The home supporters plan for a win and three points in this match, and the home advantage should work against a stumbling visitor. Hartlepool United are in 16th spot while the guesting Colchester United sweat at 19th.
- Hartlepool United have the most points from losing position (26) in League Two
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Hartlepool United are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Colchester most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hartlepool United form and stats
9-7-6 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Hartlepool United so far this season. With seven home League Two games in a row without a win, the Hartlepool United fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Tranmere Rovers game long ago, can be stopped today.
Hartlepool United shared the glory with Scunthorpe United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Swindon Town with the scoreline 0-3.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hartlepool have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn six and lost three.
Hartlepool United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 22 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Hartlepool United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Colchester United form and stats
7-4-11 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Colchester United in their League Two matches away.
Colchester delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Walsall (placed 15th) in their previous match. Attacker Sears got a player rating of 8.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Sears scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Newport County at their stadium, the result 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Colchester United playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were five Colchester United wins, three draws and two defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Colchester as they have only managed to score 21 times from 22 away games in the league. 32 goals have been conceded by Colchester United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Colchester United - Hartlepool 1-2 was the end result in these sides' previous h2h fixture, played this season. Previous ten meetings between these participants: Hartlepool United won three, Colchester United triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Sears 14 goals |   L. Molyneux 8 goals |  N. Chilvers 8 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Hartlepool United | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 45 | 22 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 22 | 45 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 19 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 44 | 24 | 11 | Scored | S | 7 | 21 | 46 |
| 62 | 24 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 32 | 60 |
| 87% | 86% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 73% | 73% |
| 42% | 41% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 55% | 44% |
| 24% | 18% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 18% | 20% |
| 11% | 5% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 49% | 50% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 41% | 49% |
| 24% | 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 23% | 20% |
| 40% | 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10.1 | 11 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 32% | 34% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 32% |
| 12.1 | 10.8 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.1 | 12.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hartlepool United have the most points from losing position (26) in League Two
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Exeter City | 45 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 65 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 84 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 45 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 73 | 42 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 31 | 83 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 45 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 57 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 77 |
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 45 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 64 | 49 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 77 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 65 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 75 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 75 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 74 | 54 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 20 | 74 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 45 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 53 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 73 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 45 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 52 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 72 |
| 10 | Salford City | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 56 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 69 |
| 11 | Newport County | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 65 | 55 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 66 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 45 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 63 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 34 | -10 | 60 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 45 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 62 | 46 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 58 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 45 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 55 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 26 | -4 | 55 |
| 15 | Walsall | 45 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 47 | 57 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 31 | -10 | 54 |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 45 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 62 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 38 | -18 | 54 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 45 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 64 | 73 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 39 | -9 | 53 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 45 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 60 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 37 | -21 | 53 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 45 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 60 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 32 | -14 | 52 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 45 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 49 | 59 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 36 | -10 | 50 |
| 21 | Barrow | 45 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 43 | 54 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | -11 | 44 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 45 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 41 | 66 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 38 | -25 | 44 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 45 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 43 | 72 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 39 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -29 | 37 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 45 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 29 | 83 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 47 | -54 | 26 |
