Evenly matched teams: Hartlepool United vs Sutton United match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Northern Gas and Power Stadium (7856 seats)

The Northern Gas and Power Stadium: Shake it up for a football party when Hartlepool United engage Sutton United. All the latest on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sutton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Hartlepool's stadium, The Northern Gas and Power Stadium, has a grass surface. Sutton United have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Sutton United when playing on grass; 19 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses from 42 matches. They have scored 57 goals in these games and conceded 49.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hartlepool United and Sutton United.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium as Hartlepool United have scored 21 goals to get 31 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 9-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hartlepool United has recorded two wins in a row here at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Hartlepool goalkeeper Ben Killip is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 253 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

Hartlepool United's last game was hosting Tranmere Rovers (placed 2nd) and winning 1-0. Ferguson, defender, was given a rating of 8.22/10 in that game, top of the team. Ferguson hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Crawley Town with a 1-0 scoreline.

There will be little rest for Hartlepool United after this match as they are travelling to Colchester United for a League Two game in only three days.

The Hartlepool United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. Hartlepool have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sutton United form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Sutton United playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Sutton United lost away at Bristol Rovers (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder Davis was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.11. Davis hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Forest Green Rovers.

Sutton United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 21 goals have been scored. Sutton struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Sutton United - Hartlepool United 1-0. Data for the former nine meetings involving these two squads are: one win for Hartlepool United, four draws and four wins for Sutton United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Sutton UnitedD. Ajiboye
D. Ajiboye
7 goals
Sutton UnitedI. Olaofe
I. Olaofe
7 goals
HartlepoolL. Molyneux
L. Molyneux
5 goals

Hartlepool United missing players

Sutton United missing players

Hartlepool United Sutton United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
11 9 2 Won W 1 5 14
7 4 1 Drew D 2 4 8
12 2 2 Lost L 2 6 9
30 21 6 Scored S 4 21 45
38 13 7 Conceded C 8 23 37
83% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 90%
63% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 80% 71%
40% 47% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 45%
27% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 40% 29%
13% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 27% 19%
43% 60% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 52%
33% 40% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 39%
40% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 20% 19%
 
4.3 4.9 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 5.3 4.8
4.3 2.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.8 5.6
1.4 1.2 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.3 1.5
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.2 11.7 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 12.7 12.7
3.1 3.5 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.4
32% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 34% 33%
 
11.8 9.7 12.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 14.5 12.6
3.7 3.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.4 4.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sutton United 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 Forest Green Rovers 30 19 9 2 61 24 15 11 2 2 27 10 15 8 7 0 34 14 37 66
2 Tranmere Rovers 32 16 7 9 33 22 16 12 0 4 23 10 16 4 7 5 10 12 11 55
3 Exeter City 30 14 11 5 45 30 15 8 5 2 24 14 15 6 6 3 21 16 15 53
4 Northampton Town 30 15 7 8 35 25 15 9 2 4 19 10 15 6 5 4 16 15 10 52
5 Sutton United 31 14 8 9 45 37 16 9 4 3 24 14 15 5 4 6 21 23 8 50
6 Mansfield Town 29 14 7 8 39 32 17 11 3 3 29 18 12 3 4 5 10 14 7 49
7 Newport County 31 13 9 9 49 41 14 7 4 3 29 17 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 48
8 Swindon Town 30 12 10 8 46 38 15 4 7 4 21 17 15 8 3 4 25 21 8 46
9 Port Vale 28 12 8 8 41 29 15 6 5 4 19 13 13 6 3 4 22 16 12 44
10 Salford City 31 12 8 11 35 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 16 6 2 8 18 17 6 44
11 Bristol Rovers 29 11 8 10 38 39 15 8 2 5 22 18 14 3 6 5 16 21 -1 41
12 Bradford City 31 9 13 9 36 36 15 4 8 3 21 18 16 5 5 6 15 18 0 40
13 Crawley Town 30 11 7 12 37 41 14 4 4 6 17 21 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 40
14 Hartlepool United 30 11 7 12 30 38 15 9 4 2 21 13 15 2 3 10 9 25 -8 40
15 Harrogate Town 30 10 8 12 47 48 15 5 5 5 24 21 15 5 3 7 23 27 -1 38
16 Leyton Orient 29 7 12 10 38 29 15 6 4 5 24 11 14 1 8 5 14 18 9 33
17 Stevenage 32 7 12 13 30 46 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 1 6 9 9 27 -16 33
18 Walsall 30 8 8 14 31 39 16 5 5 6 21 22 14 3 3 8 10 17 -8 32
19 Rochdale 28 6 13 9 35 38 13 3 7 3 17 15 15 3 6 6 18 23 -3 31
20 Barrow 31 7 10 14 30 39 16 3 7 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 31
21 Colchester United 30 7 10 13 28 41 14 3 6 5 14 18 16 4 4 8 14 23 -13 31
22 Carlisle United 30 6 10 14 23 42 15 3 7 5 10 15 15 3 3 9 13 27 -19 28
23 Oldham Athletic 29 6 8 15 28 46 14 3 3 8 18 26 15 3 5 7 10 20 -18 26
24 Scunthorpe United 31 4 10 17 22 53 15 3 4 8 11 21 16 1 6 9 11 32 -31 22

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.