4th place in the League Two table for Swindon Town so far this season, a good showing. The match-going ticketholders hope for more fun as 12th-placed Hartlepool United visit The County Ground.
- Swindon Town have the fewest points (6) at home in League Two
- Hartlepool United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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.
Swindon Town form and stats
Swindon Town's results here at The County Ground in the League Two have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
A strong away win for Swindon against Newport County the last match, as Jack Payne were on target. Joseph Wollacott, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.5 out of 10 in that game. Wollacott stopped the opponent with five saves.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Newport County.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swindon handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and four defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Harrogate Town are coming to town in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Swindon here at The County Ground in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Swindon Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hartlepool United form and stats
Hartlepool United have only collected 4 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-1-6 (8 played). Recent form does not give Hartlepool much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Swindon Town will be a tough nut to crack.
Hartlepool United's previous game was their home loss versus Forest Green Rovers (1-3). Tom Crawford got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, top player of the team. Crawford dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wycombe Wanderers at their stadium, the result 1-0.Hartlepool are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The schedule is very tough for Hartlepool United now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Port Vale is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Hartlepool when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Hartlepool struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - six - two (Swindon Town wins - draws - Hartlepool United wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Payne 6 goals | T. Simpson 6 goals | B. Gladwin 3 goals |
Swindon Town missing players
Hartlepool United missing players
| Swindon Town | Hartlepool United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 24 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 16 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 25 |
| 88% | 71% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 75% | 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 56% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 47% |
| 31% | 29% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 18% |
| 69% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 31% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 12% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 35% |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.5 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.3 | 12.7 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 9 | 10.2 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 32% | 17% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 35% |
| 11 | 11.6 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.5 | 10.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.5 | 4 |
- Hartlepool United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hartlepool United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Swindon Town have the fewest points (6) at home 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Newport County | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 15 | Walsall | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 16 | Salford City | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 19 | Barrow | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 13 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 12 |