Match Preview: Notts County v Harrogate Town (Saturday, 2pm)

Harrogate Town face Notts County on Saturday seeking to protect their long unbeaten run in League Two.

Harrogate are unbeaten in five, with two wins and three draws, ahead of the 3pm kick-off.

They face a County team who have won one and drawn two over the same number of games.

With 80 goals in 41 games so far this season, County are the league’s highest scorers with 2.0 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 79 goals at a rate of 1.9 per game.

Harrogate, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.3 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have conceded 1.4 goals per game.

In Macaulay Langstaff, the home side have the league’s sharpest shooter so far this season. He has notched 24 goals in 41 appearances.

His goal rate of one every 150 minutes is quicker than that of George Thomson, Town’s top scorer with a goal every 259 minutes, and a total of 12 goals in 38 games.

In the last five years, County and Harrogate have played each other on four occasions. County won one of them and Harrogate the other.

On average, County scored 1.0 goal and Harrogate 1.8 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on December 16, when Harrogate won 3-1 at home.

County are 16th in the table after 41 games, of which they have won 15 and drawn seven, earning 52 points.

The visitors are four places ahead of County in 12th, with 16 wins and 10 draws putting them on 58 points.

County’s last match was on Monday, a 3-3 draw against Milton Keynes Dons, with Aaron Evans Nemane, Alassana Jatta and Samuel Joseph Austin getting the goals for County.

Harrogate beat Gillingham 5-1 last time out, also on Monday, with Matty Daly (two), Abraham Odoh, Anthony O’Connor and Jack Muldoon on the scoresheet.

Saturday’s match will be refereed by Jacob Miles, who has taken charge of eight League Two games so far this season, issuing no red cards and booking 32 players. He has not awarded any penalties.

The last Harrogate game Miles refereed was the 2-1 win away at Sutton United on January 30. He is yet to oversee a match featuring County this season.

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Notts County v Harrogate Town
League Two | Meadow Lane
Saturday, 6 April 2024 @ 3.00pm

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