Harrogate Town v Eastleigh

National League, game week 10 — UK time

Step 3 of 4 — Goals, and when they come.

What this step says

Harrogate Town scores heaviest in the 76-90+ spell and concedes heaviest in 76-90+; Eastleigh scores heaviest in 76-90+ and concedes heaviest in 46-60. The shapes mesh: Eastleigh's strongest scoring spell is exactly where Harrogate Town is softest.

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Harrogate Town: 50 league matches in the bank, 9 from this season and the rest from last season in the League Two. Eastleigh: 50 league matches in the bank, 9 from this season and the rest from last season.

The question this step asks

Step three is GOALS, AND WHEN THEY COME. Not just how many each side scores and lets in, but the minute bands they come in, who lands the first blow, what each side does after falling behind, and who finds goals late. A side that concedes early and scores late reads very differently from one that does the opposite, at the same goal difference.

Side by side: Harrogate Town scores most in the 76-90+ band (15 of 52); Harrogate Town concedes most in the 76-90+ band (18 of 78); Eastleigh scores most in the 76-90+ band (15 of 63); Eastleigh concedes most in the 46-60 band (21 of 84). Who lands the first blow and who lands the last is the question this step exists to ask.

The two sides

Harrogate Town -- at home

Goals a game
Scores 1.0 and concedes 1.6 a game over its last 50 league matches; at home, 1.0 for and 1.6 against over 25.
When it scores
Of 52 scored across its own 50 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 9; 16-30: 11; 31-45+: 6; 46-60: 9; 61-75: 2; 76-90+: 15. Its heaviest scoring spell is after the 75th minute -- 15 of 52 (29%).
When it concedes
Of 78 conceded across its own 50 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 8; 16-30: 11; 31-45+: 15; 46-60: 11; 61-75: 15; 76-90+: 18. Its heaviest conceding spell is after the 75th minute -- 18 of 78 (23%).
The first goal
Scored first in 20 of its 50 read -- then won 11, drew 2, lost 7; conceded first in 29 -- pulled back 2 wins and 5 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 11 points.
Two-goal swings
Led by two goals at some point in 9 of its 50 read, winning 9 of them; trailed by two in 15, rescuing nothing; was ahead at some point without winning in 9.

Eastleigh -- away

Goals a game
Scores 1.3 and concedes 1.7 a game over its last 50 league matches; away, 1.0 for and 1.6 against over 24.
When it scores
Of 63 scored across its own 50 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 6; 16-30: 9; 31-45+: 11; 46-60: 14; 61-75: 8; 76-90+: 15. Its heaviest scoring spell is after the 75th minute -- 15 of 63 (24%).
When it concedes
Of 84 conceded across its own 50 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 6; 16-30: 16; 31-45+: 8; 46-60: 21; 61-75: 13; 76-90+: 20.
The first goal
Scored first in 19 of its 50 read -- then won 12, drew 4, lost 3; conceded first in 30 -- pulled back 3 wins and 8 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 19 points.
Two-goal swings
Led by two goals at some point in 8 of its 50 read, winning 5 of them; trailed by two in 17, rescuing 1 result; was ahead at some point without winning in 9.

Built 00:05 from matches completed before kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator — not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.