Vanarama National League match preview: Aldershot Town versus Hartlepool United

Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Electrical Services Stadium (7100 seats)

Aldershot Town hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 37 points and a 22nd position in the Vanarama National League table. Visiting Hartlepool United holds 16th place with 52 pts.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Aldershot Town form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats. That’s what Aldershot Town have to build on here at Electrical Services Stadium. Aldershot Town are slowly digging their own grave here at Electrical Services Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in 13 attempts. The last victory here came in the Braintree Town match.

The home team returns to Electrical Services Stadium after sharing the points with Bromley on their last time out; the Vanarama National League game ended 2-2. Before that, Aldershot Town drew at home versus Fylde.

This is expected to be a close game, with Aldershot Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Aldershot Town as a small favourite), we find two games. Aldershot Town has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Aldershot Town aren't scoring a lot here at Electrical Services Stadium with only 16 goals from 21 games. 25 goals have been conceded.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

As the visiting team Hartlepool United have produced an overall stat of 6-7-8 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Vanarama National League home defeat versus Solihull Moors with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Eastleigh wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Hartlepool United in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Hartlepool United, 8 draws and 8 defeats.

Hartlepool United find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 24 goals from 21 away fixtures. As opposed to that, Hartlepool United have seen the ball go into their own net 30 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Hartlepool United - Aldershot Town 1-1 played earlier this season. Last three meetings between the teams: Aldershot Town won 2, Hartlepool United won 0 and 1 draw.

Top Goalscorers

L. Noble
13 goals
J. Hawkes
9 goals
S. Rendell
7 goals

Aldershot Town missing players

Hartlepool United missing players

Aldershot Town Hartlepool United
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
33 16 Scored 24 50
65 25 Conceded 30 57
86% 81% Over 0.5 86% 90%
74% 67% Over 1.5 71% 74%
45% 33% Over 2.5 57% 55%
17% 10% Over 3.5 29% 24%
7% 5% Over 4.5 10% 10%
38% 29% Both teams to score 57% 64%
26% 33% Clean Sheet 29% 24%
50% 57% Failed To Score 29% 21%
Key stats this season:
  • Hartlepool United is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Salford City 42 23 10 9 69 39 21 13 5 3 40 20 21 10 5 6 29 19 30 79
2 Leyton Orient 41 22 12 7 66 32 20 12 5 3 34 13 21 10 7 4 32 19 34 78
3 Solihull Moors 42 23 9 10 67 40 21 11 7 3 35 15 21 12 2 7 32 25 27 78
4 Wrexham 42 22 9 11 52 35 21 15 3 3 33 12 21 7 6 8 19 23 17 75
5 Fylde 41 19 15 7 68 37 21 14 4 3 44 19 20 5 11 4 24 18 31 72
6 Harrogate Town 42 20 11 11 75 52 21 10 6 5 39 26 21 10 5 6 36 26 23 71
7 Eastleigh 41 20 7 14 54 55 21 9 5 7 25 25 20 11 2 7 29 30 -1 67
8 Ebbsfleet United 42 18 12 12 60 40 21 10 3 8 32 21 21 8 9 4 28 19 20 66
9 Sutton United 42 17 13 12 52 52 21 9 8 4 27 24 21 8 5 8 25 28 0 64
10 Gateshead 41 18 9 14 51 42 20 8 7 5 24 17 21 10 2 9 27 25 9 63
11 Barrow 42 15 12 15 46 47 21 8 6 7 26 25 21 7 6 8 20 22 -1 57
12 Barnet 41 15 11 15 40 44 21 7 7 7 22 23 20 8 4 8 18 21 -4 56
13 Bromley 42 15 10 17 60 63 21 10 5 6 35 27 21 5 5 11 25 36 -3 55
14 Chesterfield 42 12 17 13 48 47 21 6 8 7 21 22 21 6 9 6 27 25 1 53
15 Halifax Town 42 11 19 12 37 38 21 7 10 4 19 10 21 4 9 8 18 28 -1 52
16 Hartlepool United 42 13 13 16 50 57 21 7 6 8 26 27 21 6 7 8 24 30 -7 52
17 Maidenhead United 42 15 5 22 42 64 21 8 3 10 24 33 21 7 2 12 18 31 -22 50
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 13 10 19 46 53 21 7 7 7 28 28 21 6 3 12 18 25 -7 49
19 Boreham Wood 42 11 15 16 45 56 21 7 6 8 21 28 21 4 9 8 24 28 -11 48
20 Dover Athletic 42 12 12 18 50 62 21 7 5 9 27 30 21 5 7 9 23 32 -12 48
21 Havant & Waterlooville 42 9 12 21 57 74 21 7 5 9 34 27 21 2 7 12 23 47 -17 39
22 Aldershot Town 42 9 10 23 33 65 21 6 5 10 16 25 21 3 5 13 17 40 -32 37
23 Braintree Town 42 8 7 27 42 77 21 4 3 14 21 43 21 4 4 13 21 34 -35 31
24 Maidstone United 41 8 6 27 32 71 20 2 4 14 15 34 21 6 2 13 17 37 -39 30