Hartlepool United are putting faith in their home crowd to aid them to do well in this meeting hosting Grimsby Town. Who is the winner at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium?
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (29) in League Two
- Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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.
Hartlepool United form and stats
Hartlepool United's results here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium in the League Two have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Hartlepool with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Doncaster Rovers game, 24 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Hartlepool United club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Salford City (placed 5th). Featherstone (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Featherstone hit three key passes and had 62 successful passes (of 70 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Swindon Town.An interesting fact: 9 of the latest 12 league matches from this club have had goals from both teams.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Hartlepool United here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Hartlepool have conceded 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Grimsby Town form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the League Two.
Hunt was the last player to score for the away team. Grimsby Town haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Grimsby Town lost away at Barrow (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points. Crocombe (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.42. Crocombe saved a penalty.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Bradford City.Grimsby have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Grimsby Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last five meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Hartlepool United, zero draws and two wins for Grimsby Town. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Umerah 7 goals |  H. Clifton 5 goals | W. McDonald 3 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Hartlepool United | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 29 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 81% | 62% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 81% | 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 67% |
| 56% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 19% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 40% |
| 38% | 50% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 4 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 12 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11 | 11.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 37% | 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | 25% |
| 13 | 10.4 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 13 | 11.9 |
| 5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
- Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Hartlepool United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (29) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the the worst goal difference (-16) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Salford City | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 8 | Barrow | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Walsall | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Newport County | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 9 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)
