The home followers await a win in this game, as the home advantage could be decisive against a stumbling visitor. Tranmere Rovers are in 12th place while the guesting Hartlepool United sweat at 22nd.
- Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (62) in League Two
The hosts Tranmere Rovers saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Two. Thankfully the previous game, versus Crawley Town, was also a home game here at Prenton Park. The away team is better rested.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
8-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Tranmere Rovers so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Joe Murphy not having conceded a league goal in 216 minutes.
The Tranmere Rovers followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Crawley Town and win 1-0. Davies was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Davies won 11 of 12 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Stevenage.Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 11 league matches, 9 have contained two goals or less.
Tranmere are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Tranmere Rovers have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hartlepool United form and stats
Hartlepool United have only collected 12 points from their away games in the League Two, after 3-3-11 (17 played).
Hartlepool United played 3-3 against Walsall in their previous match. Hartlepool United's last match (vs Walsall) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Jennings. Midfielder Kemp was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.01. Kemp scored two goals.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Newport County.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Hartlepool playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
In the opposite end, Hartlepool United have conceded 33 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Tranmere Rovers and Hartlepool United have played each other previously this season: Hartlepool United - Tranmere Rovers 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Tranmere Rovers wins - draws - Hartlepool United wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Umerah 10 goals |  K. Hemmings 8 goals | J. Hawkes 7 goals |
Tranmere Rovers missing players
Hartlepool United missing players
| Tranmere Rovers | Hartlepool United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 34 | 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 32 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 13 | 33 | 62 |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 65% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | 82% |
| 29% | 35% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 59% | 59% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 35% | 35% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 12% |
| 32% | 29% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 59% | 59% |
| 44% | 53% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | 18% |
| 32% | 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 32% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 10.6 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.4 | 10.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 30% | 34% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| 10.1 | 8.9 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.6 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (33) away in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (62) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most matches over the total-line (20) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the the worst goal difference (-26) 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.
- Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 71 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 60 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 58 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 56 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 54 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 54 |
| 7 | Salford City | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 53 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 52 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -2 | 50 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 48 |
| 11 | Barrow | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -4 | 48 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 47 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -7 | 46 |
| 14 | Walsall | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 43 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 42 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 38 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 38 |
| 18 | Newport County | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -5 | 37 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 35 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 33 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -13 | 31 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -26 | 28 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 52 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | -25 | 22 |
