HARROGATE. Tranmere Rovers tops Harrogate Town with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Jolley (54′) and a goal from T. Davies (70′). Harrogate Town lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the CNG Stadium stadium in Harrogate on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 3,105 spectators. The referee was Tom Reeves assisted by Connor Brown and Jack Forder. The 4th official was Daniel Woodward. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.9 degrees Celsius or 44.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 12 Total 10
- 2 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 110 Attack 103
- 58 Dangerous attack 52
- 104 Ball safe 98
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 6
Fouls
- 4 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Harrogate Town was in firm control of the ball 60% while Tranmere Rovers was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Harrogate Town was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Tranmere Rovers was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Harrogate Town shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Tranmere Rovers shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Harrogate Town received 1 yellow card (Liam Gibson). On the other side, Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards (Reece McAlear and Luke McGee).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Harrogate Town stays with 33 points like Swindon Town, Walsall and Crawley Town to remain in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Tranmere Rovers will has 30 points like Newport County to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Harrogate Town will play away with Morecambe on the 1st of January with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Morecambe (0 draws).
Tranmere Rovers will host Notts County on the 1st of January with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Notts County (2 draws).
Harrogate Town – Formation
Harrogate Town
64'
72'
Harrogate Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Simon Weaver decided to play with the following team: J. Belshaw, Kayne Ramsay , Anthony O’Connor , Liam Gibson , Matthew Foulds , Dean Cornelius , George Thomson , Jack Muldoon , Matty Daly , Abraham Odoh and Josh March .
The home team had on the bench: Warren Burrell, James Daly , Sam Folarin , Levi Sutton, Finn O’Boyle, Conor Falls and Lewis Thomas.
Substitutions
Harrogate Town made 2 changes: Josh March for Sam Folarin (63′) and Abraham Odoh for James Daly (72′).
Player of the match: George Thomson
The most impressive player for Harrogate Town was George Thomson.
His rating is with 73 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.
Tranmere Rovers – Formation
Tranmere Rovers
70'
Tranmere Rovers started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Nigel Adkins played with: Luke McGee , Lee O’Connor , Tom Davies , Jordan Turnbull , Connor Wood , Robert Apter , Brad Walker , Regan Hendry , Kieron Morris , Connor Jennings and Harvey Saunders .
They had on the bench: Josh Hawkes, Charlie Jolley , Joe Murphy, Josef Yarney, Paul Lewis, Reece McAlear and James Norris .
Tranmere Rovers could not rely on the presence of James Norris (injured).
Substitutions
Tranmere Rovers made 4 changes: Connor Wood for James Norris (44′), Brad Walker for Reece McAlear (46′), Harvey Saunders for Charlie Jolley (46′) and Robert Apter for Josh Hawkes (89′).
Player of the match: Tom Davies
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tranmere Rovers was Tom Davies.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (54% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Walsall – Wrexham – 3-1
- Swindon Town – Forest Green Rovers – 2-1
- Salford City – Grimsby Town – 0-3
- Notts County – Morecambe – 5-0
- Newport County – Crewe Alexandra – 1-1
- Milton Keynes Dons – Crawley Town – 2-0
- Mansfield Town – Doncaster Rovers – 1-1
- Harrogate Town – Tranmere Rovers – 0-2
- Gillingham – Sutton United – 1-0
- Bradford City – Stockport County – 0-0
- Barrow – Accrington Stanley – 1-1
- AFC Wimbledon – Colchester United – 5-3
