Rochdale manager Bentley looking for three points in Hartlepool United showdown

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Crown Oil Arena (10249 seats)

Rochdale - Hartlepool United: League Two cellar sides desperate for points and praise. Check out all the available statistics and facts before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Rochdale have the fewest points (7) at home in League Two
  • Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (39) in League Two

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Rochdale form and stats

With 2 League Two wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats from their home games, Rochdale are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Rochdale to get some points in this home game.

The Rochdale supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Crown Oil Arena: A 1-4 defeat against Harrogate Town (placed 20th). Midfield player Ball got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Ball scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Sutton United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rochdale handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The manager Bentley will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Doncaster Rovers in only three days.

Rochdale aren't scoring a lot here at Crown Oil Arena in the league, with only {8 goals} from 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rochdale defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

Hartlepool United have only collected 5 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-2-8 (11 played).

Hartlepool United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Crawley Town (placed 19th). That win felt good as this side had gone three league matches without winning. Menayese was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.43. The defender Menayese scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-5 defeat against Stockport County.

Hartlepool United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

After this away game Hartlepool United return home for a League Two game against Mansfield Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The Hartlepool manager Curle has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Rochdale victories, one draw and three Hartlepool United wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hartlepool UnitedJ. Umerah
J. Umerah
7 goals
RochdaleS. Quigley
S. Quigley
4 goals
RochdaleD. Rodney
D. Rodney
3 goals

Rochdale missing players

Hartlepool United missing players

Rochdale Hartlepool United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 11 21
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 3
3 1 1 Drew D 1 2 6
13 7 2 Lost L 1 8 12
14 8 3 Scored S 4 11 18
29 15 7 Conceded C 3 23 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
50% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 81%
40% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 57%
10% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 33%
10% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 10%
40% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 57%
15% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 19%
45% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 38%
 
4.3 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.9 3.6
5.3 4 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.2 5.3
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.7 10.2 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.7 9.5
2.5 2.7 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.5 2.3
27% 30% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 41% 37%
 
12.2 10.1 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.9 12.2
3 2.9 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 5.5 4.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Hartlepool United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (23) away in League Two
  • Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (39) in League Two
  • Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in League Two
  • Hartlepool United have the the worst goal difference (-21) in League Two
  • Hartlepool United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hartlepool United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rochdale have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rochdale have the fewest points (7) at home in League Two
  • Rochdale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 21 16 3 2 35 12 11 9 1 1 19 4 10 7 2 1 16 8 23 51
2 Stevenage 21 13 5 3 31 16 11 9 1 1 20 5 10 4 4 2 11 11 15 44
3 Northampton Town 20 11 6 3 34 20 10 5 3 2 16 10 10 6 3 1 18 10 14 39
4 Swindon Town 22 9 8 5 25 21 11 5 4 2 13 8 11 4 4 3 12 13 4 35
5 Mansfield Town 21 10 4 7 29 27 10 5 3 2 17 14 11 5 1 5 12 13 2 34
6 Barrow 21 11 1 9 27 25 11 8 0 3 18 9 10 3 1 6 9 16 2 34
7 Carlisle United 20 8 9 3 31 21 10 4 5 1 14 9 10 4 4 2 17 12 10 33
8 Bradford City 20 9 6 5 26 20 10 3 5 2 12 9 10 6 1 3 14 11 6 33
9 Salford City 20 9 4 7 23 18 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 6 1 3 13 7 5 31
10 Doncaster Rovers 21 9 4 8 24 27 10 5 1 4 13 12 11 4 3 4 11 15 -3 31
11 Walsall 20 8 6 6 25 17 10 6 2 2 17 8 10 2 4 4 8 9 8 30
12 AFC Wimbledon 21 8 6 7 25 24 10 5 2 3 13 10 11 3 4 4 12 14 1 30
13 Stockport County 20 8 4 8 29 22 10 4 3 3 13 10 10 4 1 5 16 12 7 28
14 Grimsby Town 20 7 6 7 22 20 10 2 5 3 11 11 10 5 1 4 11 9 2 27
15 Tranmere Rovers 21 7 6 8 20 18 10 4 2 4 12 9 11 3 4 4 8 9 2 27
16 Sutton United 22 7 5 10 19 28 11 6 2 3 12 10 11 1 3 7 7 18 -9 26
17 Crewe Alexandra 19 6 7 6 18 22 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 2 4 3 5 12 -4 25
18 Newport County 21 6 4 11 20 24 11 3 1 7 9 14 10 3 3 4 11 10 -4 22
19 Crawley Town 21 5 6 10 22 32 11 5 1 5 14 15 10 0 5 5 8 17 -10 21
20 Harrogate Town 20 5 4 11 24 30 10 3 3 4 13 14 10 2 1 7 11 16 -6 19
21 Rochdale 20 4 3 13 14 29 10 2 1 7 8 15 10 2 2 6 6 14 -15 15
22 Hartlepool United 21 3 6 12 18 39 10 2 4 4 7 16 11 1 2 8 11 23 -21 15
23 Colchester United 21 3 5 13 18 29 10 3 4 3 12 11 11 0 1 10 6 18 -11 14
24 Gillingham 20 2 8 10 6 24 10 2 4 4 4 11 10 0 4 6 2 13 -18 14

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.