League Two: We're previewing an exciting and crucial match between Hartlepool United and Harrogate Town at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium. Both are in need of a good run!
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (42) in League Two
- Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Hartlepool United nor Harrogate Town 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
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Hartlepool United have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium. The Hartlepool United manager Curle might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Hartlepool fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Mansfield Town (placed 6th). Cooke, an attacker, was the highest rated player for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 7.35 (out of 10). Cooke served one assist, hit two key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Rochdale with a 2-1 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with Hartlepool United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hartlepool United as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Hartlepool United has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 most recent league games with this side has seen three or more goals.
Hartlepool United aren't scoring a lot here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium in the league, with only {8 goals} from 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hartlepool United defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Hartlepool has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Harrogate Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Harrogate Town so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Harrogate Town, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Bradford City (placed 7th). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. Midfield player Falkingham was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.15/10. Falkingham hit one key pass and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Grimsby Town.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Harrogate Town in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Harrogate Town, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 12 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
In the opposite end, Harrogate have conceded 17 goals in their away games. When Harrogate Town is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Newport County, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Rochdale, Gillingham, Crewe Alexandra and Harrogate Town.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before in this season, with the match result Harrogate Town - Hartlepool 2-1 written in the official records. Hartlepool United-Harrogate Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hartlepool United four wins, Harrogate Town five wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  L. Armstrong 8 goals |  J. Umerah 7 goals | A. Pattison 5 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
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| Hartlepool United | Harrogate Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | 27 |
| 42 | 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 33 |
| 87% | 73% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 83% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 73% |
| 61% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 59% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | 27% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| 61% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 45% |
| 17% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | 23% |
| 35% | 45% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 45% | 41% |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 11.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.8 | 10.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 36% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 42% |
| 12.1 | 10.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 14 | 13.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
- Harrogate Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (18) at home in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (42) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most matches over the total-line (14) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the the worst goal difference (-21) 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 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 52 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 45 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 39 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | Salford City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 9 | Barrow | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Stockport County | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 34 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 34 |
| 13 | Walsall | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 32 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 27 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -21 | 18 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 17 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -17 | 15 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -20 | 14 |
