The home advantage belongs to Hartlepool United in this game against Oldham Athletic, but the guests will battle to the bitter end. Here's the complete Tipsway match preview!
- Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals (39) in League Two
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only three days ago. That game, against Barrow, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Oldham Athletic.
Hartlepool United form and stats
Hartlepool United have performed here at The Super 6 Stadium this season with 7 wins from 11 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
In their previous game, the manager Lee led his Hartlepool to a defeat in the League Two match away at Mansfield Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Super 6 Stadium. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Mansfield Town) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Liddle was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.82 out of 10. The defender Liddle won 6 of 9 duels.
Before that, Hartlepool United drew at home versus Scunthorpe United.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hartlepool United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won nine times, drawn zero and lost one.
Hartlepool are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Hartlepool's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Oldham Athletic so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
Oldham are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Barrow (placed 19th). Piergianni, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.9. Piergianni won 5 of 6 duels.
A loss against Scunthorpe United was the result prior to that, in a home game.Oldham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, seven draws and seven defeats. From a total of 19 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Oldham Athletic are hosting Wigan Athletic in the EFL Trophy only three days away.
The attacking power of Oldham Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Oldham have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Oldham Athletic - Hartlepool 0-0 was the score in these teams' latest head-to-head match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Hartlepool wins - draws - Oldham Athletic wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Keillor-Dunn 6 goals |  M. Cullen 4 goals | D. Ferguson 3 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
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| Hartlepool United | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 24 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 34 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 39 |
| 91% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 73% | 83% |
| 73% | 73% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 55% | 65% |
| 50% | 55% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 45% | 61% |
| 32% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 9% | 26% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 50% | 64% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 36% | 48% |
| 23% | 36% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 26% |
| 36% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 55% | 43% |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 4.5 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 11.5 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.5 | 11 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 35% | 41% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 19% | 30% |
| 11.5 | 9.5 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.3 | 12.3 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
- Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hartlepool United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Oldham Athletic have scored away.
- Oldham Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals (39) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| 4 | Sutton United | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | Newport County | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | Walsall | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Salford City | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 14 | Rochdale | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Barrow | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 20 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -18 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 17 |
