Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hartlepool United & Morecambe 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 nor Morecambe 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 played 5 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Hartlepool will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the League Two game against Stevenage. Nicky Featherstone (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Featherstone hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 59 successful passes (of 64 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 versus Exeter City.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hartlepool, as the League Two home game vs Northampton Town is only four days away.
The Hartlepool fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Hartlepool United have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Morecambe form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Morecambe in their League One matches away.
Morecambe play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 3-4 to Wycombe Wanderers. A huge disappointment for Morecambe in their last match (vs Wycombe Wanderers). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 3-4 defeat. As you can tell from the result, the match against Wycombe Wanderers was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Morecambe were so close to getting something from the game against Wycombe Wanderers, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime. Adam Phillips got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Phillips scored one goal and hit one key pass.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Lincoln City in the League One.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cambridge United in just four days.
Morecambe has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Morecambe have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Hartlepool victories, two draws and two Morecambe wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Stockton 9 goals |  A. Phillips 4 goals |   T. Burey 3 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Hartlepool United | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 25 | 43 | ||
| 32 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 52% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Carlisle United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Everton U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Hartlepool United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Morecambe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Barrow | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Northampton Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Sutton United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Newport County | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Salford City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Walsall | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 7 |
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Rotherham United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Morecambe | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -12 | 7 |