It's the first game of the new campaign for Walsall and Hartlepool United. The sheet is blank, the potential infinite.
Walsall form and stats
The season before, Walsall's league results were 14 wins, 12 draws and 20 losses, leading to 16th position in the League Two. Over these 46 matches they scored 47 goals and let in 60. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Walsall produced 10-5-8 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 29 conceded.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Walsall handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Walsall, who have participated in five training matches. Walsall have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.
Hartlepool United form and stats
Let's have a look at how Hartlepool United performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 12 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 64 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 13 with 20/38 goals scored/conceded.
We have checked recent matches where Hartlepool United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Hartlepool United have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from six fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Walsall won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Hartlepool United have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveWalsall missing players
Hartlepool United missing players
| Walsall | Hartlepool United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walsall | Last season | Hartlepool United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Lost | L | 13 | 20 | ||
| 47 | 30 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 60 | 29 | Conceded | C | 38 | 64 | ||
| 96% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 87% | ||
| 65% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 72% | ||
| 41% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 41% | ||
| 24% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 11% | ||
| 48% | 52% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 33% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 48% | 41% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | ||
| 11 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Wimbledon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Barrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bradford City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Colchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Gillingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Newport County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Salford City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Stevenage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Stockport County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Sutton United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Walsall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
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