Harrogate Town vs Salford City Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Harrogate Town

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Harrogate Town enter this game following on from a 1-1 League Two drawn match vs Bradford City.

The only player to score from Harrogate Town was Matty Daly (78'). Jamie Walker (95') scored for Bradford City.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Harrogate Town have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Harrogate Town have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 12 goals during that time.

Salford City

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Notts County in League Two action, Salford City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

David McGoldrick (37') and Dan Crowley (63') scored for Notts County.

The attacking players from Salford City have been starved of goals over their previous 6 clashes, netting the poor return of just 3. In those fixtures, The Ammies have also seen the overall goal aggregate of their opponents equal 11. We will see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An inspection of past results between these clubs going back to 19/12/2020 reveals that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Harrogate Town. They’ve not been able to come away with any wins whatsoever while Salford City have been too good for them, finishing as winners in 67% of those games played.

A combined total of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 3 for The Town and 9 created by The Ammies. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The last league clash between the two was League Two match day 32 on 14/02/2023 when it finished Salford City 1-1 Harrogate Town.

The referee was Seb Stockbridge.

🗞️ Team News: Harrogate Town

The Harrogate Town boss Simon Weaver doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game thanks to a fully injury-free group available for selection.

In our view, The Town look set to kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system, utilising Illan Meslier, Sam Byram, Pascal Struijk, Liam Cooper, Jamie Shackleton, Glen Kamara, Ethan Ampadu, C. Summerville, Joel Piroe, Daniel James and Georginio Rutter.

📋 Team News: Salford City

With a completely injury-free group available to select from, the Salford City manager Neil Wood does not have any fitness worries at all before this match.

It’s our belief that The Ammies appear most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 formation, choosing Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Imran Louza, Francisco Sierralta, Ismael Kone, Thomas Ince, Mileta Rajovic and Matheus Martins.

✨ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Salford City and Harrogate Town could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. We’re therefore tipping a very close game with a 1-1 score draw at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 00:58 19/09/2023