Rochdale know they are going on a strenuous visit to Hartlepool United and their Victoria Park. This article has all the data you require ahead of the match.
- Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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
Hartlepool United are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Victoria Park. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. It's trouble wherever Hartlepool are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
A good away victory last time out for Hartlepool, who won 1-0 against Lincoln City.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Sheffield Wednesday.The match schedule is unforgiving for Hartlepool United as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Scunthorpe United are visiting.
The Hartlepool fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Hartlepool United have conceded 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Rochdale form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Sharing is caring, but Rochdale are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row.
Rochdale failed to get anything from their last game, a FA Cup home match vs Plymouth Argyle that ended with defeat 1-2. Jake Beesley, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.82. Beesley dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A draw for Rochdale before that, at their own venue hosting Exeter City (1-1).The schedule is very tough for Rochdale now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Bristol Rovers is waiting in only three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Rochdale have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by Rochdale in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Hartlepool United, two draws and five wins for Rochdale. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Newby 5 goals | J. Beesley 5 goals |  D. Ferguson 3 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
Rochdale missing players
| Hartlepool United | Rochdale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 30 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 84% |
| 74% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 68% |
| 47% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 37% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 47% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 21% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 37% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | 6 |
| 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 11.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.1 | 13.6 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 34% | 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 45% | 36% |
| 11.1 | 9.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.9 | 12.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
- Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hartlepool United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Hartlepool United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rochdale 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 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 32 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 30 |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 9 | Newport County | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Salford City | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Walsall | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 21 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 20 | Barrow | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 18 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 16 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 15 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 14 |