5th position in the National League table for Hartlepool United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 15th-placed Halifax Town visits.
- Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 Halifax Town.
Hartlepool United form and stats
3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the National League numbers at home for Hartlepool United so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Hartlepool bring valid hopes of a third.
The Hartlepool supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Stockport County in National League and win 4-0. 3-3 away at Halifax Town (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) before that.
As mentioned above, Hartlepool "killed" Stockport County in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hartlepool have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won eight times, drawn zero and lost two.
The manager D. Challinor will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Notts County in only two days.
Hartlepool United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Hartlepool's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Halifax Town form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Halifax Town in their National League matches away.
The supporters enjoyed Halifax's previous game versus Eastleigh (placed 14th), a National League 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Hartlepool United (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties).
Halifax Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, three draws and seven defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
After this away game Halifax return home for a National League game against Altrincham. That game is only two sleeps after this.
Halifax Town find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Halifax have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - one - two (Hartlepool United wins - draws - Halifax Town wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hyde 4 goals |  G. Holohan 3 goals | J. Earing 3 goals |
Hartlepool United missing players
Halifax Town missing players
| Hartlepool United | Halifax Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 86% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 86% |
| 79% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 71% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 36% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 64% |
| 36% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 43% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 11.8 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.9 | 9.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 35% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 46% |
- Halifax Town 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 | Torquay United | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 32 |
| 2 | Sutton United | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Notts County | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Bromley | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Hartlepool United | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Altrincham | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Wealdstone | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 21 |
| 8 | Woking | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Wrexham | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 | Maidenhead United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Solihull Moors | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 19 |
| 13 | Boreham Wood | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 14 | Eastleigh | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 15 | Halifax Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 16 | Chesterfield | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 17 | Aldershot Town | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 18 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 15 |
| 19 | King's Lynn Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | Barnet | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -21 | 9 |
| 21 | Yeovil Town | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 22 | Weymouth | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 7 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -18 | 6 |