Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hartlepool United & Charlton Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Hartlepool United nor Charlton Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hartlepool United form and stats
Hartlepool United have collected 25 points from their League Two home games so far after 7-4-2. This match is a EFL Trophy match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Hartlepool United's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-1 versus Stevenage. The home side are looking to build on that result. The spoils were shared in Hartlepool's previous game, also at home. Visiting Stevenage travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The Hartlepool United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-1 to Stevenage here at The Super 6 Stadium. Defender Ferguson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Ferguson hit four key passes and won 10 of 14 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Carlisle United and winning 0-0. Before that, Hartlepool played out a League Two draw 0-0 when visiting Carlisle United. A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 0-0 away at Carlisle United.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hartlepool United as they are travelling to their away game against Exeter City in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
The Hartlepool United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. Hartlepool United have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Charlton Athletic form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Charlton Athletic's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the League One. Charlton Athletic only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. When we have look at the EFL Trophy statistics, we find 4W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
Charlton Athletic played 2-0 against Fleetwood Town in their previous match. This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Fleetwood Town with 2-0 on the scoreboard. Charlton Athletic had fun at their own home (The Super 6 Stadium) last time out, beating Fleetwood Town 2-0. Burstow and Morgan scored. Defender Inniss was the best team player with a rating of 8.44. Inniss served one assist, hit two key passes and won 11 of 13 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-1 at Cheltenham Town. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cheltenham Town. A 1-1 defeat away at Cheltenham Town before that.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Charlton have scored 13 goals in 13 league games away. As opposed to that, Charlton Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former seven meetings): Hartlepool United won one game, one match ended in a draw and Charlton Athletic got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / twoTop Goalscorers
![]() C. Washington 7 goals | ![]() J. Stockley 7 goals | ![]() N. Featherstone 4 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
Charlton Athletic missing players
| Hartlepool United | Charlton Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 38 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.5 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| 12.7 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 30 | 55 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 44 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Newport County | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 41 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 41 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 40 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 10 | Salford City | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 33 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 33 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 32 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -6 | 32 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 30 |
| 17 | Walsall | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 29 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 28 |
| 19 | Stevenage | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 28 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -14 | 27 |
| 21 | Barrow | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 25 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -26 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 18 |
| 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 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 23 | 54 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 | Rotherham United | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 53 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 52 |
| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 46 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 46 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 43 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 38 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 38 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 36 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 36 |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -10 | 36 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | -3 | 31 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 30 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 28 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -7 | 28 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -15 | 27 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -21 | 22 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 27 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 33 | -30 | 19 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -23 | 18 |