ACCRINGTON. Accrington Stanley and Harrogate Town played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3. Accrington Stanley was vastly better in terms of ball possession (66%)​

The match was played at the Wham Stadium stadium in Accrington on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Dale Baines with the help of Mark Cunliffe and Jack Nield. The 4th official was Martin Parker. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.68 degrees Celsius or 62.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Accrington Stanley had a strong ball possession 66% while Harrogate Town was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Accrington Stanley had a more offensive attitude with 78 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 9 were on target. However, that was not enough Accrington Stanley to win the match​.

Accrington Stanley shot 23 times, 9 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Harrogate Town shot 9 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card (Connor O’Brien). Talking about the opposition, Harrogate Town received 1 yellow card (Sam Folarin).

Standings

After this encounter, Accrington Stanley has 1 points to occupy the 20th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Harrogate Town has 1 points (18th).

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Accrington Stanley will play away against Newport County on the 24th of August with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Newport County (4 draws).

Harrogate Town will play away against Colchester United on the 24th of August with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Colchester United (0 draws).

Accrington Stanley – Formation

Accrington Stanley started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager John Doolan decided to play with the following team: Michael Kelly (6.4), Connor O’Brien (6.3), Farrend Rawson (6.5), Zach Awe (6.8), Sebastian Quirk (6.6), Seamus Conneely (7.2), Donald Love (7.1), Shaun Whalley (7.2), Jimmy Knowles (7.3), Tyler Walton (8.7) and Kelsey Mooney (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Liam Coyle (6.7), Ben Woods, Nelson Khumbeni (6.6), Dan Martin, Liam Isherwood, Josh Woods and Ashley Hunter.

Accrington Stanley could not rely on the presence of Nelson Khumbeni (injured).

Substitutions

Accrington Stanley made 3 changes: Seamus Conneely for Liam Coyle (83′), Jimmy Knowles for Ben Woods (89′) and Farrend Rawson for Nelson Khumbeni (20′).

Player of the match: Tyler Walton​

The player that probably impressed the most for Accrington Stanley was Tyler Walton.

His rating is 8.7 with 1 goal, 37 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Harrogate Town – Formation

Harrogate Town started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Simon Weaver played with: James Belshaw (7.5), Toby Sims (7.5), Anthony O’Connor (6.8), Matty Foulds (6.3), Zico Asare (6.8), Warren Burrell (6.2), Levi Sutton (6.8), Ellis Taylor (7.2), Matty Daly (7.5), James Daly (7.5) and Sam Folarin (7.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mark Oxley, Josh Falkingham, Dean Cornelius, Stephen Duke-McKenna, Jack Muldoon (6.3), James Moorby and Josh March.

Substitutions

Harrogate Town made only 1 change substituting James Daly for Jack Muldoon (46′)​.

Player of the match: Sam Folarin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Harrogate Town was Sam Folarin.

His rating is 7.6 with 1 goal, 15 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Bromley – AFC Wimbledon – 2-0
• Carlisle United – Barrow – 1-0
• Accrington Stanley – Harrogate Town – 3-3
• Bradford City – Salford City – 0-0
• Colchester United – Milton Keynes Dons – 2-0
• Crewe Alexandra – Chesterfield – 0-5
• Grimsby Town – Cheltenham Town – 3-2
• Morecambe – Gillingham – 0-1
• Newport County – Doncaster Rovers – 3-1
• Port Vale – Tranmere Rovers – 0-0
• Swindon Town – Walsall – 0-4