Ace Football previews the League Two game between Harrogate Town and Cambridge U who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Harrogate Town enjoy home advantage, when visitors Cambridge U swing by on Saturday for a clash in the League Two. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
While Cambridge U are now third in the League Two table after collecting 53 points in 28 rounds, Harrogate Town trail them on 18 points. This leaves them as number 24 in the table after 30 rounds played.
Form: Harrogate Town vs Cambridge U
Harrogate Town Form
Harrogate Town have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 1-2 by Fleetwood, before Crawley ran out 2-0 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Swindon, who came out 0-1 winners. Harrogate Town are without a win in their last six League Two matches on home soil, which produced a record of zero draws and six defeats, in which they conceded 14 and scored one goals.
Cambridge U Form
Cambridge U are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Tranmere got left behind in a 4-2 win, before Shrewsbury got hammered in a 1-0 victory. Oldham was the most recent victim in a 0-3 win for Cambridge U. Cambridge U recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the League Two, in which they banged in ten goals, whilst conceding three. They remained undefeated, but did draw twice.
Betting stats and facts for Harrogate Town and Cambridge U
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Harrogate Town and Cambridge U. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- Harrogate Town have lost 11 of the last 12 home matches in the League Two while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Harrogate Town have lost 7 of the last 8 home matches in the League Two while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- Harrogate Town have lost 9 of the last 10 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 15 of the last 16 Harrogate Town matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Harrogate Town have lost 7 of the last 9 matches in the League Two while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- In 24 of the last 26 Cambridge U matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 13 Cambridge U away matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Cambridge U away matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Cambridge U matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Cambridge U away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
Players on top: Harrogate Town vs Cambridge U
Having scored just once lately in the League Two, Aiden Marsh will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Cambridge U hope Ben Knight can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of five League Two goals in his last six League Two games.
Popular markets: Harrogate Town vs Cambridge U
Full-time result
Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments Harrogate Town won two times and lost eight as well. Cambridge U won four times, drew five and lost one of their last 10 games away from home. Harrogate Town lost 5 matches on the bounce. Cambridge U won their last 6 matches. Cambridge U didn’t lose any of their 7 most recent away games.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Harrogate Town only scored the first goal of the match in one out of their last ten games. Cambridge U scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. Cambridge U have kept their opponents from scoring five times in their previous 10 matches. Meanwhile, Harrogate Town have been able to keep a clean sheet in zero of their last 10 games. Both teams scored in the last 3 consecutive meetings between Harrogate Town and Cambridge U.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Harrogate Town, who scored an average of 0.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Cambridge U’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.9 goals in these matches. Astonishingly, Harrogate Town conceded a goal in their last 20 matches.
