A home team triumph, the away team runs away as victors or a tactical 0-0 draw? It's all possible when the mid-table inhabitants Hartlepool United and Northampton Town meet at Victoria Park.
- Hartlepool United have the most points (13) at home in League Two
- Northampton Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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
When playing at home in the League Two, Hartlepool United have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Morecambe (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy last time out and are looking for a win here.
Prior to that, an away loss at Stevenage in the League Two.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 16 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn four and lost five.
Hartlepool are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Defensively Hartlepool have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Northampton Town form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
There were no winners in Northampton's previous match, a EFL Trophy home game that ended 1-1 vs Walsall (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) (placed 21st).
A loss against Sutton United was the result prior to that, in a League Two home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Northampton Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Northampton, four draws and three defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Northampton as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Northampton are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hartlepool four wins, one draw and Northampton Town five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Burey 3 goals |   J. Guthrie 3 goals |  G. Holohan 2 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 90% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 20% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 2.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8.2 | 10.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 30% | 47% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 31% |
- Hartlepool United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hartlepool United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Hartlepool United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Hartlepool United have the most points (13) at home in League Two
- Hartlepool United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Northampton Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Barrow | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Northampton Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Sutton United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Newport County | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Salford City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Walsall | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 7 |