EFL Trophy betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Hartlepool United - Rotherham United game

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Wed 09.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hartlepool United & Rotherham United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

Hartlepool United have performed here this season with 9 wins from 16 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 2.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Harrogate Town and winning 2-1.

Hartlepool United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. From these home matches, Hartlepool United have conceded only 14 goals.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 11-4-3 from 18 games.

The game before that, in the League One, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Milton Keynes Dons.

The visiting Rotherham United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 24 goals from 18 games. Rotherham are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 5 goals away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Hartlepool United-Rotherham United H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Hartlepool United one win, Rotherham United one win, two draws. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
17 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
11 goals
Rotherham UnitedD. Barlaser
D. Barlaser
9 goals

Hartlepool United missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hartlepool United Rotherham United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   14 25
11 6   Won W   8 15
7 5   Drew D   3 6
7 1   Lost L   3 4
28 15   Scored S   19 38
27 10   Conceded C   6 14
84% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 92%
64% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   43% 56%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   14% 24%
24% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 16%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 12%
48% 58%   BTTS BTTS   14% 36%
40% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   64% 52%
28% 17%   Failed to Score F T   36% 20%
 
4.6 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   6.2 6.2
4.7 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.7
1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.3
3 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
9.7 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   13.7 14.1
3.5 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.9
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 39%
 
12.8 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.3 9.4
3.8 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.6

  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 34 19 11 4 64 29 16 11 2 3 27 11 18 8 9 1 37 18 35 68
2 Northampton Town 35 17 9 9 42 29 18 11 3 4 26 13 17 6 6 5 16 16 13 60
3 Exeter City 33 15 12 6 50 34 16 9 5 2 27 15 17 6 7 4 23 19 16 57
4 Sutton United 34 16 9 9 53 39 18 11 4 3 31 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 14 57
5 Newport County 35 15 11 9 56 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 11 56
6 Mansfield Town 32 16 8 8 44 34 18 12 3 3 31 19 14 4 5 5 13 15 10 56
7 Tranmere Rovers 35 16 8 11 38 30 17 12 1 4 24 11 18 4 7 7 14 19 8 56
8 Swindon Town 35 15 10 10 58 44 17 5 7 5 27 19 18 10 3 5 31 25 14 55
9 Bristol Rovers 35 15 9 11 48 42 17 9 3 5 24 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 6 54
10 Port Vale 33 13 11 9 46 33 16 7 5 4 21 13 17 6 6 5 25 20 13 50
11 Salford City 33 13 9 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 48
12 Hartlepool United 34 13 8 13 36 44 16 9 5 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 47
13 Crawley Town 34 12 9 13 42 46 18 5 6 7 22 26 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 45
14 Harrogate Town 34 11 10 13 52 52 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 6 4 7 26 28 0 43
15 Bradford City 35 9 13 13 38 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 17 5 5 7 15 20 -7 40
16 Walsall 35 10 10 15 37 47 17 6 5 6 24 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -10 40
17 Rochdale 33 8 14 11 39 45 15 4 8 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 38
18 Carlisle United 34 9 10 15 28 46 17 4 7 6 12 18 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 37
19 Colchester United 35 8 12 15 33 49 18 4 8 6 19 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -16 36
20 Leyton Orient 33 7 14 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 35
21 Stevenage 35 7 13 15 32 54 17 6 6 5 21 23 18 1 7 10 11 31 -22 34
22 Barrow 34 7 12 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 33
23 Oldham Athletic 33 7 10 16 34 51 16 4 3 9 21 28 17 3 7 7 13 23 -17 31
24 Scunthorpe United 35 4 12 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 18 1 7 10 12 36 -35 24
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 37 21 9 7 62 37 18 10 4 4 25 16 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 72
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Sunderland 37 18 9 10 64 48 18 12 2 4 37 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 16 63
6 Plymouth Argyle 35 18 8 9 58 39 17 10 3 4 24 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 19 62
7 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
8 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
9 Ipswich Town 37 16 11 10 57 39 18 9 7 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 59
10 Portsmouth 35 16 9 10 53 38 18 10 4 4 34 20 17 6 5 6 19 18 15 57
11 Bolton Wanderers 37 16 7 14 59 48 18 10 5 3 36 20 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 55
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 36 10 14 12 49 59 19 8 6 5 26 25 17 2 8 7 23 34 -10 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 35 10 8 17 40 49 19 5 4 10 19 25 16 5 4 7 21 24 -9 38
19 Fleetwood Town 35 7 12 16 48 63 17 5 5 7 26 27 18 2 7 9 22 36 -15 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 36 6 15 15 39 56 17 2 11 4 21 24 19 4 4 11 18 32 -17 33
21 Morecambe 36 7 11 18 45 67 18 5 7 6 26 29 18 2 4 12 19 38 -22 32
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 36 6 7 23 30 66 18 4 4 10 17 32 18 2 3 13 13 34 -36 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 37 21 9 7 62 37 18 10 4 4 25 16 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 72
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Sunderland 37 18 9 10 64 48 18 12 2 4 37 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 16 63
6 Plymouth Argyle 35 18 8 9 58 39 17 10 3 4 24 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 19 62
7 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
8 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
9 Ipswich Town 37 16 11 10 57 39 18 9 7 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 59
10 Portsmouth 35 16 9 10 53 38 18 10 4 4 34 20 17 6 5 6 19 18 15 57
11 Bolton Wanderers 37 16 7 14 59 48 18 10 5 3 36 20 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 55
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 36 10 14 12 49 59 19 8 6 5 26 25 17 2 8 7 23 34 -10 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 35 10 8 17 40 49 19 5 4 10 19 25 16 5 4 7 21 24 -9 38
19 Fleetwood Town 35 7 12 16 48 63 17 5 5 7 26 27 18 2 7 9 22 36 -15 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 36 6 15 15 39 56 17 2 11 4 21 24 19 4 4 11 18 32 -17 33
21 Morecambe 36 7 11 18 45 67 18 5 7 6 26 29 18 2 4 12 19 38 -22 32
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 36 6 7 23 30 66 18 4 4 10 17 32 18 2 3 13 13 34 -36 25

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