National League match prediction: Little separates Boreham Wood and Hartlepool United in quality

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Wed 04.Oct
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Meadow Park (4502 seats)

Boreham Wood have some points to catch up on from their 17th place, and the first opportunity is against Hartlepool United. Read more!

Insights:
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in National League
  • Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Boreham nor Hartlepool United 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.

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Boreham Wood form and stats

The story so far in the National League for Boreham Wood at their home stadium (Meadow Park) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Boreham Wood's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Hartlepool United (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Sweet to taste a league win after four matches without one.

Prior to that, an away loss at Ebbsfleet United.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Boreham Wood have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Boreham aren't scoring a lot here at Meadow Park in the league, with only {6 goals} from 7 games. Boreham Wood have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hartlepool United so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Hartlepool United as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Hartlepool have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 331 minutes ago. Ling (own goal) was the goal scorer.

Two away games in a row for Hartlepool United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Boreham Wood.

A 0-2 loss hosting Dorking Wanderers before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Hartlepool United in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Hartlepool United, 0 draws and 5 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Hartlepool's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. Hartlepool United have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Boreham Wood have put together a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (2-3-0) when playing Hartlepool United.

The two sides played each other earlier on this season: Boreham Wood - Hartlepool United 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

Hartlepool UnitedE. Dieseruvwe
E. Dieseruvwe
6 goals
BorehamL. Ndlovu
L. Ndlovu
4 goals
Boreham WoodÁ. Balanta
Á. Balanta
4 goals

Boreham Wood missing players

Hartlepool United missing players

Boreham Wood Hartlepool United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 4 Played P 3 7 14
3 2 1 Won W 2 2 6
6 2 2 Drew D 0 1 1
5 3 1 Lost L 1 4 7
15 6 4 Scored S 6 12 22
20 6 3 Conceded C 7 16 26
93% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 57% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 86%
50% 29% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 64%
36% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 71% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 57% 29%
57% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 64%
29% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 7%
21% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 29%
 
4.7 4.4 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.7 4.4
4.9 4.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.1 6.4
2.6 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.7 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.9 9.6 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.9 11.1
3.9 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.7 4.1
28% 20% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 46% 38%
 
11 10.4 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13 10.1 10.6
4.6 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.6 4.5
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in National League
  • Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hartlepool United 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 Chesterfield 14 11 2 1 34 21 7 6 1 0 19 11 7 5 1 1 15 10 13 35
2 Barnet 14 10 2 2 29 17 7 6 1 0 15 6 7 4 1 2 14 11 12 32
3 Solihull Moors 14 8 6 0 25 12 7 3 4 0 13 7 7 5 2 0 12 5 13 30
4 Gateshead 14 7 4 3 34 17 7 4 2 1 17 9 7 3 2 2 17 8 17 25
5 Bromley 14 7 4 3 20 14 7 5 1 1 14 6 7 2 3 2 6 8 6 25
6 Altrincham 14 6 6 2 26 20 7 3 3 1 15 9 7 3 3 1 11 11 6 24
7 Woking 14 5 5 4 18 14 7 2 3 2 11 10 7 3 2 2 7 4 4 20
8 Eastleigh 14 5 5 4 21 23 7 3 3 1 15 14 7 2 2 3 6 9 -2 20
9 Rochdale 14 5 4 5 21 19 7 2 2 3 11 10 7 3 2 2 10 9 2 19
10 Hartlepool United 14 6 1 7 22 26 7 4 0 3 10 10 7 2 1 4 12 16 -4 19
11 Oldham Athletic 14 4 6 4 19 18 7 3 2 2 13 6 7 1 4 2 6 12 1 18
12 Aldershot Town 14 5 3 6 24 27 7 3 3 1 17 12 7 2 0 5 7 15 -3 18
13 Dorking Wanderers 14 5 3 6 15 18 7 2 2 3 8 9 7 3 1 3 7 9 -3 18
14 Halifax Town 14 3 7 4 13 14 7 1 4 2 6 6 7 2 3 2 7 8 -1 16
15 Ebbsfleet United 14 5 1 8 22 27 7 4 0 3 13 6 7 1 1 5 9 21 -5 16
16 Wealdstone 14 4 4 6 16 21 7 4 2 1 9 7 7 0 2 5 7 14 -5 16
17 Boreham Wood 14 3 6 5 15 20 7 2 2 3 6 6 7 1 4 2 9 14 -5 15
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 14 3 4 7 13 18 7 2 1 4 7 10 7 1 3 3 6 8 -5 13
19 York City 14 2 6 6 20 27 7 1 3 3 12 14 7 1 3 3 8 13 -7 12
20 Maidenhead United 14 2 6 6 9 18 7 1 4 2 4 5 7 1 2 4 5 13 -9 12
21 Southend United 14 6 3 5 23 17 7 5 0 2 15 6 7 1 3 3 8 11 6 11
22 Oxford City 14 2 5 7 19 28 7 2 1 4 11 11 7 0 4 3 8 17 -9 11
23 Kidderminster Harriers 14 2 4 8 8 18 7 0 4 3 3 6 7 2 0 5 5 12 -10 10
24 Fylde 14 2 3 9 20 32 7 1 2 4 10 16 7 1 1 5 10 16 -12 9

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.