Vanarama National League preview: Can Hartlepool United edge out victory against Dagenham & Redbridge?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Northern Gas and Power Stadium (7856 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Hartlepool United are in the 14th position while the guests worry at 17th.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Fa Trophy game only four days ago.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League, Hartlepool United have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

Hartlepool United lost their last game at Harrogate Town (placed 6th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Hartlepool United won a home game hosting Exeter City (1-0).

A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Harrogate Town) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.

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 United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

A decent goal production from Hartlepool United in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hartlepool United defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Dagenham & Redbridge form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dagenham & Redbridge so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Dagenham & Redbridge, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team. It's looking increasingly bleak for Dagenham & Redbridge who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Aldershot Town was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Dagenham & Redbridge won their last game, 3-2 versus Sutton United played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sutton United.

Dagenham & Redbridge are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 13 goals have been conceded by Dagenham & Redbridge in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Dagenham & Redbridge - Hartlepool United 3-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hartlepool United 5 wins, 0 draws and Dagenham & Redbridge 5 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hartlepool UnitedG. Toure
G. Toure
11 goals
Dagenham & RedbridgeÁ. Balanta
Á. Balanta
7 goals
Hartlepool UnitedG. Holohan
G. Holohan
5 goals

Hartlepool United missing players

Dagenham & Redbridge missing players

Hartlepool United Dagenham & Redbridge
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 5 12 25
8 3 1 Won W 2 3 8
8 4 2 Drew D 2 3 6
8 4 1 Lost L 1 6 11
37 17 8 Scored S 4 8 30
34 18 8 Conceded C 4 13 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 92%
83% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 58% 76%
58% 55% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 25% 44%
38% 45% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 16%
12% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
67% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 33% 52%
21% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 16%
17% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 50% 40%
 
4.8 4.9 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 6.4 5.9 6.2
5.3 5.1 5.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.8 7.2 6.3
1.8 1.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.4 0.9 0.8
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
294 147 54 Total Shots T S 60 114 256
114 56 21 Shots on Target S O 25 42 109
32% 30% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 19% 28%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Dagenham & Redbridge has the fewest scored goals (8) away
  • Hartlepool United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dagenham & Redbridge have scored away.
  • Hartlepool United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Barrow 24 15 2 7 46 27 12 8 1 3 18 10 12 7 1 4 28 17 19 47
2 Yeovil Town 25 13 5 7 42 29 13 7 3 3 22 14 12 6 2 4 20 15 13 44
3 Bromley 25 12 8 5 43 31 12 6 5 1 26 16 13 6 3 4 17 15 12 44
4 Woking 25 11 8 6 37 31 13 5 5 3 16 16 12 6 3 3 21 15 6 41
5 Solihull Moors 24 12 4 8 37 25 11 9 0 2 22 9 13 3 4 6 15 16 12 40
6 Harrogate Town 25 11 7 7 38 34 13 8 3 2 20 12 12 3 4 5 18 22 4 40
7 Halifax Town 24 11 5 8 32 30 11 5 2 4 16 14 13 6 3 4 16 16 2 38
8 Stockport County 25 11 5 9 35 39 13 7 1 5 20 21 12 4 4 4 15 18 -4 38
9 Boreham Wood 25 10 7 8 36 28 12 5 3 4 17 13 13 5 4 4 19 15 8 37
10 Barnet 24 9 7 8 36 33 13 6 4 3 21 15 11 3 3 5 15 18 3 34
11 Torquay United 25 10 4 11 43 43 12 6 1 5 20 20 13 4 3 6 23 23 0 34
12 Notts County 24 8 9 7 36 28 13 5 6 2 20 13 11 3 3 5 16 15 8 33
13 Eastleigh 24 8 9 7 30 32 13 5 6 2 18 14 11 3 3 5 12 18 -2 33
14 Hartlepool United 24 8 8 8 37 34 11 3 4 4 17 18 13 5 4 4 20 16 3 32
15 Dover Athletic 23 9 5 9 29 32 13 2 4 7 16 22 10 7 1 2 13 10 -3 32
16 Maidenhead United 25 9 4 12 32 35 12 2 3 7 12 18 13 7 1 5 20 17 -3 31
17 Dagenham & Redbridge 25 8 6 11 30 33 13 5 3 5 22 20 12 3 3 6 8 13 -3 30
18 Fylde 24 7 7 10 29 38 11 4 4 3 12 14 13 3 3 7 17 24 -9 28
19 Sutton United 25 6 9 10 26 31 12 2 4 6 14 18 13 4 5 4 12 13 -5 27
20 Aldershot Town 25 7 6 12 26 36 12 4 3 5 16 16 13 3 3 7 10 20 -10 27
21 Wrexham 25 6 8 11 30 35 13 5 5 3 16 13 12 1 3 8 14 22 -5 26
22 Ebbsfleet United 25 5 8 12 36 48 12 2 4 6 18 26 13 3 4 6 18 22 -12 23
23 Chesterfield 25 5 8 12 33 47 13 3 2 8 17 25 12 2 6 4 16 22 -14 23
24 Chorley 25 4 11 10 23 43 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 7 5 13 24 -20 23

Read more about Vanarama National League

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.