Hartlepool United have not been spoiled with points this league season. Can they get something when Salford City come to visit The Northern Gas and Power Stadium?
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (27) in League Two
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Hartlepool nor Salford City 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
Hartlepool United's struggle is real here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium with only 7 points collected from 7 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-2. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Hartlepool United to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager Curle led his Hartlepool United to a defeat away at Swindon Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium. Midfielder Oduor was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.23 (out of ten) in that game. Oduor scored one goal.
Before that game, a home defeat in the EFL Trophy against Everton U21.
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 11 latest league games shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Grimsby Town are coming to town in four days.
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 7 games). 8 goals have been conceded. When Hartlepool hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Newport County, Colchester United, AFC Wimbledon, Crawley Town, Rochdale, Gillingham and Harrogate Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Salford City form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the League Two. Having won their last three away games Salford City has no reason to fear anyone.
Salford aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 225 league minutes without a goal. Galbraith was the last player to find the net.
Salford City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Stockport County (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 0-2. The attacker Simões got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Simões hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that, 2-2 away against Rochdale (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Leyton Orient.
Salford City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Salford are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Hartlepool United-Salford City H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Hartlepool United two wins, Salford City four wins, one draw. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Umerah 7 goals | W. McDonald 3 goals |  R. Watson 3 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
Salford City missing players
| Hartlepool United | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 27 | 8 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 80% | 57% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 80% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 60% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 7% |
| 67% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 20% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 11.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.3 | 12 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 38% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 35% |
| 13.2 | 10.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.2 | 11 |
| 4.9 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
- Hartlepool United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (27) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the the worst goal difference (-14) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Salford City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 11 | Barrow | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 15 | Walsall | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | Newport County | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 13 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 21 | Crawley Town | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 9 |
