Harrogate Town vs Swindon Town Match Analysis and Prediction

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Swindon will be making a trip to Wetherby Road on to face Harrogate Town in their League Two fixture on Friday.

The hosts enter the contest winless in six consecutive home matches, while Swindon are four points behind Newport County for seventh place and a shot at promotion.

After ending the previous month on a positive note, defeating Scunthorpe United 3-0, Simon Weaver has seen his team fall short on two occasions in April, losing 2-0 at Salford City last Saturday.

Some indecision defensively and a lack of quality in the final third wasted what Weaver felt was a solid effort from his side at Moor Lane.

Since March, the club has fallen short of quality, and they have failed to score in four league fixture, claiming only one victory in their previuos 10 domestic matches.

Over the past few games, the Suphurites have struggled to react in a timely fashion when suffering a blow, failing to find a goal after conceding in three of their last four affairs.

Ben Garner and his Swindon Town side have not been lucky recently, as an own goal by Dion Conroy in the 90th minute saw them lose 1-0 to Newport County.

The Robins are yet to find the back of the net this month, and they started poorly last Saturday, sustaining plenty of pressure in the opening 15 minutes.

They have created a decent amount of scoring opportunities in their previous six games but have tallied far too late, scoring only one first-half goal in all of those matches, while finding the back of the net twice in injury time.

Five of their final six domestic matches this season will be against sides currently below them in the table, and can take solace in knowing that they have never dropped three consecutive league games this season.

Harrogate Town vs Swindon Town head to head

The two teams have previously met on just one occasion in the League Two in November 2021, where they played out a 1-1 draw. This is going to be the second time they will be meeting in a competitive game in the League Two.

Swindon Town 1-1 Harrogate Town 27/11/21

Harrogate Town latest home form

Harrogate Town have recently been on a poor run of form at home, having failed to win in any of their six most recent matches. In their last home game, they were defeated 2-1 by Colchester United. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded nine.

Harrogate Town 1-1 Port Vale 01/03/22

Harrogate Town 1-2 Hartlepool United 05/03/22

Harrogate Town 1-1 Walsall 19/03/22

Harrogate Town 0-3 Leyton Orient 22/03/22

Harrogate Town 1-2 Colchester United 02/04/22

Harrogate Town latest away form

The Sulphurites have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just one of their last five matches. They managed to defeat Scunthorpe United 3-0 on March 26 in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded seven.

Barrow 0-0 Harrogate Town 26/02/22

Bristol Rovers 3-0 Harrogate Town 12/03/22

Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Harrogate Town 15/03/22

Scunthorpe United 0-3 Harrogate Town 26/03/22

Salford City 2-0 Harrogate Town 09/04/22

Swindon Town latest home form

Swindon have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having lost two of their five most recent matches. In their last home game, they were defeated 1-0 by Newport County in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded four.

Swindon Town 5-0 Walsall 22/02/22

Swindon Town 1-2 Salford City 26/02/22

Swindon Town 1-0 Oldham Athletic 12/03/22

Swindon Town 2-1 Sutton Town 15/03/22

Swindon Town 0-1 Newport County 09/04/22

Swindon Town latest away form

Swindon have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just two of their five most recent matches. In their last away game, they managed to draw 0-0 with Rochdale in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded seven.

Carlisle United 0-3 Swindon Town 19/02/22

Bradford City 1-2 Swindon Town 05/03/22

Exeter City 3-1 Swindon Town 08/03/22

Crawley Town 3-1 Swindon Town 19/03/22

Rochdale 0-0 Swindon Town 02/04/22

Harrogate Town news

Luke Armstrong still leads Harrogate in goals this season, while Jack Muldoon has their only goal so far this month.

Goals from Jack Diamond, George Thomson and Will Smith helped them defeat Scunthorpe at the end of March, as goalkeeper Mark Oxley only had to save three shots, collecting the clean sheet.

Swindon Town news

Striker Harry McKirdy is tied with Jamille Matt for third in goals domestically this season with 17, behind Dom Telford (24) and Matthew Stevens (23).

Louis Reed returned from suspension on Saturday, replacing Ricky Aguiar, while Jonny Williams, Ben Gladwin and Josh Davison have helped shoulder scoring load for the team.