Colchester United 0, Harrogate Town 1

HARROGATE, England (Interstat) — Defying pregame projections, Harrogate Town opened its League Two season with a dramatic 1-0 victory over favored Colchester United on Saturday at The Exercise Stadium. The match, a physical and often disjointed affair, was decided in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time by defender Jacob Slater. His late-game heroics secured all three points for the hosts and immediately overturned the statistical narrative. Data firm Interstat had heavily favored the visitors, giving Colchester United a 68.90 percent probability to win based on its ELO rating system. The firm’s match simulator had further predicted a high-scoring 2-2… Read more...