The guesting Northampton Town side are thought to be the strongest party at Hartlepool United, as the visitors have a 30 point edge from their 34 league games this season.
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (63) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in League Two
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hartlepool United form and stats
Hartlepool United's struggle is real here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium with only 16 points collected from 17 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-7-7.
Hartlepool United drew their last game, 1-1 away at Tranmere Rovers (placed 12th).
In the match before that, Hartlepool United hosted Walsall and drew the game 3-3.Hartlepool has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hartlepool United defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Hartlepool hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Grimsby Town, Newport County, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Rochdale, Gillingham and Harrogate Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.
Northampton Town form and stats
8-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Northampton Town in their League Two matches away.
Northampton Town won their last game, 1-0 versus Crawley Town played at home. Northampton Town made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, McGowan receiving a red card in the 72nd minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Northampton Town won the match 1-0! Midfielder Sowerby was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Sowerby scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Harrogate Town.Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's latest 11 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
A new game in only three days for Northampton, the League Two home match versus Mansfield Town. Busy days.
Northampton Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 17 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Northampton Town - Hartlepool United 2-1. Data for the former ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Hartlepool, one draw and five wins for Northampton Town. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 17 goals |  J. Umerah 10 goals | D. Kemp 5 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Hartlepool United | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 18 | 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | 47 |
| 63 | 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 32 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 88% |
| 83% | 76% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 82% | 71% |
| 57% | 59% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 35% | 44% |
| 34% | 35% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | 21% |
| 11% | 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | 9% |
| 60% | 59% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 59% | 56% |
| 17% | 24% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 32% |
| 31% | 35% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 4 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.2 | 11.9 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 1.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 35% | 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | 33% |
| 12.7 | 11.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.6 | 9.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 2.6 |
- Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (29) at home in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (63) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most matches over the total-line (20) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the the worst goal difference (-26) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals in the second half (30) 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 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 72 |
| 2 | Carlisle United | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 22 | 61 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 60 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 59 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 57 |
| 6 | Salford City | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 56 |
| 7 | Stockport County | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 55 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 55 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -2 | 51 |
| 10 | Barrow | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -3 | 51 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 49 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 48 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -7 | 47 |
| 14 | Walsall | 32 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 43 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 42 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 33 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 39 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 22 | -6 | 38 |
| 18 | Newport County | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -7 | 37 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 24 | -11 | 35 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 34 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 51 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -13 | 32 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 35 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 63 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 34 | -26 | 29 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 28 | -20 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 35 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 52 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | -23 | 25 |
