Vanarama National League preview: Can Harrogate Town edge out victory against Torquay United?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: CNG Stadium (3800 seats)

Harrogate Town perform at a high level so far being 7th in the table. Torquay United can look both up and down from their 10th position.

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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Harrogate Town form and stats

Harrogate Town have performed here at CNG Stadium this season with 7 wins from 12 Vanarama National League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.

Harrogate Town lost their last game at Sutton United (placed 20th) after a 1-3 scoreline. In the match before that, Harrogate Town hosted Halifax Town and drew the game 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Harrogate Town handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W8-D3-L1.

Harrogate Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at CNG Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Harrogate Town have conceded only 11 goals.

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Torquay United form and stats

4-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Torquay United in their Vanarama National League matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Torquay United who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Halifax Town was the last time a defeat was avoided. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Torquay United are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Torquay United failed to get anything from their last game, a Vanarama National League home match vs Stockport County (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-5. A 2-3 defeat away at Eastleigh before that.

Torquay United lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

Torquay United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Torquay United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 12 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Torquay United have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Torquay United - Harrogate Town 4-2. Last two meetings between the teams: Harrogate Town won 1, Torquay United won 1 and 0 draws. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Torquay UnitedJ. Reid
J. Reid
14 goals
Harrogate TownB. Kiernan
B. Kiernan
7 goals
Harrogate TownJ. Muldoon
J. Muldoon
7 goals

Harrogate Town missing players

Torquay United missing players

Harrogate Town Torquay United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 5 12 24
10 7 1 Won W 2 4 10
7 3 1 Drew D 2 3 4
7 2 2 Lost L 1 5 10
36 18 2 Scored S 12 22 42
33 11 5 Conceded C 9 21 41
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
79% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
50% 42% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 67% 67%
33% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 50% 42%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 33% 33%
54% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 58% 62%
33% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 8% 17%
21% 25% 75% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 25%
 
6.2 6.1 4.8 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.6 5
4.8 4.1 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.8 5.2 5.6
1.3 1.1 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.7
4 3 2 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
286 150 35 Total Shots T S 54 125 286
112 60 14 Shots on Target S O 29 73 147
32% 30% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 30% 29%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
  • Torquay United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Barrow 23 14 2 7 45 27 11 7 1 3 17 10 12 7 1 4 28 17 18 44
2 Bromley 24 11 8 5 41 30 12 6 5 1 26 16 12 5 3 4 15 14 11 41
3 Solihull Moors 23 12 4 7 37 23 11 9 0 2 22 9 12 3 4 5 15 14 14 40
4 Yeovil Town 23 11 5 7 38 28 12 6 3 3 20 14 11 5 2 4 18 14 10 38
5 Woking 24 10 8 6 35 30 12 4 5 3 14 15 12 6 3 3 21 15 5 38
6 Halifax Town 23 11 5 7 32 28 11 5 2 4 16 14 12 6 3 3 16 14 4 38
7 Harrogate Town 24 10 7 7 36 33 12 7 3 2 18 11 12 3 4 5 18 22 3 37
8 Stockport County 24 10 5 9 31 37 12 6 1 5 16 19 12 4 4 4 15 18 -6 35
9 Boreham Wood 24 9 7 8 34 28 12 5 3 4 17 13 12 4 4 4 17 15 6 34
10 Torquay United 24 10 4 10 42 41 12 6 1 5 20 20 12 4 3 5 22 21 1 34
11 Notts County 23 8 8 7 35 27 12 5 5 2 19 12 11 3 3 5 16 15 8 32
12 Hartlepool United 23 8 8 7 36 32 11 3 4 4 17 18 12 5 4 3 19 14 4 32
13 Eastleigh 22 8 8 6 29 29 11 5 5 1 17 11 11 3 3 5 12 18 0 32
14 Dover Athletic 22 9 5 8 29 30 12 2 4 6 16 20 10 7 1 2 13 10 -1 32
15 Barnet 23 8 7 8 34 32 12 5 4 3 19 14 11 3 3 5 15 18 2 31
16 Dagenham & Redbridge 24 8 6 10 29 31 12 5 3 4 21 18 12 3 3 6 8 13 -2 30
17 Maidenhead United 24 8 4 12 30 34 12 2 3 7 12 18 12 6 1 5 18 16 -4 28
18 Fylde 22 7 6 9 28 36 10 4 3 3 12 14 12 3 3 6 16 22 -8 27
19 Aldershot Town 24 7 6 11 26 35 12 4 3 5 16 16 12 3 3 6 10 19 -9 27
20 Sutton United 23 6 7 10 25 30 12 2 4 6 14 18 11 4 3 4 11 12 -5 25
21 Chesterfield 23 5 8 10 31 43 11 3 2 6 15 21 12 2 6 4 16 22 -12 23
22 Chorley 24 4 11 9 21 39 12 3 4 5 10 19 12 1 7 4 11 20 -18 23
23 Ebbsfleet United 24 5 7 12 35 47 12 2 4 6 18 26 12 3 3 6 17 21 -12 22
24 Wrexham 23 4 8 11 26 35 12 4 5 3 14 13 11 0 3 8 12 22 -9 20

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.