Game week two of the League Two season and the contenders have done their adjustments after the first match. Here's the Hartlepool United - AFC Wimbledon preview:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hartlepool United form and stats
The season before, Hartlepool United's league statistics were 14 wins, 12 draws and 20 losses, providing 17th place in the League Two. In these 46 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 64. Performing as the home team in the last season Hartlepool United managed 9-7-7 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 26 conceded.
Stress levels are on the rise for Hartlepool's attacking players as they have now played 198 minutes without scoring in a league game. Featherstone was their last goal scorer.
No payout for Hartlepool United in their previous match, an away game at Walsall that ended in defeat 0-4. As you see from the result above, Hartlepool suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Hartlepool United's goalkeeper Killip was extremely busy against Walsall, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Colchester United (0-2).There will be little rest for Hartlepool United after this match as they are travelling to Blackburn Rovers for a Carabao Cup game in only four days.
AFC Wimbledon form and stats
Let's have a look at how AFC Wimbledon performed last season in the League One: They landed a 23rd position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 19 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 75 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 14 with 22/41 goals scored/conceded.
Wimbledon are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Gillingham (placed 20th). Midfielder Currie was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. Currie scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A loss against Accrington Stanley was the result prior to that, in a League One home game.After this away game AFC Wimbledon return home for a Carabao Cup game against Gillingham. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Hartlepool United four wins, zero draws and AFC Wimbledon two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() E. Chislett 1 goals | ![]() J. Currie 1 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
AFC Wimbledon missing players
| Hartlepool United | AFC Wimbledon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hartlepool United | Last season | AFC Wimbledon | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Lost | L | 14 | 21 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 49 | ||
| 64 | 26 | Conceded | C | 41 | 75 | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 93% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 76% | ||
| 41% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 46% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 33% | ||
| 11% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 11% | ||
| 48% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 52% | 59% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 11% | ||
| 41% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 37% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 12 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Walsall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Salford City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Barrow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Stevenage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Newport County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sutton United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bradford City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Swindon Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 75 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 31 | 84 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 65 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 84 |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 71 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 80 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 80 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 78 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 77 | 54 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 23 | 77 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 77 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 53 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 76 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 75 |
| 10 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 70 |
| 11 | Newport County | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 58 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 69 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 66 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | -10 | 61 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 47 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 58 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 55 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 58 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 55 |
| 16 | Walsall | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 60 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 31 | -13 | 54 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 38 | -20 | 54 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 59 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 36 | -8 | 53 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 75 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 39 | -11 | 53 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 62 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 39 | -23 | 53 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 38 | -23 | 47 |
| 22 | Barrow | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | -13 | 44 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 75 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -29 | 38 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 29 | 90 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 54 | -61 | 26 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 38 | 92 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 37 | 90 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 34 | 89 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 78 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 85 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 53 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 34 | 26 | 84 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 75 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 83 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 48 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 20 | 80 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 82 | 59 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 23 | 76 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 74 | 57 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 31 | 17 | 73 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 68 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 73 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 70 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 80 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 47 | -19 | 61 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 55 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 31 | -4 | 59 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 45 | -18 | 58 |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 66 | 80 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 50 | -14 | 56 |
| 16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 67 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 41 | -16 | 53 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 63 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 34 | -8 | 52 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 51 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 26 | -4 | 50 |
| 19 | Morecambe | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 57 | 88 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 53 | -31 | 42 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 82 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 45 | -20 | 40 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 69 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 33 | -34 | 40 |
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 82 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 50 | -45 | 38 |
| 23 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 49 | 75 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 41 | -26 | 37 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 83 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 43 | -46 | 29 |