Football betting preview: Ebbsfleet United vs Harrogate Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stonebridge Road Stadium (5011 seats)

Struggling Ebbsfleet United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Harrogate Town in the upcoming league round. It’s 23rd vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ebbsfleet United form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Vanarama National League this season. Ebbsfleet United, who have the most conceded goals (58) in Vanarama National League, have only managed 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stonebridge Road Stadium.

A nice win for Ebbsfleet United last time playing, versus King's Lynn Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with A. Obileye scoring for the victors. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Barrow (0-7).

Ebbsfleet United made it very difficult for themselves, when A. Blackman got a red card in the 22nd minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Ebbsfleet United won the match 1-0!

Ebbsfleet United has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Ebbsfleet United with 28 goals conceded in these matches.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League. The fact that Harrogate Town have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Harrogate Town has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Harrogate Town have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper James Belshaw. It's been 284 minutes since they last conceded in Vanarama National League.

Two travels in a row for Harrogate Town, whose manager S. Weaver could celebrate last time after the Fa Trophy win against Darlington. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Maidenhead United in the Vanarama National League.

Harrogate Town have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Harrogate Town have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Harrogate Town - Ebbsfleet United 2-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Ebbsfleet United, 0 draws and 2 wins for Harrogate Town. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
10 goals
Ebbsfleet UnitedG. Ugwu
G. Ugwu
9 goals
Ebbsfleet UnitedM. Weston
M. Weston
7 goals

Ebbsfleet United missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Ebbsfleet United Harrogate Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 5 15 30
5 2 0 Won W 1 5 15
10 5 1 Drew D 3 4 7
14 7 2 Lost L 1 6 8
38 19 3 Scored S 6 22 47
58 28 8 Conceded C 6 24 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 93%
90% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 77%
66% 79% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 53% 50%
41% 43% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 30%
17% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 27% 17%
72% 79% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 60% 53%
7% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 37%
21% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 13% 17%
 
3.7 4.4 6 Corners For (avg) C F 6.8 5.7 6
6 4.6 2.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 6 5
1.9 1.6 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.3 1.2
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 4
 
245 129 32 Total Shots T S 62 170 359
105 56 8 Shots on Target S O 28 70 144
36% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 31% 33%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Ebbsfleet United has the fewest clean sheets (2)
  • Ebbsfleet United has the fewest points (11) at home
  • Ebbsfleet United has the most conceded goals (28) at home
  • Ebbsfleet United has the most conceded goals (58)
  • Ebbsfleet United has the most conceded goals in the first half (26)
  • Ebbsfleet United has the most conceded goals in the second half (32)
  • Ebbsfleet United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ebbsfleet United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Harrogate Town is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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 28 17 4 7 57 30 14 9 2 3 26 11 14 8 2 4 31 19 27 55
2 Yeovil Town 30 15 7 8 54 36 15 8 4 3 28 16 15 7 3 5 26 20 18 52
3 Harrogate Town 30 15 7 8 47 37 15 10 3 2 25 13 15 5 4 6 22 24 10 52
4 Bromley 30 14 8 8 52 39 15 8 5 2 34 19 15 6 3 6 18 20 13 50
5 Notts County 29 12 10 7 46 31 15 7 6 2 25 14 14 5 4 5 21 17 15 46
6 Solihull Moors 28 13 6 9 42 28 13 10 0 3 25 10 15 3 6 6 17 18 14 45
7 Boreham Wood 29 12 9 8 43 32 15 6 5 4 21 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 11 45
8 Stockport County 30 13 6 11 44 46 15 8 1 6 26 25 15 5 5 5 18 21 -2 45
9 Woking 29 12 8 9 41 43 15 6 5 4 17 18 14 6 3 5 24 25 -2 44
10 Halifax Town 29 12 7 10 37 40 14 6 3 5 19 18 15 6 4 5 18 22 -3 43
11 Barnet 28 10 10 8 41 35 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 4 5 5 19 19 6 40
12 Hartlepool United 30 10 10 10 44 43 15 5 5 5 22 22 15 5 5 5 22 21 1 40
13 Dover Athletic 28 11 7 10 35 37 15 3 5 7 20 23 13 8 2 3 15 14 -2 40
14 Sutton United 30 10 9 11 40 37 15 5 4 6 26 23 15 5 5 5 14 14 3 39
15 Torquay United 30 11 5 14 49 55 15 7 1 7 24 26 15 4 4 7 25 29 -6 38
16 Eastleigh 28 9 10 9 37 41 13 5 6 2 18 14 15 4 4 7 19 27 -4 37
17 Aldershot Town 29 10 7 12 33 39 15 6 4 5 21 18 14 4 3 7 12 21 -6 37
18 Maidenhead United 30 10 5 15 35 43 15 3 4 8 15 22 15 7 1 7 20 21 -8 35
19 Dagenham & Redbridge 30 8 9 13 32 39 15 5 5 5 23 21 15 3 4 8 9 18 -7 33
20 Wrexham 30 8 8 14 37 43 15 6 5 4 20 16 15 2 3 10 17 27 -6 32
21 Fylde 28 7 9 12 33 44 14 4 5 5 15 19 14 3 4 7 18 25 -11 30
22 Chesterfield 30 7 9 14 39 53 15 4 3 8 20 27 15 3 6 6 19 26 -14 30
23 Ebbsfleet United 29 5 10 14 38 58 14 2 5 7 19 28 15 3 5 7 19 30 -20 25
24 Chorley 30 4 12 14 25 52 15 3 5 7 11 24 15 1 7 7 14 28 -27 24

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.