This league season has been strenuous for Hartlepool United up to now, while Doncaster Rovers have won many games. Will the away side claim victory again at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium?
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in League Two
- Doncaster Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Hartlepool United have scored home.
It's no vacation for neither Hartlepool nor Doncaster Rovers 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 4 points from their League Two home games so far after 0-4-1.
Hartlepool United shared the glory with Mansfield Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Mansfield Town as Umerah's goal in the 89th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Curle made a very successful substitution after 0-2 minutes in the game against Mansfield Town, bringing on Umerah who later scored two goals to force the draw 2-2. Lacey was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Lacey served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Gillingham.The match schedule is unforgiving for Hartlepool United as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Carlisle United are visiting.
Hartlepool has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 5 games. Hartlepool United have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Doncaster Rovers have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far.
Two travels in a row for Doncaster Rovers, whose coach McSheffrey could celebrate last time after the win against Rochdale. Knoyle was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Knoyle hit three key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Crawley Town.A quick return to home after this game, as Doncaster are hosting Leyton Orient in the League Two only four days away.
Doncaster Rovers have the goal stats of 5-5 (for/against) from 5 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding nine meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Hartlepool United, two draws and four wins for Doncaster Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Miller 6 goals |   J. Umerah 5 goals | K. Agard 3 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
Doncaster Rovers missing players
| Hartlepool United | Doncaster Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 73% | 40% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 73% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 45% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 36% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 27% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 3.9 | 5.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 9.6 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8 | 9.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 42% | 22% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 12.8 | 9.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 15.6 | 11.7 |
| 4.8 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
- Doncaster Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Hartlepool United have scored home.
- Hartlepool United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hartlepool United have yet to win a game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Salford City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Barrow | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Newport County | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 17 | Walsall | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Stockport County | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 5 |
