13 4 5 4 12 13 -5 27
20 Aldershot Town 25 7 6 12 26 36 12 4 3 5 16 16 13 3 3 7 10 20 -10 27
21 Wrexham 25 6 8 11 30 35 13 5 5 3 16 13 12 1 3 8 14 22 -5 26
22 Ebbsfleet United 25 5 8 12 36 48 12 2 4 6 18 26 13 3 4 6 18 22 -12 23
23 Chesterfield 25 5 8 12 33 47 13 3 2 8 17 25 12 2 6 4 16 22 -14 23
24 Chorley 25 4 11 10 23 43 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 7 5 13 24 -20 23

Read more about Vanarama National League

The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.