Hartlepool United - Dover Athletic: Small difference between teams in Vanarama National League clash

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Victoria Park (7856 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Hartlepool United have their presumed home advantage while Dover Athletic are ahead 2 points in the Vanarama National League table.

Hartlepool United and Dover Athletic should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League for Hartlepool United at their home stadium (Victoria Park) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Hartlepool United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Vanarama National League game against Dagenham & Redbridge (placed 5th). In the match before that, Hartlepool United hosted Woking and drew the game 1-1.

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 Hartlepool United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 4 Lost 5.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Vanarama National League game versus Chesterfield in only three days. This game is also played here at Victoria Park.

Hartlepool United can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 10 times. Hartlepool United have conceded 11 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Dover Athletic have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Vanarama National League this season.

Dover Athletic delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Chorley (placed 23rd) in their previous match; a Vanarama National League game. Prior to that match, the Dover Athletic manager A. Hessenthaler faced defeat when travelling to Boreham Wood and losing 1-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Dover Athletic in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Dover Athletic, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Dover Athletic manager A. Hessenthaler as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Maidenhead United.

Dover Athletic has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Dover Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Hartlepool United 1 win, 0 draws and Dover Athletic 3 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

I. Effiong
6 goals
G. Toure
5 goals
R. Modeste
4 goals

Hartlepool United missing players

Dover Athletic missing players

Hartlepool United Dover Athletic
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Away vs mid Away Total
11 5 2 Played 2 5 11
4 1 0 Won 1 4 5
3 2 1 Drew 0 0 2
4 2 1 Lost 1 1 4
15 10 3 Scored 2 8 15
17 11 4 Conceded 3 5 14
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 50% 80% 91%
55% 80% 50% Over 2.5 50% 60% 64%
45% 80% 50% Over 3.5 50% 20% 9%
18% 40% 50% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 100% 100% BTTS 50% 60% 82%
27% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 40% 18%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 5 6 Corners For (avg) 3.5 5.6 5.5
5.5 5 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 2.4 3.2
2.2 1.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.5 2.2 2.3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Hartlepool United's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dover Athletic have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Dover Athletic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Dover Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hartlepool United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hartlepool United have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Hartlepool United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Hartlepool United
All Vanarama National League Fa Trophy Club Friendlies FA Cup
All Home Away
26-08-19 VNL Hartlepool United 4 - 2 Wrexham
31-08-19 VNL Torquay United 1 - 2 Hartlepool United
03-09-19 VNL Barrow 0 - 1 Hartlepool United
07-09-19 VNL Hartlepool United 1 - 1 Woking
14-09-19 VNL Dagenham & Redbridge 3 - 1 Hartlepool United
21-09-19 VNL Hartlepool United 14:00 Dover Athletic
24-09-19 VNL Hartlepool United 18:45 Chesterfield
28-09-19 VNL Eastleigh 14:00 Hartlepool United
05-10-19 VNL Hartlepool United 14:00 Yeovil Town
09-10-19 VNL Stockport County 18:45 Hartlepool United
Dover Athletic
All Vanarama National League Fa Trophy Club Friendlies FA Cup
All Home Away
26-08-19 VNL Dover Athletic 1 - 2 Woking
31-08-19 VNL Harrogate Town 0 - 2 Dover Athletic
03-09-19 VNL Dover Athletic 1 - 1 Ebbsfleet United
07-09-19 VNL Boreham Wood 3 - 1 Dover Athletic
14-09-19 VNL Dover Athletic 1 - 1 Chorley
21-09-19 VNL Hartlepool United 14:00 Dover Athletic
24-09-19 VNL Maidenhead United 18:45 Dover Athletic
28-09-19 VNL Dover Athletic 16:20 Halifax Town
05-10-19 VNL Dover Athletic 14:00 Notts County
08-10-19 VNL Aldershot Town 18:45 Dover Athletic

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Woking 11 7 3 1 20 10 6 3 2 1 9 6 5 4 1 0 11 4 10 24
2 Bromley 11 6 5 0 19 12 5 3 2 0 11 7 6 3 3 0 8 5 7 23
3 Halifax Town 11 7 1 3 19 11 5 4 0 1 9 4 6 3 1 2 10 7 8 22
4 Yeovil Town 11 6 1 4 17 12 6 4 1 1 10 6 5 2 0 3 7 6 5 19
5 Dagenham & Redbridge 11 5 3 3 16 15 6 3 1 2 11 11 5 2 2 1 5 4 1 18
6 Maidenhead United 11 5 2 4 16 10 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 17
7 Dover Athletic 11 5 2 4 15 14 6 1 2 3 7 9 5 4 0 1 8 5 1 17
8 Stockport County 11 5 2 4 15 14 6 4 0 2 10 6 5 1 2 2 5 8 1 17
9 Barnet 9 4 4 1 12 9 5 2 2 1 6 5 4 2 2 0 6 4 3 16
10 Torquay United 11 4 3 4 17 18 5 3 0 2 9 7 6 1 3 2 8 11 -1 15
11 Hartlepool United 11 4 3 4 15 17 5 1 2 2 10 11 6 3 1 2 5 6 -2 15
12 Solihull Moors 10 4 2 4 17 14 4 3 0 1 8 4 6 1 2 3 9 10 3 14
13 Notts County 11 3 5 3 15 12 6 2 3 1 9 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 14
14 Barrow 11 4 1 6 16 17 6 3 0 3 7 6 5 1 1 3 9 11 -1 13
15 Eastleigh 11 3 4 4 10 12 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 1 1 3 3 7 -2 13
16 Boreham Wood 11 3 3 5 15 14 5 1 2 2 8 8 6 2 1 3 7 6 1 12
17 Sutton United 11 2 6 3 12 14 5 0 3 2 5 9 6 2 3 1 7 5 -2 12
18 Harrogate Town 11 3 3 5 13 16 6 2 2 2 6 7 5 1 1 3 7 9 -3 12
19 Wrexham 10 2 5 3 14 16 6 2 3 1 8 7 4 0 2 2 6 9 -2 11
20 Aldershot Town 10 3 2 5 10 13 5 0 2 3 4 7 5 3 0 2 6 6 -3 11
21 Fylde 10 2 4 4 12 18 4 1 2 1 2 4 6 1 2 3 10 14 -6 10
22 Chesterfield 11 1 5 5 14 19 6 1 2 3 8 10 5 0 3 2 6 9 -5 8
23 Chorley 11 1 5 5 10 23 5 1 2 2 5 9 6 0 3 3 5 14 -13 8
24 Ebbsfleet United 11 1 4 6 13 22 5 0 2 3 6 12 6 1 2 3 7 10 -9 7

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