National League match prediction: Little separates Hartlepool United and Stockport County in quality

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 22.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

Hartlepool United and Stockport County have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the National League.

Insights:
  • Stockport County has the fewest conceded goals (9) in National League

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 Stockport County.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

Hartlepool United have collected 8 points from their National League home games so far after 2-2-3.

Heartbreak before that as Hartlepool lost 0-3 at Woking's place.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hartlepool, as the National League home game vs Halifax Town is only four days away.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Hartlepool here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). 10 goals have been conceded.

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Stockport County form and stats

Stockport County, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in National League, have an excellent away record in the National League so far with 4-0-2 from 6 games.

It was a National League defeat before that one as the away game against Notts County wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Stockport manager J. Gannon as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Altrincham.

Stockport are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. As opposed to that, Stockport have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Hartlepool-Stockport County H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Hartlepool United two wins, Stockport County three wins, three draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Stockport CountyJ. Rooney
J. Rooney
6 goals
Stockport CountyA. Reid
A. Reid
5 goals
HartlepoolG. Holohan
G. Holohan
3 goals

Hartlepool United missing players

Stockport County missing players

Hartlepool United Stockport County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 1 6 10
5 2 0 Won W 1 4 6
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 3 2 Lost L 0 2 3
15 6 1 Scored S 2 11 17
17 10 3 Conceded C 1 6 9
85% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
77% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 70%
54% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 60%
23% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 10%
8% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 10%
38% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
31% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 30%
46% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 30%
 
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 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 11.1 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.5 10.1
3.7 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.3 5
31% 23% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 34%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Stockport County has the fewest conceded goals (9) in National League
  • Stockport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 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 Altrincham 14 6 3 5 13 13 6 2 1 3 6 7 8 4 2 2 7 6 0 21
6 Wealdstone 14 6 3 5 22 26 7 4 1 2 16 16 7 2 2 3 6 10 -4 21
7 Woking 13 6 2 5 20 14 7 4 2 1 12 4 6 2 0 4 8 10 6 20
8 Wrexham 13 6 2 5 17 14 6 3 1 2 7 3 7 3 1 3 10 11 3 20
9 Maidenhead United 13 6 2 5 17 21 5 2 1 2 9 11 8 4 1 3 8 10 -4 20
10 Stockport County 10 6 1 3 17 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 4 0 2 11 6 8 19
11 Solihull Moors 11 6 1 4 16 11 6 5 0 1 11 2 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 19
12 Boreham Wood 12 5 3 4 13 10 5 2 1 2 4 4 7 3 2 2 9 6 3 18
13 Hartlepool United 13 5 3 5 15 17 7 2 2 3 6 10 6 3 1 2 9 7 -2 18
14 Eastleigh 9 5 2 2 19 11 5 2 2 1 7 5 4 3 0 1 12 6 8 17
15 Chesterfield 13 5 1 7 24 18 7 2 1 4 15 9 6 3 0 3 9 9 6 16
16 Halifax Town 13 4 4 5 20 14 6 2 2 2 10 7 7 2 2 3 10 7 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

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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.